The final touches for Midrar JPL kick-off - Mar 17, 2010 (by Mohammed Malas)
Jo-Basket.com, Amman - The participating teams of the Jordanian Professional League (JPL) for season 2009-2010 (Zain, ASU Sports Club, Al Riyadi, Orthodox & Al Wihdat) will meet today to have the final touches of the preperation of the tournament's establishment next Tuesday in Prince Hamza Hall in Amman, The league will be under the cover of the Temporary Committee of the Jordanian basketball federation (JBF) who approved its legal part [read more]
Jo-Basket.com, Amman - The participating teams of the Jordanian Professional League (JPL) for season 2009-2010 (Zain, ASU Sports Club, Al Riyadi, Orthodox & Al Wihdat) will meet today to have the final touches of the preperation of the tournament's establishment next Tuesday in Prince Hamza Hall in Amman, The league will be under the cover of the Temporary Committee of the Jordanian basketball federation (JBF) who approved its legal part.
Mr. Mudar Majthoob, The general commissioner of the league in the JBF will be in the meeting in order to put the final regulations and the rosters of the clubs, Also to register the names of the participants in the Dunk and 3-point shooting contests in the opening ceremony which will include some exciting shows from minibasket teams in Al Riyadi and Orthodox.
In a related issue, Clubs have welcomed Al Jaleel club from Irbid who confirmed their interest in being part of the JPL this season earlier this week but they asked to reconsider their decision and take the opinion of some basketball specialists to see whether participation will be useful or not.
Wright fails to join Sagesse - Mar 14, 2010 (by Mohammed Malas)
Jo-Basket.com, Amman - Jordan national team naturalized player Rasheim Wright (194-G-81, college: District of Col.) failed to join Sagesse - Al Hekmeh Beirut Club of Lebanon officially for the reminder of the season after Zain Club's complaint which was sent to FIBA about the player's contract with the Jordanian Champions [read more]
Jo-Basket.com, Amman - Jordan national team naturalized player Rasheim Wright (194-G-81, college: District of Col.) failed to join Sagesse - Al Hekmeh Beirut Club of Lebanon officially for the reminder of the season after Zain Club's complaint which was sent to FIBA about the player's contract with the Jordanian Champions.
Wright, who has a valid contract with Zain till the end of this season 2009-2010, was supposed to join back right after his participation with Mahram in the Iranian play-offs on loan but he turned his eyes to Lebanon and flied directly to Beirut despite the fact that Zain added Wright's in the team's roster in the 13th West Asian Club Championship which ended in Iran today and that was one of the main reasons of Zain's wthdrawal form this big event.
That is not the first time Wright do these kind of actions as he did the same earlier this season when he went to play with Al Arabi of Kuwait without getting back to Zain who hold a contract with the guard in the addition of last year's problems when he played for Turkish 2nd division team Beykoz and left the team for unknown reasons then Zain was forced to pay 30 thousand $ as a buyout to get the player's services.
Saint Joseph University announces the 2010 Beirut Unisports Festival - Mar 14, 2010 (by Maarouf Mawloud)
The Sport of the university had a press conference in the publicity building, which was attended by the general secretary of the university Fouad Maroun and the director of sports department Maroun Khoury, introducing the Beirut Unisports Festival which will be held between the 18th and the 21st of March [read more]
The Sport of the university had a press conference in the publicity building, which was attended by the general secretary of the university Fouad Maroun and the director of sports department Maroun Khoury, introducing the Beirut Unisports Festival which will be held between the 18th and the 21st of March.
After a welcoming speech, Maroun pointed out that the idea saw the light thanks to the experience of those responsible for the branch of sport and the experience of the players on the other hand, that they gained from their posts earlier, in addition to the excellent results achieved by the University of St. Joseph, culminating in the first place four times in a row in Milan 2006, Barcelona 2007 and Valencia 2008 and 2009, and aims Hosting to encourage cooperation between universities and give players room to get acquainted and show Lebanon in a new, modern and reinforce the status of the University of St. Joseph site.
Khoury explained the organizational matters of the festival, which will include 1500 athlete from 14 countries. Khoury revealed that the idea began in 2008 with a view to engaging with students, and hosting came from the excellent results achieved by the university, and the event was delayed two years because of security conditions.
The event will include 16 contests: football, mini (male and female), football halls (male), basketball (males and females), volleyball (male and female), and volleyball (OUTDOOR), Tennis (male and female), Handball (M), table tennis (male and female), swimming, chess and athletics (male and female), and games culture. Also a big thank to the local associations which cooperated to ensure that referees are arranged for all games. These games will be held on the courts of Jamhour high school and Michel el Murr Stadium in Bouchrieh.
Universities from different countries will attend the event including:Algeria, Bahrain, Syria, Bulgaria, Spain, Greece, Jordan, Morocco, Nigeria, Poland, Romania, Russia, Kuwait, and the host country Lebanon
The festival will feature concerts daily recreational and cultural activities arranged by the university students.
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