Kuwait U-17 team heads to Serbia for training camp
The camp will feature several friendly matches designed to evaluate the players' readiness ahead of future tournaments.
Meanwhile, the Olympic team has wrapped up its training camp in Cairo, Egypt, where it played a series of friendly matches. The camp was part of the team's preparations for the AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualifiers, which are set to take place in Saudi Arabia in January. Kuwait will compete in Group B, alongside Japan, Afghanistan, and host nation Myanmar, with matches scheduled from September 1 to 9.
In a related development, the junior team continues its daily training sessions in the Czech Republic, where it is also holding a preparatory camp for upcoming engagements.
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Kuwait U-17 team heads to Serbia for training camp
KUWAIT CITY, July 20: The Kuwait U-17 national football team departed for Serbia to begin a training camp in preparation for upcoming competitions. The delegation is led by Kuwait Football Association Board Member Ayman Al-Husseini. The camp will feature several friendly matches designed to evaluate the players' readiness ahead of future tournaments. Meanwhile, the Olympic team has wrapped up its training camp in Cairo, Egypt, where it played a series of friendly matches. The camp was part of the team's preparations for the AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualifiers, which are set to take place in Saudi Arabia in January. Kuwait will compete in Group B, alongside Japan, Afghanistan, and host nation Myanmar, with matches scheduled from September 1 to 9. In a related development, the junior team continues its daily training sessions in the Czech Republic, where it is also holding a preparatory camp for upcoming engagements.
Arab Times
2 days ago
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Wellbrock, Kajimoto win historic 3km knockout sprint titles in Singapore
SINGAPORE, July 19 (Xinhua): Germany's Florian Wellbrock and Japan's Ichika wrote their names into the history books on Saturday, clinching golds in the inaugural 3km open water knockout sprint events at the World Aquatics Championships on Singapore's Sentosa Island. The newly introduced event saw swimmers progress through three elimination rounds - 1500m, 1000m, and a final 500m dash - with only the fastest surviving each stage. Wellbrock, 27, completed a clean sweep of the men's open water titles this week, adding the sprint crown to his earlier victories in the 10km and 5km races. The Olympic champion from Tokyo 2020 looked untouchable from start to finish. "The strategy was to have a good position in the 1500m and 1km, and being in the top position in the 500m," said Wellbrock. "To be a good open water swimmer, you need the speed from the pool. We can use this speed for the final 500m, and that's so nice." Wellbrock pulled away in the final stretch of the 500m to edge Hungary's David Betlehem by 1.7 seconds. France's Marc-Antoine Olivier, competing at his sixth World Championships, took bronze, matching his result from the 5km event. With his third gold in Singapore, Wellbrock became the first swimmer in history to win three individual open water titles at a single edition of the World Championships. The German now holds 13 career World Championship medals, including nine golds, across pool and open water disciplines. In the women's event, 21-year-old Kajimoto timed her final sprint to perfection in a dramatic finish, despite losing her swim cap midway through the 500m. Kajimoto, who also won bronze in the 5km on Friday and claimed a surprise World Cup title in Portugal last month, surged through clean water to out-touch the field and claim Japan's first-ever gold in the new event. Taddeucci, 28, earned her third silver of the meet, while Johnson and Hungary's Bettina Fabian shared bronze after an inseparable finish.
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Kuwait Olympic team takes on Egypt again
CAIRO, July 19: Kuwait's Olympic national football team is set to play its fourth friendly match today during its training camp in Cairo, Egypt. The Blue team will meet Egypt at 8:00 pm. at El-Hadaf Stadium. In its third friendly, Kuwait fell to Egypt 3-2. Abdulrahman Al-Rashidi and Jasem Al-Matar scored for the Kuwaiti side. The match was attended by Kuwait's Ambassador to Egypt, Ghanem Saqr Al-Ghanem, along with Osama Hussein, Vice President of the Kuwait Football Association for Technical Affairs; board member Dr. Ahmad Ajab; Al-Arabi SC representative Ali Atsh; and National Teams Director Saud Al-Mujaimmed. This camp is part of Kuwait's preparation for the AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualifiers, scheduled for January in Saudi Arabia. Kuwait is in Group B alongside Japan, Afghanistan, and Myanmar. The qualifiers will run from September 1 to 9 in Myanmar. Separately, Kuwait's youth national team played to a 2-2 draw with the Czech youth team Dukla Prague during its ongoing training camp in the Czech Republic. The match was attended by KFA board member Fahad Al-Hamlan and Kuwait's Ambassador to the Czech Republic, Falah Al-Hajraf. Goals for Kuwait were scored by Bader Al-Zanki and Youssef Al-Enezi. The youth team is expected to play more friendlies in the coming days to prepare for upcoming commitments.
