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UAE take jiu jitsu honours in open sports festival
The UAE's national team emerged overall champions in the Jiu Jitsu competition of the 12th Armed Forces Officers Club's Ramadan Open Sports Festival.
- Staff Report
- Published: 23:52 September 20, 2008
Abu Dhabi: The UAE's national team emerged overall champions in the Jiu Jitsu competition of the 12th Armed Forces Officers Club's Ramadan Open Sports Festival.
The UAE topped with Jordan coming second and Bahrain finishing third as over 150 competitors from 30 countries took part in six weight categories, according to a press release.
In the individual contests, Eid Rehan of the UAE emerged champion in the above-92 kg category after defeating Egypt's Tariq Mattar.
Demetrius of Greece completed a double when he won the 92-kg category when he defeated Taimur Islam of Britain.
Demetrius later won the open category after he defeated Russia's Hakeem Raimov in the final with Ivos Noel of the US finishing third.
Cash prizes
Jordan's Mohammad Balbis, won the 83-kg event while the gold in the 74-kg event went to Abdullah Al Shaikh of Bahrain. Bahrain's Sena Manfred won the gold in the 65kg event.
International Jiu Jitsu coach Carlos Santos said: "The Asian Cup Jiu-Jitsu championship has been slated for December 12 and 13 at the Armed Forces Officers Club.
"The championship will be held in collaboration with the UAE Wrestling and Judo Association. Total cash prizes of $38,000 will be up for grabs at the end of the championship," he added.
Meanwhile in other action, defending champion Mohammad Mustafa Shehab of the UAE and his compatriot Mohammad Al Joker qualified for the quarter-finals of the professional snooker championship.
Shehab got the better of a tenacious Saleh Mohammad of Pakistan 4-3 and will face another Pakist-ani, Mohammad Shafeeq. Shafeeq advanced with a 4-2 win over Bahrain's Habib Sabah.
The UAE's former champion Mohammad Al Joker had it easy against Oman's Ahmad Bashir as he won 4-0 and will meet Thailand's Tobioshi Onoh.
Onoh got the better of Egypt's Wael Talat 4-0 in another pre-quarterfinal match.
Malaysia's Li Chi Wai defeated Chan Kouk of Hong Kong 4-2, while Moken, also of Malaysia, defeated the UAE's Salim Ali Salim 4-1.
Argentina's Leo Sung was crowned table tennis champion after defeating top ranked Gunez of Greece. Ahmad Saleh of Egypt took the bronze.
Semifinal clashes
The semifinal clashes of the men's seven-a-side championship will be worked off tomorrow night with the final slated for Wednesday.
Defending champions NDC will take on last year's runners-up Al Rabea of Algeria.
The Al Nuaimi Group will clash with the Capital Police in the second semifinal in the event which has nearly Dh1 million on offer as total prize money.
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