The first group of the Qatari delegation taking part in the 3rd Asian Indoor Games, to be held in Vietnam from 30 October to 8 November, leaves us next Friday. A group of administrative staff will travel first to prepare for the delegation’s arrival in stages according to the schedule of the Games’ events. 40 
countries are taking part in the Games, including Qatar, which is competing in 8 sports: basketball, bowling, athletics, billiards, snooker, chess, swimming, archery and e-sports. Qatar is fielding a large sports delegation headed by Sheikh Saud bin Ali Al Thani, Vice-President of the Olympic Committee. The Olympic Committee is finalising the delegation’s travel arrangements as well as confirming the final line-up once the names of the athletes representing Qatar are approved according to each participating federation’s selection. The Games’ events are held in the cities of Hanoi, the Vietnamese capital, and Ho Chi Minh City, with athletics, swimming, chess and e-sports held in Hanoi, while bowling, basketball, archery, billiards and snooker are held in Ho Chi Minh City.
The Qatari delegation is headed by Sheikh Saud bin Ali Al Thani, Vice-President of the Olympic Committee, accompanied by Mohammed Hussein Al Khuzai and Abdulaziz Al Kuwari. The names of the Qatari delegation taking part in the Games have been approved, along with the composition of the Qatari teams in the sports Qatar is contesting. The delegation includes: Mohammed Al Mughaiseeb as administrative delegation manager, Mohammed Ramzan Al Naimi as assistant delegation manager, Mohammed Majid Al Qahtani as coordinator with the organising committee, Salah Al Saad as administrator (and manager of the e-sports team), Fahad Al Mulla as public relations officer, Mohammed Abdul Mohsen Yaqoub for public relations, Mohammed Hassan Shams as finance officer, Muntasir Al Imam for secretarial and administrative affairs, Talal Al Mulawi as media officer, Mohammed Essam Al Refai as a journalist (Al Raya newspaper), Maher Mohammed Ghareeb as a journalist (Al Sharq newspaper), Youssef Mohammed Shaheen as a photographer (Qatar Olympic Committee) and Khan Mohammed Abu Bakr as a photographer (Al Arab newspaper).
The Qatar Athletics Federation’s delegation, meanwhile, includes: Yaqoub Youssef Abdullah as men’s team manager and Abdullah Khamis Saad Al Hamad as administrator.
and Mariam Abdullah Al Ishaq as women’s team manager, Dalal Youssef Ahmed as administrator, and Joachim Kroukh, Mohammed Saleh Al Bahri, Ahmed Ali Jassim, Panayotis Marketides, Valentin Bondarenko and Mustafa Kamal Salmy as coaches, Viktor Demchenko as masseur and Vera Isfaya as physiotherapist. The athletes: Mohammed Eissa Al Dawadi, Thamer Nasser Thani, Badr Hashem Khamis, Amin Mohammed Qassim, Ibrahim Babiker Mohammedein, Abubaker Ali Kamal, Samuel Adel Bary, Thamer Kamal Ali, Saif Saeed Shaheen and James Kwalia. The women athletes: Mariam Hassan Saad, Salma Abdullah Al Khalidi, Al Dana Abdullah Al Khalidi and Jani Janardhanan.
