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Bangkok The Saudi Olympic team qualified for the final match after defeating Uzbekistan 1-0 in the 87th minute, at Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok, in the semi-finals of the Asian U-23 2020 in Thailand.By defeating Uzbekistan, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has become one of the first three Asian teams to secure a trip to the Summer Olympics in Tokyo.16 teams total will compete in four groups in seven total venues in Tokyo and elsewhere in Japan.The Men's Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020 will begin on 23 July, with the gold medal match being played on 8 August at International Stadium Yokohama � the venue of the 2002 FIFA World Cup Final.Source: Saudi Press Agency

Bangkok The Saudi Olympic team qualified for the final match after defeating Uzbekistan 1-0 in the 87th minute, at Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok, in the semi-finals of the Asian U-23 2020 in Thailand.By defeating Uzbekistan, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has become one of the first three Asian teams to secure a trip to the Summer Olympics in Tokyo.16 teams total will compete in four groups in seven total venues in Tokyo and elsewhere in Japan.The Men's Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020 will begin on 23 July, with the gold medal match being played on 8 August at International Stadium Yokohama � the venue of the 2002 FIFA World Cup Final.Source: Saudi Press Agency

Riyadh, Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al-Faisal, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the General Sports Authority (GSA) has extended his sincere congratulations and blessings to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and to His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense on the occasion of the qualification of the Saudi national under-23 football for Tokyo Games 2020 and the final match of the Asian Cup after winning 1/0 over its Uzbek counterpart in the AFC Asian Cup U-23 semi-final held at Rajamangala National Stadium in Bankgok, Thailand.In a press statement on the occasion, Prince Abdulaziz Al-Faisal also congratulated the Saudi people, all the athletes and the employees of Saudi Ar...

Riyadh, Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al-Faisal, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the General Sports Authority (GSA) has extended his sincere congratulations and blessings to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and to His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense on the occasion of the qualification of the Saudi national under-23 football for Tokyo Games 2020 and the final match of the Asian Cup after winning 1/0 over its Uzbek counterpart in the AFC Asian Cup U-23 semi-final held at Rajamangala National Stadium in Bankgok, Thailand.In a press statement on the occasion, Prince Abdulaziz Al-Faisal also congratulated the Saudi people, all the athletes and the employees of Saudi Ar...

Bangkok, Syrian Olympic Football team beat the Japanese team 2-1 in the second round of the groups' league of U-23 Asian Cup that was held in Tailand.Abdul Al-Rahaman Barakat and Alaa' Al-Deen Dali scored for Syria in the 9th minutes and 87th minutes respectively.KSA tied with Qatar (0-0) in the same group.With this result, Syria and KSA ranked first with 4 points while Qatar ranked second with 2 points and Japan came third with no points.Syria will meet KSA next Wednesday.Source: Syrian Arab News Agency

Damascus, Syrian high jumper Majd Eddin Ghazal has qualified for Tokyo Olympics 2020 after coming sixth in the world rankings.Ghazal obtained 1,312 points in the world rankings which was issued by International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) to rise to the sixth place in the high jumping competition and to qualify along with 32 other players for Tokyo Olympics.Earlier Syrian equestrian Ahmed Hamshou had qualified for Tokyo Olympics 2020 as Hamshou and Ghazal will represent Syria in the Olympics and other players might also be qualified for the Olympics in other games.Earlier this year, Ghazal won the gold medal at the Asian Championship and he came in the second place at Rome Diamond League 2019, in addition to ranking first at Bratislava International Forum in Slovakia, and a...

Kuwait, The Syrian national fencing team won a gold medal in the Arab Championship for men and women categories currently held in Kuwait.Najlaa Al-Sharqi gained the medal in Sabre fencing with the participation of a large number of men and women from eight countries.Source: Syrian Arab News Agency

Abu Dhabi, The Syrian Muay Thai team gained two bronze medals in the Asian Muay Thai Championship currently held in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates, with the participation of 300 players from 30 countries.Player Wael Al-Saeed won the bronze medal in the 91 kg category while the second one went to Nadia al-Sayed in the 60 and a half kg category.Source: Syrian Arab News Agency

Abu Dhabi, The Syrian Muay Thai team gained two bronze medals in the Asian Muay Thai Championship currently held in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates, with the participation of 300 players from 30 countries.Player Wael Al-Saeed won the bronze medal in the 91 kg category while the second one went to Nadia al-Sayed in the 60 and a half kg category.Source: Syrian Arab News Agency

Beijing, Syrian Olympic Football team crowned hero of International China Friendly Tournament after the team tied 0-0 with Tajikistan.Syria topped the tournament with 7 points (2 wins and one draw).The tournament is the last training station for our team before Asian qualifiers on march 8, 2020 in Thailand.Source: Syrian Arab News Agency