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Saudi Arabia to Participate in Arab Sports Games in Algeria

Algeria will host the games until July 15. Photo: SPA
Algeria will host the games until July 15. Photo: SPA
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Saudi Arabia to Participate in Arab Sports Games in Algeria

Algeria will host the games until July 15. Photo: SPA
Algeria will host the games until July 15. Photo: SPA

Saudi Arabia will participate in the 15th Arab Games, "Algeria 2023," which is set to commence next Wednesday.

Algeria will host the event until July 15.

Saudi athletes will compete in 17 different sports, including 14 Olympic disciplines, such as football, fencing, badminton, swimming, cycling, judo, wrestling, athletics, karate, boxing, weightlifting, table tennis, 3x3 basketball, and handball. Additionally, they will participate in three Paralympic sports: goalball, wheelchair basketball, and Paralympic athletics.

Approximately 21% of the Saudi team consists of female athletes. Furthermore, 46% of the team members are under the age of 23.

These numbers reflect the commitment of the Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee to provide young men and women with opportunities to participate in such tournaments, enhance their sports experience, and foster connections with athletes from Arab countries.

In the previous Arab Games held in Doha in 2011, Saudi Arabia secured 45 medals, comprising 15 gold, 12 silver, and 18 bronze.

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Hamburg Fires Steffen Baumgart as Coach after Five Games without a Win

08 November 2024, Lower Saxony, Brunswick: Hamburg coach Steffen Baumgart gives an interview before the German Bundesliga 2 soccer match between Eintracht Braunschweig and Hamburger SV. (dpa)
08 November 2024, Lower Saxony, Brunswick: Hamburg coach Steffen Baumgart gives an interview before the German Bundesliga 2 soccer match between Eintracht Braunschweig and Hamburger SV. (dpa)
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Hamburg Fires Steffen Baumgart as Coach after Five Games without a Win

08 November 2024, Lower Saxony, Brunswick: Hamburg coach Steffen Baumgart gives an interview before the German Bundesliga 2 soccer match between Eintracht Braunschweig and Hamburger SV. (dpa)
08 November 2024, Lower Saxony, Brunswick: Hamburg coach Steffen Baumgart gives an interview before the German Bundesliga 2 soccer match between Eintracht Braunschweig and Hamburger SV. (dpa)

Former Bundesliga heavyweight Hamburger SV has fired Steffen Baumgart as coach after five games without a win across all competitions.

The second-division club said Sunday it was letting Baumgart go because of a “crisis of performances and results” after the team’s 2-2 draw at home with Schalke on Saturday.

That left Hamburg eighth in the 18-team division, four points behind early leader Paderborn after 13 rounds.

“Steffen gave everything with great passion, energy and commitment right up to the end for HSV. However, our analysis of the current situation and yesterday’s game has once again made it clear that we believe a new impetus is necessary,” Hamburg sporting director Stefan Kuntz said.

The club said Baumgart, who was a Hamburg fan as a child, took the news “calmly” on Sunday morning.

“It was an exciting and very intense time,” the former Cologne coach said. “I remain connected to the club and hope that HSV achieves its goals.”

Hamburg has been bidding to return to the Bundesliga since its demotion from the top flight in 2018. It had been the only ever-present team in the league since it was founded in 1963, earning the nickname “der Dino.”

But every season since relegation has ended in disappointment. Hamburg rival St. Pauli was promoted last season to add to Hamburg fans’ woes.

Baumgart, a former Hansa Rostock and Union Berlin forward, took over as Hamburg coach in February, when the team was third, but ultimately it was unable to improve and finished fourth – one place behind Fortuna Düsseldorf in the promotion playoff spot.

Hamburg said Baumgart’s assistants Rene Wagner and Kevin McKenna were also let go, and that assistant coach Merlin Polzin will prepare the team for its next game at Karlsruher SC.

There was no mention of a permanent successor.