Flip through the latest issue of Gulf Weekly.
With gold on her mind and sprinting in her veins, speedy Salwa Eid Naser spends her summer evenings training at the Bahrain National Stadium in preparation for her upcoming challenges.
The squad of 22 VIVA players have returned to Bahrain with enhanced skills, following a week of intense professional football training at Manchester United’s Partington Sports Village The annual football camp, designed and conducted by Manchester United Soccer Schools (MUSS) to develop football capabilities of young players in line with the philosophy of the legendary football club, encouraged players to grow in a variety of areas including technical skills, tactical understanding, physical and mental skills, all within a positive learning environment.
As the global sporting spotlight will fall on Bahrain again later this year, GulfWeekly has teamed up with one of the world’s top trainers to coach the island’s sports-lovers to prepare to take part. If you have ever fancied trying a triathlon there will never be a better opportunity. Your community newspaper hopes to inspire you to put your best foot forward and have a go.
James Cunnama and Paul Ambrose both dug deep on the run to get onto the podium at Embrunman and Ironman Mont Tremblant, respectively.
It has been left to the Australian ladies to restore the pride of this beleaguered nation. Firstly, the female cricketers rolled over their English counterparts to all but clinch their version of the Ashes before the netballers overcame their trans-Tasman foes in a nail-biting climax to the World Cup.
