Mr. Saleh Alduais, deputy of the Yemeni football league, head of the mission of the Yemeni Olympic football team, said that he is pleased by the excellent reception from our brothers in Kuwait. That is actually not something new, the Kuwaiti people who always shows respect and love to Yemenis, and the Yemenis have same feelings towards our brothers in Kuwait. The Kuwaiti official in charge also provided all the facilities to the Yemeni Olympic team, expressing his thanks to Sheik Ahmed Fahed Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah head of the Kuwaiti football League, Head of the Kuwaiti Olympic committee who personally accounts for the Yemeni Olympic teams provision, and facilitates the training in Kuwait.

He also added the team has had a complete training and workout program during its stay, which will proceed till May 15th. There is some entertainment, due to the extended duration of the camp, though the players will be compensated for the previous period, which emphasized training only.
The Yemeni team had played two matches with Kuwait and won the first match 1/nil, and lost the second match 4/1, the team also played friendly match with the Kuwaiti under 19 years team, and the Brazilian national coach of the Yemeni team, Fernandez said that they were ready psychologically, especially after the matches played against the Kuwaiti team and the encouragement they got from the Kuwaiti sports Authorities.
Last Saturday, the Yemeni League paid a visit to the Al-Arabi Club and met the clubs administrators and athletes, and congratulated them for achieving the championship and the crown prince award.

 

The international academy and the international union for Tae-Kwan-Do has chosen the international Tae-Kwan-Do referee Kamal Owaif Baamr as an international referee who will participate in the 2000 Olympic games to be held in Sydney. Kamal will participate as a referee and will be managing several of the Tae-Kwan-Do matches which will be held in Olympics. This is the first occasion of its type in Yemeni sports history .

The agreement and selection of Kamal came after the convocation from the international union for Tae-Kwan-Do in Seoul (south Korea) met with the referee Kamal Owaif last week. He will be participating in the required training course, which is held for international referees who are approved by the referees council of the international union for Tae-Kwan-Do. This is an organized international union for referee selection, and they decide who will participate in refereeing the matches.

The referee Kamal Owaif succeeded in being selected by the international referee council to the group of referees which will participate in Sydney.
Kamal Owaif is considered a founder of Tae-Kwan-Do in Yemen, and he has a black belt 5 Dan's and has participated in refereeing many international & Arabian games. The last one he participated in was held in the year 1997 in Manila, the Philippines.

 

Last Thursday, Sport and Youth Clubs in Ibb city organized a demonstration protesting the ruinous effects of qat on the Yemeni society. The demonstration, the first of its kind, carried the name"No Qat Day" and was headed by the governor, Mr. Abdul Kader Hilal. Mr. Hilal, known for his supportive role in boosting sports in Ibb, announced on behalf of the city's youth that each Wednesday will become a day free of qat, as a first step to minimize the consumption of the notorious qat, which wastes time and money and causes dangerous diseases.

The participants, mostly young men, decided to break off the habit of chewing qat, and rather headed to Ibb University campus and playgrounds to pass their time in useful sport activities. Some of them utilize the service rendered by the library which houses more than 50,000 books on various topics.

On this occasion, the Governor, Mr. Abdulkadir Hilal, said a word in which he hailed the spirit of initiative and cooperation of Ibb's young people and their enthusiasm to fight laziness and submission to qat which poses a serious threat to our society in all areas of life. Mr. Hilal stresses the role played by the young people in inspiriting the community to combat the evil habit of qat. Mr. Hilal has been known and respected for his leading part in backing up youth and sport activities in Ibb Governorate. Hilal's supportive hand has improved the situation in a number of the city's sport clubs, most notably the Sha'ab sport club.