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Al-Khaleej Club to Play in Group B of 2024 Asian Handball Championship

The draw for the 27th Asian Championship for Handball Club Champions 2024 placed Al-Khaleej Club of Saudi Arabia in the second group - SPA
The draw for the 27th Asian Championship for Handball Club Champions 2024 placed Al-Khaleej Club of Saudi Arabia in the second group - SPA
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Al-Khaleej Club to Play in Group B of 2024 Asian Handball Championship

The draw for the 27th Asian Championship for Handball Club Champions 2024 placed Al-Khaleej Club of Saudi Arabia in the second group - SPA
The draw for the 27th Asian Championship for Handball Club Champions 2024 placed Al-Khaleej Club of Saudi Arabia in the second group - SPA

The draw for the 27th Asian Championship for Handball Club Champions 2024 placed Al-Khaleej Club of Saudi Arabia in the second group, along with Al-Duhail of Qatar, Kazma of Kuwait, Ahli Sidab of Oman and Mes Kerman of Iran, SPA reported.
The draw ceremony was recently held in Doha, the Qatari capital, which will host the event from November 13 to 24.

As many as ten clubs are participating in the championship, divided into two groups.

The first group combines: Kuwait of Kuwait, Al-Rayyan of Qatar, Al-Karkh of Iraq, Al-Shabab of Bahrain and Sharjah of the UAE.
Al-Khaleej Club is the title holder of the last championship, 2023, through which it qualified to represent the Asian continent in the World Club Handball Championship 2024.

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Paralympics Tickets Popular with Parisians who Snubbed Olympics

FILE PHOTO: Paris 2024 Paralympics - Paris, France - August 18, 2024 Workers work to convert the Eiffel Tower Stadium from the beach volleyball venue to the Paralympic blind football venue for the coming Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. REUTERS/Abdul Saboor/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Paris 2024 Paralympics - Paris, France - August 18, 2024 Workers work to convert the Eiffel Tower Stadium from the beach volleyball venue to the Paralympic blind football venue for the coming Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. REUTERS/Abdul Saboor/File Photo
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Paralympics Tickets Popular with Parisians who Snubbed Olympics

FILE PHOTO: Paris 2024 Paralympics - Paris, France - August 18, 2024 Workers work to convert the Eiffel Tower Stadium from the beach volleyball venue to the Paralympic blind football venue for the coming Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. REUTERS/Abdul Saboor/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Paris 2024 Paralympics - Paris, France - August 18, 2024 Workers work to convert the Eiffel Tower Stadium from the beach volleyball venue to the Paralympic blind football venue for the coming Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. REUTERS/Abdul Saboor/File Photo

Parisians are the main buyers of tickets for the Paralympic Games, organizers said, rushing to grab a second opportunity to see competitions in some of the Games' spectacular venues, after many chose to snub the Olympics or missed out on tickets.
In July, Parisians had left the city in droves ahead of the Olympics, with entire neighborhoods turned eerily quiet as residents decamped as they feared the disturbance and traffic problems many thought the Games would bring, Reuters reported.
But the Games turned out to be a global success. The Paralympics will allow them to see Olympic sports in the same venues, including at the feet of the Eiffel Tower or in the gardens of the Versailles castle outside Paris.
Organizers said that of the more than 1.75 million tickets already sold ahead of the Aug. 28 start of the Paralympics, 92% came from French buyers, with buyers from the Ile-de-France region around Paris taking the lion's share of 73%.
Parisian Mathieu Bucella is set to boost these numbers a little further.
"I'm seriously thinking about it because I'm a bit annoyed that I didn't think of getting tickets for the (Olympic) Games, so this is my second chance," he said.
Organizers said several sessions were nearly sold out already, notably wheelchair fencing and para taekwondo in Grand Palais, para track cycling in Saint Quentin, para equestrian in Chateau de Versailles and blind football at Champ de Mars.
"We were watching the Olympic Games on TV, but after that you get that gut feeling that you want to come and see everything with your own eyes," Mexican tourist Arlet Haro said.
US tourist Asad Rahman said he was glad to have come to Paris for the Paralympics.
"Things are a little bit more open than what we heard with the Olympics, where they closed off some areas. So, it works out, as a tourist," he said by the Eiffel Tower, where workers were converting the beach volleyball pitch into a blind football pitch.
Heavy security during the Olympics made movement across the city center difficult as many key thoroughfares were blocked.
The Paralympics will run until Sept.8.