The SFA Championship was organized by the Saudi Sports for All Federation and the Newcastle United Foundation and held at the Kingdom Schools Stadium. RIYADH: An amateur football tournament organized as part of a national campaign to promote sport and encourage people to get fit ended on Saturday in Riyadh. “This is our first participation in the team’s history, but our yoga team’s champions were able to succeed in winning five medals, which is a large number compared to the intensity of the competition, which gathered very experienced international practitioners and also despite the young age of the participating Saudi practitioners,” she said.Īl-Marwaai dedicated this achievement to the leadership of the Kingdom: “Thanks to the great support that Saudi sports enjoy in all its forms, and with their support, our yoga practitioners were able to obtain these medals.” Nouf Al-Marwaai, president of Saudi Yoga Committee, expressed her pride at the distinguished levels that the Saudi National Yoga team achieved. Saudi Yoga practitioner Samaher Al-Malki won the gold medal, while Badr Al-Ghamdi, Ahmed Shilati and Sarah Al-Amoudi won three silver medals, with Joud Abed winning the bronze medal. It was supported by Nepal Yoga Sports Association and World Hatha Yoga Federation. The championship was organized by Nepal Yoga & Nature Cure Association. The contest was held from June 8 to June 10 in Katmandu, Nepal.Įight countries from South Asia including India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Maldives took part in the competition.

JEDDAH: In its first international competition, the Saudi national yoga team claimed five medals, including a gold medal, three silvers and one bronze medal at the 2nd Mt. Intensive training for referees,” Al-Marwaai added.Ībdulrasheed will be the first Saudi referee to participate in an international championship since the establishment of the yoga committee, although Nouf bint Muhammad Al-Maroui had officiated at the level prior its setup. “To achieve this goal, the Saudi Yoga Committee hosted experts from the Asian Yoga Federation to qualify young cadres of both sexes through training courses. “With the increasing number of yoga practitioners and professionals in all parts of the Kingdom, there has been an urgent need to equip national cadres of male and female referees to supervise the arbitration of local championships. She noted that considerable planning had gone into helping more Saudis qualify as referees to officiate at local, regional, and international championships. Nouf Al-Marwaai, president of the Saudi Yoga Committee, said she was proud that Abdulmajeed would be participating alongside the Saudi team, competing for the first time in an international championship.

The second edition of the event has been organized by the Nepal Yoga Association and the International Yoga Sports Federation.Ībdulrasheed was among Saudi Arabia’s first batch of 19 female and two male yogasana referees who graduated in October at an event in Riyadh.

JEDDAH: Mashael Akram Abdulrasheed will on Thursday make history when she becomes the first Saudi woman to referee at the Mt.

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