Updates On The Lebanese Athletes Competing At The Rio 2016 Olympics

Update : - Elias Nacif was disqualified on his opening game. - Anthony Barbar ranked 50th in the heats and didn't qualify. - Mona Shaito lost on her opening game. - Chirine Njeim runs tomorrow and Ahmed Hazer on the 16th. Lebanon had a rather disappointing start to the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics. Our Lebanese table tennis Mariana Sahakyanstar star lost in her opening game against a Nigerian player and is out. Ray Bassil, the…

Lebanon’s Best Team Sport is Surprisingly Rugby League

The Independent surveyed the world rankings of the most popular team sports and came up with a map that shows which sport each country is best at. The team sports featured were football, rugby Union, test cricket, volleyball, baseball, basketball, ice hockey, field hockey, handball, netball, and rugby league. Lebanon's best sport was Rugby League as our ranking is 20th worldwide. Most people would think we'd be better ranked in Basketball but we are only…
Events

Ray Bassil, The World’s No1 Female Trap Shooter, is Targeting Lebanon’s First Olympic Gold

8 years ago
Photo Credits: CNN Update: Ray didn’t qualify to the semi-finals but improved on her previous performance. She’ll get that medal in 2020. Third time’s the charm 🙂 Ray Bassil had a rather disappointing Olympic debut ...
Humor

#Rio2016: Lebanon’s Population is 6.2 Million According to NBC

8 years ago
The 2016 Olympic Games were formally opened in a beautiful ceremony earlier today and were broadcasted to an estimated audience of three billion. These are the first ever Olympics to be held in South America ...
Lebanon

Lebanese Competing At The Rio 2016 Olympics: Names + Full Schedule

8 years ago
There are nine Lebanese athletes competing in seven different sports at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics which kick off on Sunday. Mariana Sahakyan (Female) – Table tennis Ray Bassil (Female) – Shooting Chirine Njeim (Female) ...
Lebanon

Lebanese Charbel (Bilou) Diab Just Won The MMA World Championship (Super Heavyweights)

8 years ago
Lebanese MMA fighter Charbel Diab shocked the IMMAF Super-Heavyweight division last week when he clinched the Gold Medal in the 265lb+ bracket. Diab is the only Lebanese that got a medal out of the 2016 ...
Lebanon

Lebanese U18 National Basketball Team Defeats Algeria, Advances To The Arab Championship Final Game

8 years ago
Photo Credits: Sports-961 There’s still hope for Lebanese basketball. Our U18 National team defeated Algeria in the semi-finals and will play Egypt in the final game. This is the fourth consecutive win for the Lebanese ...
Automotive

#PekingParis2016: Team Lebanon is One Week Away From Making History!

8 years ago
Charbel Habib and Walid Samaha just crossed borders to Poland with their 1964 Porsche 356 C after driving over 5000 KM across Russia. They are still holding the second spot in their category and holding ...
Humor

Hitler Reacts to Germany’s Loss to France

8 years ago
Hilarious! PS: That was a lousy performance from Germany, they deserve to lose even though France was extremly lucky with these two goals. ...
Lebanon

Micky Chebli Cycling For Life: 4000 KM, 180 Hours of Cycling & Over $100K Raised

8 years ago
Photo Credits: Patrick Baz Micky Chebli is a Lebanese financier, humanitarian and accomplished athlete. He decided this year to celebrate his 50th anniversary by embarking on a journey from Paris to Beirut on a bike ...
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