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Saudi Squash Team to Participate in Denmark International Championship Friday

File: Tourists and visitors enjoy a warm sunny day in the historic Nyhavn area of Copenhagen, Denmark, July 9, 2023. (Reuters)
File: Tourists and visitors enjoy a warm sunny day in the historic Nyhavn area of Copenhagen, Denmark, July 9, 2023. (Reuters)
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Saudi Squash Team to Participate in Denmark International Championship Friday

File: Tourists and visitors enjoy a warm sunny day in the historic Nyhavn area of Copenhagen, Denmark, July 9, 2023. (Reuters)
File: Tourists and visitors enjoy a warm sunny day in the historic Nyhavn area of Copenhagen, Denmark, July 9, 2023. (Reuters)

The Saudi squash team will participate in the Denmark International Squash Championship, which will be held from September 29 to October 1st, with the participation of 32 players.
Mohammed Al-Nasfan and Hasan Al-Daoud are eagerly anticipating their upcoming participation in the championship, SPA reported.

This comes after Al-Nasfan's recent win at the Head Danish International Under-15 Championship held in Copenhagen, Denmark last September, which had a total of 99 players from 17 different countries.

Both players are determined to perform well and establish themselves in the upcoming championship.

Technical advisor Samer Al-Khatib and technical manager Ahmed Kamel are leading the Saudi team.

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‘Flooding Rains’ Threaten to Dampen Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony

Paris 2024 Olympics - Opening Ceremony - Paris, France - July 26, 2024. Spectators are seen behind the Eiffel Tower ahead of the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics. (Reuters)
Paris 2024 Olympics - Opening Ceremony - Paris, France - July 26, 2024. Spectators are seen behind the Eiffel Tower ahead of the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics. (Reuters)
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‘Flooding Rains’ Threaten to Dampen Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony

Paris 2024 Olympics - Opening Ceremony - Paris, France - July 26, 2024. Spectators are seen behind the Eiffel Tower ahead of the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics. (Reuters)
Paris 2024 Olympics - Opening Ceremony - Paris, France - July 26, 2024. Spectators are seen behind the Eiffel Tower ahead of the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics. (Reuters)

The Paris Olympics look likely to get off to a soggy start.

Meteo-France, the French weather service, is predicting “flooding rains” Friday evening when the opening ceremony is set to unroll along the Seine River. But the show is set to go on as planned, starting at 1:30 p.m. EDT/7:30 p.m. CEST and should last more than three hours.

Already in the late afternoon, skies were gray with intermittent drizzle. There was a silver lining, though, with temperatures expected to stay relatively warm throughout the evening.

Instead of a traditional march into a stadium, about 6,800 athletes will parade on more than 90 boats on the Seine River for 6 kilometers (3.7 miles). Though 10,700 athletes are expected to compete at these Olympics, hundreds of soccer players are based outside Paris, surfers are in Tahiti and many have yet to arrive for their events in the second week, organizers said Thursday.

Hundreds of thousands of people, including 320,000 paying and invited ticket-holders, are expected to line the Seine’s banks as athletes are paraded along the river on boats.