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Saudi Youth Volleyball Team Starts its Camp in Cairo in Preparation for Gulf Youth Games

Saudi Flag - File photo- AAWSAT
Saudi Flag - File photo- AAWSAT
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Saudi Youth Volleyball Team Starts its Camp in Cairo in Preparation for Gulf Youth Games

Saudi Flag - File photo- AAWSAT
Saudi Flag - File photo- AAWSAT

The Saudi youth volleyball team started its preparatory camp in Egypt, which extends until April 15, as part of the training program for the Gulf Youth Games in the UAE.
The 15 Saudi team players, led by Tunisian coach Mohammed bin Sheikh, are Suhail Khan, Ali Salam, Muqtada Al Zawad, Mahmoud Al-Sawari, Youssef Allaqi, Murtada Al-Sabaa, Hassan Salam, Mana Al-Sahli, Ali Jabr, Ammar Al-Madani, Rashad Abu Al-Khair, Jassim Muhanna, Walid Abdul Qader, Rashid Al-Sahel, and Saleh Bajri.

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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.