Lebanese Basketball: Foreign Players Scoring Almost 70% Of Total Points

Lebanese players via SportsCode Back in October 2015, I criticized the decision to allow three foreigners players to play in Lebanese Basketball teams and said that it would kill local talent and would destroy the game for the years to come. FLB President Walid Nassar should have never taken that decision and the outcome is as expected. Foreign players are scoring on average 70% of all points and Lebanese players not being given enough time…

40m-long Highline In Tannourine: The First In Lebanon

Check out this short video shot by Yann Traboulsi and Omar Nassar highlining over the village of Tannourine el Tahta. I don't recall ever seeing a highline in Lebanon so this might just be the first and it's pretty cool, despite the many falls. Highline is a balance sport that consists of walking through a rope clamped between two high points. I hope these guys set up high lines in other spots and shoot longer…
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Orphaned 3-Year Old Haidar Visited Real Madrid And Met Cristiano Ronaldo

9 years ago
via DailyStar Here’s a small update on the #CristianoMeetHaidar story. Haidar did end up visiting Real Madrid and meeting Real’s president and his hero Cristiano Ronaldo. I know this visit won’t bring his family back ...
Lebanon

Watch This Epic Dive From The Top Of Raouche Rock (Pigeon Rock)

9 years ago
This video was shared yesterday on NostalgiaLB (I love this page!) and shows an incredible dive by a war amputee called Oliver Ghorayyeb back in 1994 from the top of Raouche Rock. It’s definitely not ...
Lebanon

#CristianoMeetHaidar: Orphaned 3-Year Old Will Watch El Classico And Meet Ronaldo

10 years ago
I’m sure you’ve all heard about Haidar, the three-year old boy who survived the recent Beirut bombings but unfortunately lost both his parents. Most of the local TVs rushed to interview the poor kid while ...
Lebanon

Lebanon Is Officially Going To The 2017 Rugby League World Cup!

10 years ago
The Lebanese Rugby League National Team defeated South Africa for the second time yesterday (50-12) and has officially qualified to the 2017 Rugby League World Cup which will be held in Australia, New Zealand and ...
Lebanon

Lebanon Is One Game Away From Reaching The 2017 Rugby League World Cup!

10 years ago
We’re almost there! Our Lebanese Rugby Team beat South Africa 40-12 in Game 1 and now needs to secure a second win against South Africa on Saturday October 31st to qualify to the World Cup! ...
Humor

Foreign Players To Replace Lebanese Basketball Players By 2017

10 years ago
Lebanese players next year – via SportsCode (By Mohammad Noureddine) In an attempt to take basketball in Lebanon to the next level, the Lebanese Basketball teams and the Federation have met and agreed on a ...
Critiques

The Lebanese Basketball Federation Head Should Not Resign, He Should Be Fired!

10 years ago
A year go, I wrote a post against allowing 3 foreign players instead of two in the Lebanese Basketball teams and I applauded the FLB President Walid Nassar for standing against this decision, hoping that ...
Baladi

Austrian David Lama First To Climb the Magical Balou3 Balaa In Tannourine

10 years ago
Austrian Sport Climber and Mountaineer David Lama chose Lebanon as the location for his latest adventure and decided to climb Tannourine’s famous sink hole to become the first ever climber to do so. Lama was ...
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