Behind The (Secret) Scenes of Lebanese Sports (13)
- A well-known club refused to allow its foreign player to play matches with an Arab team in a successful friendly competition, while allowing him to play the two official matches in the continental qualifiers. Interventions to persuade a senior club official to reverse their decision were unsuccessful.

- The draw set Lebanon against South Africa for a new tie in the Davis Cup tennis tournament to be played on Lebanese soil in September. Lebanon is looking to return to the 1st World Group, the world's elite.

- A leading technical observer questioned the reason for the decline in the level of the Nejmeh club, which is very popular in soccer, leading to the dismissal of the Portuguese coach.

- Al Anwar, the Lebanese volleyball champions, regained their footing in the league and achieved major victories after a period of decline.

- The appointment of a new Director General at the Ministry of Youth and Sports is eagerly awaited, according to a reliable source.

- A former general secretary resigned from his post some four years ago in an individual sport, stepping out of the spotlight to promote a businessman for the presidency of the aforementioned federation in the forthcoming autumn elections.


- A former federation president denies his intention to run again for the presidency of the same federation under any circumstances, even if elected by acclamation.

- Many in the volleyball community are urging the integration of the female element into the federation's administrative committee, as are many individual associations. Some are even calling for former Lebanese national team captain Lara El Jarrah to join the federation's next administrative committee.

- A tripartite meeting was held recently to discuss the federation of an individual sport and the possibility of making changes to the federation's administrative committee.

- The Lebanese women's basketball champion, Beirut SC, is facing off against its rival and runner-up, Riyadi, to win the Lebanese women's championship title for 2024, with the reinforcement of teams qualified for the last four with quality foreign players.

- The treasury at the Olympic Committee headquarters, containing over $350,000, has been sealed in red wax for over six months...
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