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Daily Tribune
13-07-2025
- Sport
- Daily Tribune
Bahrain Wins Gulf U-16 Basketball Championship
TDT | Manama Email: mail@ Bahrain's national under-16 basketball team has won the Gulf Championship after beating all their opponents in the tournament, which ended on Saturday evening at Zain Sports Arena in Um Al Hassam. His Highness Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa, First Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports, was present at the final and awarded the team with the trophy and gold medals. The win means Bahrain has qualified for the U-16 Asian Championship, which will take place in Mongolia this September. Several top sports officials were also at the final, including HH Shaikh Salman bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, HH Shaikh Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa, Dr. Abdulrahman Askar, and Bahrain Basketball Association President Mr. Alaa Modara. Bahrain's team won all of its matches and impressed with strong teamwork, skill, and discipline. This is the sixth time Bahrain has won this title. Shaikh Khalid praised the players and coaches for their efforts and said the team made the country proud. 'This win shows the talent and future of basketball in Bahrain,' he said. 'We are building a new generation that can represent the Kingdom with pride.' He also thanked the Bahrain Basketball Association for their work in developing young talent and confirmed that the General Sports Authority and Bahrain Olympic Committee will continue to fully support national teams in all sports.
Qatar Tribune
29-06-2025
- Sport
- Qatar Tribune
Gulf U-16 basketball c'ship important for future talents: Saadoun Al Kuwari
Tribune News Network Doha The Gulf Basketball Federation, in collaboration with its counterpart, the Bahrain Basketball Federation, is actively engaged in finalizing preparations for the Gulf U-16 Basketball Championship. This tournament is set to take place in the Kingdom of Bahrain from July 22 to 27, 2025, featuring six participating teams: Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, the Sultanate of Oman, and Kuwait. The tournament holds significant importance, as both the champion and the runner-up will secure two direct spots in the U-16 Asian Cup Finals, scheduled to occur in Mongolia in September 2025. In this regard, Saadoun Sabah Al Kuwari, Secretary-General of the Qatar Basketball Federation and Secretary-General of the Gulf Basketball Federation, conveyed his hopes for the success of all teams involved, urging them to showcase the high technical standards that Gulf basketball is known for. He highlighted the significance of this event, which will grant the champion and runner-up two berths to the Asian Cup Finals, thereby enhancing the technical quality of the tournament and fostering enthusiasm and competition among the teams in the Gulf Championship. He stated, 'We at the Gulf Basketball Federation, in partnership with the Bahrain Basketball Federation, are committed to organizing an outstanding tournament that reflects the advanced level of the sport in the region.' He further emphasized: 'We always strive, in cooperation with the Asian Football Confederation, to develop Gulf competitions and enhance the efficiency and quality of teams. Granting two direct spots to the Asian Cup through the Gulf Championship is an international recognition of the development of the youth categories in the Gulf countries and gives national teams a greater incentive to excel and qualify.' Al Kuwari added: 'Through this tournament, we seek to enhance the readiness of Gulf national team players and achieve our long-term goals of discovering talent, expanding the practice base, and building teams capable of competing on the continent and internationally.' The tournament draw has resulted in the division of teams into two distinct groups. Group A comprises Qatar, Kuwait, and the UAE, whereas Group B consists of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and the Sultanate of Oman.
Time of India
16-06-2025
- Sport
- Time of India
Beware! BCCI cracks down: New bone test rule to catch over-age players
Representational photo NEW DELHI: In a notable development, the BCCI has introduced an additional bone test at the junior level to ensure that young cricketers don't miss out on a season due to the "+1 factor" currently applied in the eligibility calculation, which often disqualifies players by a narrow margin. As per the existing procedure, a cricketer's age is determined through the TW3 method (used to assess bone age), and a "+1" is added to the result to project eligibility for the next season in the same age group. Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW! With the updated rule, players in the Under-16 boys' category will now be permitted to undergo a second bone test in the following season, should the "+1" factor make them ineligible in the previous one. "It is being done to have an exact age and make sure that no player loses due to arithmetical calculation rather than scientific calculation," a BCCI source told PTI. Currently, the bone age limit is set at 16.5 years for U-16 boys and 15 years for U-15 girls. "This means that the bone age of a player has to be 16.4 or below in the following season in male cricketers and 14.9 or below in case of females for participation," the source said. To further illustrate the new policy, if a male U-16 player's bone test result in the 2025-26 season shows 15.4 years, he won't be tested again the next season. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Giao dịch CFD với công nghệ và tốc độ tốt hơn IC Markets Đăng ký Undo Instead, one year will be added arithmetically, bringing his bone age to 16.4 for the 2026-27 season, keeping him eligible to compete. Conversely, if a player's bone age is 15.5 or more, adding one year makes it 16.5 or above, exceeding the eligibility threshold of 16.4 and ruling him out of the U-16 tournament. Lobo Predicted It, Again: South Africa's Historic WTC Win vs Australia "It's possible that this arithmetical calculation does not accurately reflect a player's actual age, which could cause them to lose out on a year of eligibility," the source added. For U-15 girls, if a bone test shows a player is 13.9 years old this season, she qualifies to play next season with a bone age of 14.9. But if she tests at 14 or older this season, she can participate now, but not the following year, given the 14.9 age cap.
