The Forgotten Champion: “Waad” Participates in an Arab Tournament [Archives:1999/17/Sports]

At last the Ministry of Youth & Sports has remembered and honored the squash champion “Waad Hamood” who is famous in the Emirates, and who has had a solid performance in his Asian competitions. He has won many championships for Yemen, with his last achievement the winning of second place in Hong Kong in 1997. But due to the circumstances of his father’s death, who was taking care of and financing his activities, his activities and training stopped. No one knew this junior champion’s situation, or knew where had gone. Lots of professionals had predicted a bright future for him in international competition, but he had dropped out of sight.
At last Yemen Times has discovered that some preparation is being made so that Waad will be able to represent Yemen in the Arabian tournament which will be held from August 2-18 in the Jordanian capital of Amman. This will be the last Arabian tournament held at the end of the twentieth century.
The Olympic council is ready in participating and adopting all the expenses incurred in Waad’s training during the period of his preparation for the Arabian tournament. Some of the sports observers says if the private sector finances this Yemeni champion he might become an international champion in this game and his past performance is the evidence.

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