Aspire Zone's Ramadan Sports Festival Continues

Doha, June 29 (QNA) - As part of Aspire Zone's Ramadan Sports Festival, two new events for women's futsal and beach soccer launched on Sunday night. Both are in addition to the Sport Festivals ongoing competitions that include the Embassies Cup, the Banks' tournament and Aspire Zone staff futsal competitions. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs team delivered another strong performance after winning on Sunday night 7-5 against India. Qatar, India and Morocco are the three teams competing during this final stage. Qatar has one game left in the tournament, which will be tonight against Morocco. This match is expected to be the most competitive yet. The competition in the Banks tournament is also getting tougher with several teams battling it out to reach the final. Al Rayan Bank team was able to defeat Qatar National Bank 5-1, while Commercial Bank defeated Qatar Development bank 1-0. The Mens beach soccer competition also launched on Sunday evening with eight teams participating in two groups. During the opening day, Murack ran out winners against Katar 6-2, Al Gharafa Falcons against Real 7-2, and Africa Stars against Barcelona 6-2. The Women's futsal competition also launched on Sunday evening with five teams participating in the tournament. During the opening day two matches were played in which Al Khor defeated Merangi 8-0 and Qatar beat Barcelona 3-1. The Aspire Zone staff futsal tournament also continued with more matches on its second day. In the first match, the Aspartans scored 7 goals against Maroon, winning the match in the process. In the second match, Al Sadd defeated team Tigers 7-1, and in the last game, Ismail Team defeated Mssd 5-2 Now in its fourth year, the Aspire Zone Ramadan Sports festival builds on the success of previous years. The event provides participants with a number of opportunities for physical activity during the Holy Month of Ramadan and is part of a program of events, which reflect Aspire Zones commitment to Ramadan's spiritual values. (QNA)