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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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South Korea Expresses Regret after Its Athletes Introduced as North Korea at Opening Ceremony

Athletes of South Korea travel by boat along the Seine river during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics, in Paris, France, Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP)
Athletes of South Korea travel by boat along the Seine river during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics, in Paris, France, Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP)
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South Korea Expresses Regret after Its Athletes Introduced as North Korea at Opening Ceremony

Athletes of South Korea travel by boat along the Seine river during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics, in Paris, France, Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP)
Athletes of South Korea travel by boat along the Seine river during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics, in Paris, France, Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP)

South Korea expressed regret that its delegation of athletes at the Paris Olympics opening ceremony on Friday was introduced as from rival North Korea and has demanded assurances from organizers the mistake will not happen again.

As the boat carrying South Korean athletes passed on the Seine, the announcer introduced them as the "Democratic People's Republic of Korea" - the official name of North Korea - in French and English.

The announcer used the same introduction when the North Korean delegation passed.

South Korea's vice minister for sports and culture, Jang Mi-ran, who was in Paris, had requested a meeting with International Olympics Committee President Thomas Bach, the ministry said in a statement.

"We express regret that the country was introduced as North Korea at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games when the athletes of the Republic of Korea were entering," it said.

South Korea's National Olympic Committee immediately referred the incident to the Games' organizers and requested that the error will not be repeated.

South Korea's delegation includes 143 athletes competing in 21 events. North Korea, which is returning to the Games for the first time since Rio 2016, has sent 16 athletes.