12 Mar. 2017- After losing their point guard due to an injury, Riyadi left to Jordan with 8 players. Ken Brown, Aminu, Jean Abdelnour, Roy Samaha, Joey Zaloum, Amir Saoud, Ali Haidar and Karim Zeinoun.
Despite the lack of depth in their roster, the Lebanese Champions managed to end Q1 in their favor 29-19.
They took the lead from the very beginning of the game and forced their tempo to end the half 50-32.
Despite reducing the lead to 6 points, Riyadi were able to end the game 85-66.
12 Mar. 2017 – The pride of Lebanese judo, Nacif Elias, has one more time proven why he is one of the top players in the game.
Elias was taking part in the 2017 Buenos Aires Pan American Open that took place over the course of two days: 11th and 12th of March. 12 countries from 3 different continents were participating in the event for a total of 104 judokas.
Competing in the -90 kgs category, Nacif Elias was able to defeat one by one his opponents. At last, he reached the final against American Colton Brown and he did not disappoint.
Nacif grabbed the gold medal making a whole country proud.
We congratulate him and wish him the best of luck in his upcoming championships.
12 Mar. 2017 – After Riyadi earlier tonight, Sagesse was the second team to play in WABA this evening. They were facing Al Mina from Iraq and were able to end the game 87-73.
Despite their ongoing struggles, Sagesse stepped up tonight ending the first half 42-33. They did not settle for such a score as they went on to enlarge their domination and win the game by a 14-point difference.
Congrats to both our Lebanese teams and wishing them the best in their upcoming games.
13 Mar. 2017 – Check out this photo album from Byblos vs Homenetmen in the Lebanese basketball league. Photos by Lara Arapguirlian / Sportscode Images.
13 Mar. 2017 – The Lebanese Track & Field athlete Christopher Saikalis, who represents Grand Valley in the United States, has set a new indoor record.
Indeed, Saikalis got a 17.75 meters in Shot Put at the NCAA Division 2 All-American, to finish 7th and break the Lebanese indoor record. Nevertheless, this record has not been announced yet by the federation so we are still waiting to see if it’s official or not.
Best of luck in your upcoming competitions Christopher!
13 Mar.2017- Aamal Bikfaya made it to the first division of the Lebanese Futsal League after winning their playoff game against AUST.
Amal worked tooth and nail this season, grabbing 4th place in Division 2. It was just enough for them to face AUST, last in the First Division, in a playoff game. They won their game by a fine line, 4-3. A result allowing them to play with the big kids in division 1.
AUST have now been relegated to the second division. Hard luck AUST and best of luck Amal Bikfaya!
13 Mar. 2017- After signing their old-new coach Miodrag Perisic, things are still not going well for Tadamon where they lost two consecutive games against Riyadi and Mouttahed.
However, they signed two new imports to boost their team.
Their first import is Courtney Pigram a 6’1 ft guard that played lately in AEK Cyprus. He played as well in the Spanish, German, Greek and NBA D- league, not to forget the Iranian league with Shahrdari Gorgan.
As for their second one, Tadamon signed with the 25 year old forward Deng Deng. He is 6’8 ft and played in the D-League and was NBA drafted in 2016. He took part of the NCAA as well, with Baylor Bears.
Let’s wait and see what Deng and Pigram will add to the team, especially that Tadamon have a crucial game against Sagesse on Sunday.
13 Mar. 2017- Two games took place in the 6th round of the Women Basketball League.
The first game was a close game between Homenetmen Antelias and Hoops which ended in the title holders’ favor (55-49).
As for the second one, it was between Al Chabibeh and Antranik Sin El Fil. Al Chabibeh were able to create a very big lead from the very beginning of the game to end it in their favor (79-31).
It’s worth mentioning that Riyadi is the only team that remains undefeated, followed by Homenetmen with 2 losses only, against their runner ups.
13 Mar. 2017 – While basketball, football, futsal, ski and such sports take the lion’s share of fans in Lebanon, other activities such as Hockey have quickly been forgotten. Ibrahim Bornibyouk, is one of those people who are passionate about hockey and who were there since its beginnings.
When the ice skating arena first opened in 1997 in Zouk, Ibrahim was one of the main activists who worked to make it work up until its closure. That’s when his journey in Lebanon ended. He indeed traveled around the Arab world, helping open arenas in Syria, Qatar, UAE in order to spread the sport’s culture.
Finally, his last stop was in UAE where he helped build national teams, while consistently traveling to Europe and other destinations in order to get Hockey certificates. Following that, he started leading games in the UAE league, before he was given the chance to be one of the referees in the Asian championship in which UAE ended up 2nd.
Now, he travels with the team as he’s responsible for logistics and he’s currently in Thailand for the women ASIAN Championship as well as the ASIAN JUNIORS BOYS Championship.
With this sport on the rise in the region, the Lebanese people should seize the opportunity to take part in it and become one of the best. We already have some athletes who are very young and talented, not only in Hockey but in skating in general such as Thea Abou Diwan who is a young Figure skater.
13 Mar. 2017- The second game of WABA championship took place today between Riyadi and Naft. This is an important clash for both teams, trying to finish the group stages with no losses.
The Lebanese team finished the first quarter in their favor, (21-17). With 3 minutes left on the clock, Riyadi managed to widen the gap to 8 points (32-24), but Naft’s efforts payed off to finally finish the quarter down by 2 (32-30).
Riyadi ended the 3rd quarter leading with 1 point only (53-52).
Finally, the Lebanese Team overcame Naft to finish the game (73-65).
13 Mar. 2017 – Things don’t seem to be going well for Antonine as they have just lost to Antranik tonight (90-86).
It was a close game from the very beginning till the very end. In fact, Imad Saade’s efforts were truly missed, and Antranik overcame Antonine, grabbing an important win.
It’s worth mentioning that Central and Beirut remain the 2 undefeated club.
Let’s wait and see who will clinch his spot in division 1.
13 Mar. 2017 – The Army have defeated Achrafieh Youth Club in their third semi final game, thus ending the series 3-nil.
After two hard fought games, the first won which they won after extra time and the second one by a sole goal, the Army have finally emerged victorious in this tough series. They won their third game 3-2 with AYC failing yet again to impose a fourth game.
This marks the end of the journey for AYC in the Lebanese Futsal League. However, they will still have to face Louaize in the Lebanese Futsal Cup final.
As for the Army, they will now face Bank of Beirut, who have easily breezed past Choueifat, in the finals.
That is one final game that promises to be exciting as BoB and the Army had respectively occupied the first and second place in the regular season.
14 Mar.2017– After underperforming in recent games, Byblos has decided to part ways with Ndudi Ebi. The management thought can move on and build a team with fresh legs.
Their new center, none other than French international, Ali Traore. Lebanese audience will remember Ali having played with Amchit in 2014. Having recently played in Liga ACB for Estudiantes, Traore has a CV full class A team as Alba Berlin and Strasbourg.
The coming days will show us if Byblos have made the correct decision as only time can tell.
14 Mar. 2016- During a meeting held at the Municipality of Saida, the Saida Marathon Association has launched its program that aims at training volunteers and improving their skill set. This initiative will help them benefit from these skills when organizing the International Saida Marathon “we run for development and peace.” The association organizes this race with the help of Bank Audi and in collaboration with Rotaract Club – Saida, along with the Municipality of Saida and under the supervision of the Lebanese Athletics Federation. The race will be held on the 23rd of April.
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The meeting began with a brief speech for Dr. Hamoud, President of the association, in which he talked about the ongoing preparations for the marathon emphasizing the role the volunteers play in making the event a success. After that, the executive manager, Marwan Orabi, held a lecture on volunteering and its importance for young men and women of the region and the neighbor along with its social benefits. He underlined the tasks of the volunteers in order to make the event successful.
14 Mar. 2017- The 3rd game of Waba Championship took place today between Riyadi and Seriyat Ramallah. The Lebanese Champions ended the first Q in their favor, leading by 3 (22-19).
They played an excellent second quarter to widen the gap, and lead at the half (51-36).
Riyadi proved once again why they’re the Lebanese Champions and managed to end the third quarter 74-56, to finally grab and important win 92-82 and secure their place in the semis.
Congratulations Riyadi
