The Prime Minister of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al Khaled Al Hamad Al Sabah, opened the third Gulf Games in Kuwait on Sunday evening in the presence of His Highness Prince Fahd bin Jalawi bin Abdulaziz bin Musaed, Vice President of the Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Association. Committee, head of the Saudi delegation participating in the course, and Their Highnesses, Excellencies, Heads of the Gulf Olympic Committees. The opening ceremony, which took place at the Sheikh Jaber Al-Abdullah International Tennis Complex in the capital of Kuwait, included many artistic and historical paragraphs, including an operetta that tells of the cohesion and unity of the Persian Gulf in an atmosphere of peace and love.
More than 1,500 male and female athletes from the Gulf countries are scheduled to compete in 16 different games.
On the other hand, Prince Fahd bin Jalawi and HRH Prince Faisal bin Bandar bin Sultan, President of the Saudi Arabia Electronic Games Federation, Saudi Arabian National Electronic Games Team players Najd Fahd and Afra Muhammad won team gold and first place in the FIFA game. at the start of the tournament’s electronic games competition, after Bahrain’s 8-0 victory in the final match of the competition, bringing Saudi Arabia’s balance in the tournament to 35 medals (8 gold, 9 silver and 18 bronze).
In tennis competition, Saudi Arabia’s Abdullah Al-Faraj advanced to the round of 16 in singles by defeating Emirati’s Abdullah Al-Marzouki in straight sets without a charge (6-0, 6-0), while his colleague Omar Ahmed was eliminated from the singles competition after losing to Kuwaiti Ali Al-Shatti in two groups for free at the competition, which was held at the Jaber Al-Abdullah International Tennis Complex in Kuwait.
Futsal club Al-Akhdar beat their Omani counterpart 3-0 in a meeting that took place at the Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah complex.
In table tennis, the Saudi Arabian team, consisting of Ali Al-Khadrawi, Abdulaziz Bushlibi and Abdulaziz Al-Abbad, beat their Kuwaiti colleague 3-1 in the team competition, which was held at the headquarters of the Kuwait Olympic Committee.
In cycling, Al-Akhdar’s Mohammed Al-Jaber finished fifth in the 20 km individual time trial with a time of 32.30.96 minutes, while teammate Mustafa Al-Rabi finished sixth with a time of 32.46.87 minutes. .
The women’s cycling team will play on Monday at 7 am in the individual race – the general – with the participation of 6 players, and the basketball team will meet in the semi-finals of the competition with their Kuwaiti counterpart at 5 pm. , and the Saudi Arabia national volleyball team will meet with the United Arab Emirates at the same time.
The women’s futsal team will face their UAE counterpart to determine third and fourth place in the football competition.
Tennis will take place at 4 pm and the hockey team will meet at 3:30 pm with their counterpart from the UAE, while the table tennis team will face the Emirates at 10 am and the Qatar team will meet at 5 pm. in the evening, and the competition in electronic games (FIFA) for men will be held at one in the afternoon.
