Lebanese Cabinet Priorities: Naturalizing Basketball Player Omar Spellman

In the midst of all the problems we're currently facing in Lebanon, the Lebanese cabinet found time to secure the necessary constitutional measures to naturalize 25-year-old previous NBA player Omar Spellman in time for him to represent Lebanon in the World Cup. Our national team clearly needs our support but naturalizing foreign players should be the least of our concerns right now, especially if this player will require compensation that could be used to train…

The Cedars Team Beat Jamaica to Reach Rugby League 2021 Championship Quarter Finals

The Cedars are proudly representing Lebanon in the 2021 Rugby League World Championships in England and have just reached the quarter finals after beating Jamaica 74 to 12. The team has delivered very strong results so far, especially in their opening game against the tournament favorites New Zealand. Lebanon is now ranked 2nd in his group and has officially qualified to the Quarter Finals but also and more importantly to the 2025 World Rugby League…
Lebanon

Lebanon’s Captain Hassan Maatouk To Appear in Netflix Football Docuseries

1 year ago
The heartbreaking story of Lebanon’s national football team in the most recent World Cup qualification will be featured in Netflix’s “Captains” docuseries. The series tells the story of six different captains, including Lebanon’s captain Hassan ...
Lebanon

Beirut First Club Defeats Riyadi To Claim First Title

1 year ago
Beirut First Club defeated Riyadi in Game 7 tonight to claim its first ever Lebanese Basketball League title. Beirut was down 2-0 in the series before pulling an incredible comeback and winning the series at ...
Fun

Lebanese Olympic Team Coach Goes Viral in China

1 year ago
Nino Fenianos, who produces hilarious videos on Insta, is also a coach on the Lebanese Olympic team this year. During the opening ceremony, an altered video of him dancing to a pop song (Tunak Tunak ...
Lebanon

[Updated] Lebanese Athletes at The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics

1 year ago
Updates: – Manon Ouaiss crashed out of the Women’s Giant Slalom, she did finished however her two Slalom runs in a very encouraging 46th spot. – Cesar Arnouk is scheduled to take part in the ...
Lebanon

Neglected Football Stadiums Forced Lebanon National Team To Play 2022 Qualifiers Abroad

2 years ago
The Lebanese National Football Team secured their first win last Tuesday in the final round of the FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifiers by defeating Syria 3 to 2 in Amman. Lebanon’s qualifying chances are very ...
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Meet Arz Zahreddine: Lebanon’s Sole Representative at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games

2 years ago
Lebanon is making its comeback to the Paralympic Games after missing out on the last games in Rio in 2016. Arz Zahreddine, a 22-year old runner, will be the sole Lebanese at the Tokyo 2020 ...
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A Specially Crafted Kimono for Lebanon at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games

2 years ago
In celebration of the Tokyo Olympics, Japan has carefully crafted 213 unique kimonos inspired by each country’s culture, history and scenery. The “KIMONO Project” aims at showing a gesture of friendship and peace towards countries ...
Lebanon

Full Schedule for Lebanese Athletes at the 2020 Olympics

2 years ago
We have 6 Lebanese competing at the Olympics in Tokyo this year in five different sports as shown below: Judo: Nacif Elias [Men’s −81 kg[ Athletics: Noureddine Hadid [Men’s 200 m] Shooting: Ray Bassil [Women’s ...
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