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The Palestine national football team qualified for the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup tournament after defeating the Philippines in their last group stage match, Wafa news agency has reported.

A Kuwaiti wheelchair fencer has withdrawn from the second International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) World Cup of 2022 in Thailand over a draw that set her on course for a match-up against an Israeli opponent.

Algerian lawyers announced a boycott of a football match for lawyers, which started yesterday in Morocco, due to Israeli participation.

A Kuwaiti chess player has refused to play against an Israeli opponent at Spain’s Sunway International Chess Championship, in an act of solidarity with the Palestinian people and a fresh blow to the occupying Zionist regime’s status in the world.

On the eve of International Quds Day, a group of pro-Palestinian athletes climbed the 2,100-meter peak of Dokal in Kermanshah on Sunday and waved the Iranian and Palestinian flags.

The Libyan national team has refused to face Israeli opponents at the World Fencing Championships 2022 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in solidarity with the Palestinian cause and in opposition to normalization agreements between the occupying regime and a few Arab countries.

A Kuwaiti fencer has withdrawn from the World Fencing Championships held in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to avoid facing an Israeli counterpart, following similar measures taken by a host of Muslim players from across the Islamic world.

Over 10,000 Palestinian and international runners descended on Beit-ul-lahm to participate in the Eighth International Palestine Marathon.

Kuwaiti motosurf player Abdul Razzaq Al-Baghli withdrew from the Emirates International Motosurf Championship to avoid competing against an Israeli competitor.

Palestinian group Hamas on Saturday welcomed Jordanian opposition to Israeli participation in the Baja Rally hosted by Jordan.

In honor of tens of athletes and sporting clubs, the Global Campaign to Return to Palestine held the “International Forum to Honor Anti-Normalization Athletes” under the slogan “Al-Quds Golden Medal” in the Lebanese capital Beirut.

Hamas: We highly appreciate the position of young Kuwaiti player Mohammed al-Awadi for refusing to play against a Zionist opponent in an international tennis tournament held in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).