After Retiring from the National Team, Fadi el Khatib Retires From Basketball

After retiring two years ago from Lebanon's national team, Fadi El Khatib has announced that the most recent Dubai tournament will be his last and that he is retiring from the sport all together. The 40-year old legend is considered as the best Lebanese Basketball player of all time and one of the greatest Asian basketball players as well. Given his most recent performances in Dubai, I'm surprised he's retiring and he wasn't showing any…

Lebanon’s Women Football Team Crowned 2019 West Asia Champions!

The U-18 Lebanese Women's football team won the West Asia Championship today after defeating Bahrain 3-0. The Lebanese team has been impressive throughout the whole tournament and quite exceptional in attack scoring 10 goals in their first three matches in the group stage, and adding another four in the semi-final win against Palestine. Leila Sikandar won the championship's top scorer award, and the Lebanese team won the Fair Play award. Awesome news and congrats to…
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Ray Bassil Wins Gold Medal at Asian Cup, Qualifies to 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics

4 years ago
Lebanese Champion Ray Bassil is off to a new quest for an Olympic medal after clinching the Gold medal at the Asian Championships being held in Doha, Qatar. Ray beat all her competitors and earned ...
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Lack of Sponsors & Funds Threatening The Lebanese Basketball League

4 years ago
The President of the Lebanese Basketball association warned yesterday that the league may be under threat and that they cannot keep going without sponsors or financial support. The truth is the teams, the players, the ...
Lebanon

Tennis – Brave Lebanon falls to Uzbekistan in final rubber of Davis Cup tie

4 years ago
They almost created the unthinkable. They almost qualified for the World Group stage. But the fairytale sadly ended at the final breath, with Hadi Habib failing to score the vital point that would see Lebanon ...
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Lebanon Wins 5 Medals at 2019 World Masters Weightlifting Championship

4 years ago
The 2019 World Masters Weightlifting Championship was taking place in Montreal from the 16th till the 24th of August and Lebanon, which was represented by seven athletes, impressed by clinching five medals, including 3 Gold ...
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Lebanon’s Women Junior Handball Team Qualifies For 2020 World Championship

4 years ago
Despite losing against Japan 23-31 in Group B yesterday, Lebanon’s women junior handball team has qualified for the 2020 world championship to be held next July in Romania, based on goal differences with Uzbekistan. This ...
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Lebanon’s Group D matches in the 2021 FIBA Asia Cup qualification unveiled

4 years ago
After drawing Bahrain (#112), India (#67) and Iraq (#80) in Group D on June 8, 2019, Lebanon, ranked 53, will start its quest to qualify for the 2021 FIBA Asia Cup on February 21, 2020. ...
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Early-bird tickets available for the 2019 Beirut Marathon until August 1

4 years ago
You can now register [link] for this year’s Beirut Marathon’s races at special prices. The list of races and the different amounts to be paid have been generated by the organization on July 22, and ...
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Lebanon Starts Long Qualifying Journey for the 2022 FIFA World Cup and the AFC Asian Cup 2023

4 years ago
Just like in Basketball, Lebanon’s FIFA team has a mountain to climb if they are to reach the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.But first, they have to go through theĀ 2022 World Cup qualification second round, ...
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