Jeddah-Somali community football tourney kicks of Thursday.
Authorities of the Somali community in the Saudi city of Jeddah have announced the fixtures of the Somali community football tournament which is annually held by the Somali community under the leadership of chairman Mohamed Aweys and his committee members including former footballers and other experts. Read the rest of this entry »
Somali basketball men’s tourney ends
The 26th edition of Somali basketball men’s championship has successfully ended here in Somali capital with Mogadishu port team winning the trophy after humiliating its Somali police club rivals by 80-72 in the final match on Friday afternoon in the presence of Somali deputy Prime minister and minister for defense Hussein Arab Esse, the Somali NOC president and other key government ministers. Read the rest of this entry »
New era for Somalia as hundreds taught sport and other job skills
The biggest graduation ceremony to be witnessed in war-torn Somalia in more than two decades has on Wednesday been held for over 500 students who were taught sport and other important job skills by the Somali Youth League SYL the 2nd for the past six months.
Somali FA outlines next month’s regional development work plans
Somali Football Federation has on Tuesday outlined its development activity plans due to be launched in the central Somali regions in the second week of March in a bid to promote refereeing, management and coaching skills of its bearers in several regions. Read the rest of this entry »
Somali umpires end ITTF course
International Table Tennis Federation instructor Dr. Mohamed Refaat Bassyouni has successfully concluded a 6-day-long refereeing course for Somali table tennis referees in a colorful ceremony at Shamow hotel in Mogadishu late on Thursday in the presence of Somali NOC president and other senior officials within the national Olympic committee of Somalia. Read the rest of this entry »
Somali Table Tennis referees attend training course
At least 15 Somali table tennis referees have on Saturday sat for 6-day-long ITTF-sponsored training course. A colorful ceremony to mark on the launching of the high level course was held at the Shamow hotel in Mogadishu in the attendance of high profile Somali sporting dignitaries. Read the rest of this entry »
Somali NOC assesses sports development in Central regions
The Somali National Olympic committee has sent a large delegation to the semiautonomous Gal-Mududg state in Central Somalia in a bid to assess sports development in the region where and destroy a green line that divided the city of Galkayo through sport. Read the rest of this entry »
The 3rd Generations for Peace program held in Somalia
Funded by the Jordan-based Generations for peace, the 3rd edition of Generations for peace program has been implemented in the semiautonomous northeastern Somali state of Puntland under the auspice of Somali National Olympic committee which is partner with the Generations For peace. Read the rest of this entry »
Daimler cup ends in Somalia
The Somali national Olympic committee has successfully concluded the Daimler Cup at the new OlympAfrica center in Garowe the provincial capital of Somalia’s north eastern semiautonomous sate of Puntland.
ISTANBUL 2020: Bid leaders eager to incorporate youth engagement lessons into Games concept
ISTANBUL, January 18, 2012 – Hasan Arat, one of the leaders of the Istanbul 2020 Bid Committee and Vice President of the NOC of Turkey, believes the bid team’s experiences at the inaugural Winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck have left them better equipped than ever to harness the dynamism and ambition of Turkey’s youthful population.
Speaking at the Turkey exhibition stand in the YOG World Mile, part of Innsbruck 2012’s innovative Culture and Education Programme, Hasan Arat was full of praise for the organisers’ achievements: