Leila Ben Youssef – Record Holding Athlete – Pole Vault

Leila Ben Youssef (aka) Leila Maryam Ben Youssef. Track Athlete. Pole Vault.

Currently: Dr. Leila M. Ben-Youssef, MD – Emergency Medicine

Awards / Honours:

  • Gold Medal – All African Games, Algiers, Algeria (2007)
  • Gold Medal – Pan African Games, Egypt (2007)
  • Gold Medal – African Championship, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (2008)
  • Represented Tunisian National Track & Field Team, Summer Olympics Beijing

Education :

  • Masters Degree – Medical Anthropology, Stanford University

Grand daughter of Tunisian Politician Salah Ben Youssef

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AMERICAN / TUNISIAN / AMERICAN-TUNISIAN

Morocco’s Soufiane El Bakkali Wins 1,500m Race in France : September 2020

Soufiane El Bakkali’s win at the 14th International Marseille Athletics meeting in France, comes less than a month after breaking the fastest world time for 2020 in the 3,000 meters steeplechase.

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pix: moroccoworldnews.com

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MOROCCO

Globe Soccer Awards Dubai 2020 : December 27th

Dubai Globe Soccer Awards – special edition, highlighting 2020’s top talent honouring legendary players, clubs and agents from the past 20 years.

For the first time, 4 of the awards considered the performance by the nominees between 2001 and 2020 in a unique series that celebrated the Best of the Century.

The Dubai Globe Soccer Awards special edition event was held in partnership with Dubai Sports Council on Sunday 27th of December 2020 in the exclusive Armani hotel, located in the Iconic Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest tower against the backdrop of Dubai.

Main categories presented were :

  • Player of the Year : Robert Lewandowski
  • Club of the Year : Bayern Munich
  • Coach of the Year : Hans-Dieter Flick
  • Player of the Century 2001-2020 : Christiano Ronaldo
  • Club of the Century 2001-2020 : Real Madrid
  • Coach of the Century 2001-2020 : Joseph Pep Guardiola
  • Agent of the Century 2001-2020 : ‘Super Agent’ Jorge Mendes
  • Player Career Award : Gerard Pique and Iker Casillas
  • Top Title Winners in the Middle East : Al Ahly, Egypt

A video tribute was also paid to two legends of football who passed away recently, Argentina’s 1986 World Cup hero Diego Maradona and Paolo Rossi, whose six goals helped Italy win the 1982 World Cup in Spain.

The event was broadcast live via satellite and live streaming all over the world.

source: globesoccer.com

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pix: globesoccer.com

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DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (U.A.E)

Yazeed Al-Rajhi – Saudi Businessman and Rally Driver

Yazeed Al-Rajhi. Business man. International Rally Driver.

Competes in World Rally Championships, Cross Country rallies and other rally events.

Established his own racing team – Al-Rajhi Racing Team (renamed) Yazeed Racing Team.

Some of his wins:

  • 5 time Hail Rally Winner
  • Silk Way Rally (2018)
  • Saudi Desert Rally Championship (2019)
  • Al Sharqiya Rally (2018, 2019) etc…

Businessman:

  • Chairman of the Board – Mohammed Al-Rajhi Investment Company
  • Yazeed Al-Rajhi and Brothers Holding company
  • Member, Al-Rajhi Steel
  • Member, Mohammed Al- Rajhi Awqaf

Other Accompolishments:

  • First Saudi and Arab professional driver to win the Silk Way Rally (2018). The 6,700 miles rally took place in Russia (between July 21st and July 27th).
  • First Saudi to be selected by Unicef as ‘Goodwill Ambassador in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf’ (2008)
  • First Saudi to be appointed as ‘Donate life’ Ambassador (2009)
  • Awarded title ‘ Gentleman’ by Rotana magazine readers (2009)
  • Third in position by ‘Mobily and Riyadiah’ as ‘Most Distinguished Athlete in Saudi Arabia competion
  • Awarded title ‘Ambassador for Fighting Drugs in Saudi Arabia’ etc..

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SAUDI ARABIA

Moroccan Achraf Hakimi – ‘Fastest Football Player’ in Bundesliga’s History : 2020

Achraf Hakimi Mouch (aka) Achraf Hakimi. Professional International Football Player.

The German Bundesliga football league has named the International Football player Achraf Hakimi as the fastest player in Germany with a record speed of 36.49 km/h (22.67 miles/h)

Achraf Hakimi plays as full-back for Serie A club – Inter Milan . He is on loan to Borussia Dortmund. He is also a key player in the National Football team of Morocco.

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pix; en.wikipedia.org / Hakimi with Morocco at the 2018 FIFA World Cup

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MOROCCO. SPAIN

‘ Doves Ride ‘ Saudi Arabia’s First Professionally Trained Womens’ Cycling Club

Doves Ride is Saudi Arabia’s first licenced women’s cycling team. Based in Riyadh it is licenced both locally and internationally.

Shahd Alturki is the founder and professional cycling trainer.

Doves Ride organizes rides for all levels, from the gentle trails suitable for beginners to the more challenging routes for hardened cyclists. The group offers lessons that can help any beginner ride a bike safely.

Contacts are Twitter and Instagram @dovesride

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Doves Ride is Saudi Arabia’s first professional cycling team, licensed both locally and internationally. (Supplied) / pix: arabnews.com

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SAUDI ARABIA

Al Ahly Wins the 20th CAF African Championship League : November 2020

 A late goal from Mohamed ‘Afsha’ Magdy gave Al-Ahly a dramatic 2-1 victory over Zamalek on November 27th, which turned out to be an an all-Egyptian CAF Champions League2019-20 final in the Cairo International Stadium.

Amr el Soleya had give Al-Ahly an early lead and ‘Shikabala’ scored a magnificient equaliser before half time.

 Record for Al Ahly : The win extended Al-Ahly’s record number of wins in Africa’s elite club competition to nine.

Record for the South African coach: Al-Ahly’s win meant SA coach Pitso Mosimane became only the third coach after Argentine Oscar Fullone and Egyptian Mahmoud el Gohary to win the Champions League title with two clubs.

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Soccer Football – African Champions League Final – Zamalek v Al Ahly – Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt – November 27, 2020 Al Ahly’s Ayman Ashraf celebrates with the trophy and teammates after winning the final REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh / pix: arabnews.com

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EGYPT

First Tunisian Woman Referee to Make History by Overseeing a Top Tunisian Division League Match : Dorsaf Ganouati

Dorsaf Ganouti . Football Referee.

Dorsaf Ganouti became the first woman to make history in Tunisia by refereeing a top division men’s Tunisian league match in the city of Radee.

  • Stated her football career as a goal keeper
  • Started her refereeing in 2011
  • On FIFA’s list of International Referees since 2015
  • She is one of the three Tunisian women on FIFA’s list of International Referees

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pix: Twitter

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TUNISIA

Bahrain’s Deena Rahman Breaks World Record in Football for ‘Taking The Most Penalties in 24 Hours : November 18th, 2020

Deena Rahman, Bahrain’s National Team mid-fielder breaks the World Record in Football for ‘Taking the Most Penalites in 24 Hours’.

Deena Rahman hammered home 7,876 penalties including facing 24 female goal-keepers, at the Kick Off Academy in Saar – smashing the previous record as a part of 2020’s Equal Playing Field’s (EPF)

.The challenge started on November 17th at 7am and ended 24-hours later at 7am on November 18th coinciding with Guinness World Record Day.

The previous record was held by Vickrant Mahajan in 24 hours with 1,111 penalties.

This was the 5th Guinness World Record held by Deena Rahman.

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BAHRAIN

Emirati Omeir Saeed breaks two Guinness World Records : Abu Dhabi, UAE – November 2020

Omeir Saeed – wakeboarder from Abu Dhabi broke 2 Guinness World Records (GWR) previously set by Jerome Macquart 2004 and 2005 respectively.

Omeir Saeed’s new GWR records are in the category

  • For fastest wakeboard ramp jump
  • For most wakeboard rail airs in 30 seconds

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source: https://www.surfertoday.com / https://www.youtube.com

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Abu Dhabi, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES