WASL: Riyadi in Tears, Sagesse in Celebration
Makram Haddad 12/12 11:10 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Paris Bass Sagesse Riyadi WASL Basketball
One scene almost says it all: in Astana, the “Yellow Castle” leaves the court with heads down, its 15-game group-stage winning streak gone in the Kazakh cold. In Ghazir, a few hours later, the “Green Castle” finally erupts in joy after a nightmarish start to the campaign. With Riyadi no longer as frightening and La Sagesse beginning to ...
Storms in Lebanon: Why We Name Them, Why We Fear Them, Why We Wait for Them
Makram Haddad 12/12 09:30 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
Marc Wehaïbé Storm Lebanon Winter
Adam, Farah, Norma, Zeina, Yohan, Oscar… In Lebanon, winter storms have taken on the appearance of characters. They pop up on weather maps, scroll across TV tickers and flood Instagram stories, as if winter too had its own cast. Yet behind the folklore of first names and the debates about “one storm too many” lies a much more serious ...
Beirut Sports Festival: Karim Andari Invests 4 Billion LBP to Support 80 Students Through “Loubnaniyoun”
Makram Haddad 11/12 16:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Lebanon Sports Beirut Sports Festival Karim Andari
Sports are stepping into the classroom. At the Qubic Center in Horch Tabet, the president of the Beirut Sports Festival, Karim Andari, and the president of the association “Loubnaniyoun,” Nadine Daher, formalized an unprecedented partnership: 4 billion Lebanese pounds granted to the NGO to cover school fees for 80 students from various regions ...
Football: At 38, Champion and Two-Time MVP, Messi Refuses to Slow Down
Makram Haddad 10/12 14:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
United States lionel Messi MLS Inter Miami Football
At 38 years old, Lionel Messi has just delivered the first title in Inter Miami’s history in Major League Soccer, while also securing a second consecutive MVP trophy. Champion, best player, record-breaker: even in exile in Florida, the Argentine continues to push the limits of time and statistics. Lionel Messi did not cross the Atlantic to ...
LAU Medical Center – Rizk Hospital: A Century of Medicine at the Heart of Beirut
Makram Haddad 09/12 15:10 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
LAU Lebanon Achrafieh Hospital Rizk Hospital
A hundred years ago, a young surgeon just back from Paris put up a sign near the Nasra tram stop in Sodeco: “Dr. Toufic Rizk Clinic.” Twelve beds, three nurses, one passion: practicing modern surgery in a Lebanon still finding its way. At the time, no one could have imagined that this small beginning would grow into a full hospital in 1957 ...
Football – U14: Lebanese girls dominate Bahrain 4–0 in their opening match
Makram Haddad 08/12 09:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
From Jeddah to Beirut, the message is clear: the future of Lebanese women’s football is well and truly here. Making their debut in the third edition of the WAFF U14 Girls Championship, Sary Chehayeb’s young squad swept past Bahrain with authority, claiming a convincing 4–0 victory at the King Abdulaziz University Stadium. A dominant ...
Taekwondo: A Precious Bronze for Jane Abboud at the Sarajevo Grand Prix
Makram Haddad 05/12 10:16 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Lebanon Taekwondo Jane Abboud Sarajevo
Young Lebanese taekwondo athlete Jane Abboud (–37 kg category) claimed an impressive bronze medal at the Grand Prix Finals Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) in the 12–14 age division, marking yet another major achievement for Lebanese taekwondo on the international stage. At her age, reaching the podium at such a high-level competition is ...
Basketball – Lebanon Beaten at Home: a Bump In the Road or A Real Warning Sign?
Makram Haddad 04/12 12:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Lebanon Qatar Basketball World Cup Qualifications
For several years, playing Lebanon on its home floor was almost an impossible mission. Since the blowout loss to South Korea on February 23, 2019, Zouk Mikaël had become a true fortress: ten straight qualification wins, across all FIBA competitions. Iraq, Bahrain twice, Indonesia, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, the Philippines, New Zealand, Syria, the ...
AIDS in Lebanon: A Chronic Disease, A Stubborn Taboo
Makram Haddad 03/12 10:30 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
The history of AIDS officially begins in the early 1980s, when research teams, including that of Luc Montagnier at the Institut Pasteur, identified the human immunodeficiency virus. At the time, doctors had neither reliable tests nor effective treatment. Today, the situation has radically changed: triple and dual antiretroviral therapies control ...
Basket – 2027 World Cup: Qatar Break the Streak, Lebanon Fall Back into Their Old Ways
Makram Haddad 01/12 14:20 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Lebanon Qatar Basket-ball World Cup
On Sunday evening at the Nouhad Nawfal Sports Complex, everything seemed aligned for another quiet night: a full arena, a fiery atmosphere, an opponent already automatically qualified for the 2027 World Cup and presented as the group’s small underdog. Lebanon started seriously, put the ball inside, found rhythm in transition and immediately ...
Baja 2025: Rafic Eid Offers Lebanon a Historic World Podium
Makram Haddad 30/11 12:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanon Rafic Eid Baja Vice champion
Rafic Eid has struck again. Over the course of a marathon season, from Ha’il to Dubai, the Lebanese rider built up his 2nd place in the overall world standings, all motorcycle categories combined, day after day, by taming the most hostile terrains on the international circuit. On his Honda CRF 450 Factory, Eid swallowed dunes, rocks, mud, ...
Silos of Beirut: Autopsy of an Announced Pollution
Makram Haddad 29/11 09:35 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Lebanon Silos Beirut Blast Pollution
On 4 August 2020, Beirut exploded a first time, in a flash of ammonium nitrate, debris and shattered glass. Since then, the city has continued to explode in a muffled way: in the bronchi of the inhabitants, in the lungs of the children of Karantina, in the gutted silos that spit back out heat, smoke and dust. Last Thursday, the file came back ...
Basketball – 2027 World Cup Qualifiers: Lebanon Survives a Scare, Khayat Delivers the Dagger
Makram Haddad 28/11 08:40 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Lebanon Qatar Basketball World Cup 2027 qualifiers
In Doha, the script had everything to become the perfect trap. Facing Lebanon was a Qatari team already qualified by default for the 2027 World Cup as host nation, but in full “resurgence” and determined to send a message to the rest of Asia. Opposite them, a Lebanese team favored on paper, 30th in the FIBA rankings, with a new coach on the ...
Football – 2025 Arab Cup: Lebanon Self-Destructs Despite Numerical Advantage
Makram Haddad 27/11 17:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Lebanon Qatar Football Arab Cup Sudan
No one will be able to say the context wasn’t favorable. In Doha, on the pitch of the Thani bin Jassim Stadium, in front of 20,816 spectators and under the eyes of Gianni Infantino and Lebanese FA president Hachem Haidar, Lebanon played more than an hour with eleven men against ten… only to lose 2–1 to Sudan and crash out of the 2025 Arab ...
Badminton: Lebanon Shines in Erbil With 12 Medals
Makram Haddad 27/11 09:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Lebanese badminton soared high in Erbil. At the West Asia Regional Championships, held in the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, Lebanon’s young shuttlers delivered a statement performance: 12 medals in total (2 gold, 4 silver, 6 bronze) across the U15, U17, and U23 categories—plus a team title and a steady harvest in individual events. Under the ...
Basketball – 2027 World Cup: Lebanon Starts Its Engines
Makram Haddad 26/11 08:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Lebanon Qatar Baskteball World cup Qualifiers
Ranked 30th in the FIBA standings, Lebanon enters Window 1 ahead of Saudi Arabia (64th), India (76th) and Qatar (83rd). The objective is clear: secure a second consecutive World Cup qualification, reach a fifth appearance on the global stage, and turn this theoretical advantage into real points from the very first games. Their last official ...
Law 174 On Standby, Lungs In Distress: Lebanon On The Brink Of Apnea
Makram Haddad 25/11 09:30 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
Lebanon MOPH Rakan Nassereddine Law 174
The conference room of the Ministry of Public Health filled up early in the morning. Blue and white banners, printed slogans, serious faces. Under the slogan “With Every Breath… You Lose a Breath” – “With each breath, you lose a breath” – the ministry, in partnership with the National Committee for the ...
Jounieh Turns Pink: 10,000 Runners Take Over the Women’s Race
Makram Haddad 24/11 09:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Lebanon Beirut Marathon Jounieh
Under the patronage of First Lady Nehmat Aoun, represented by Minister of Youth and Sports Nora Bayrakdarian, Jounieh came alive on Sunday for the Women’s Race organized by the Beirut Marathon Association. Ten thousand participants transformed the city’s historic streets into a ribbon of color, energy, and celebration for the 10th edition of ...
Women’s Race: Jounieh Puts On Its Sneakers in the Feminine
Makram Haddad 22/11 12:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Lebanon Women’s Race Jounieh BMA May el-Khalil
For several days now, the teams of the Beirut Marathon Association have been chaining technical meetings, setting up tents and infrastructure, testing timing systems and distributing bibs in a dedicated center in Jnah. On the ground, nothing is left to chance: secured course, clear signage, briefed volunteers, emergency services mobilized… ...
WASL – Sagesse Sinks in Astana and Records its Worst Start
Makram Haddad 20/11 10:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Kazakhstan WASL Sagesse Lebanon Basketball
The night was meant to be historic—just not in the way Sagesse hoped. Under the roof of the Saryarka Velodrome, in front of over 2,400 fired-up fans, BC Astana delivered a perfect home debut in the FIBA WASL–West Asia League. On the other side, the Beirut club, already beaten by Shahrdari Gorgan and Al Riyadi, missed another opportunity and ...
Triathlon: Mia Sahioun Rises to the Top of West Asia
Makram Haddad 19/11 13:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Lebanon Triathlon Mia Sahioun Abu Dhabi
At just 15 years old, triathlete Mia Sahioun is already collecting national titles and international medals. From Kfarchima to Abu Dhabi, passing through Jounieh, Bahrain, and Fujeirah, Lebanon’s “golden girl” of triathlon has climbed to the very top of the West Asian rankings… with Asia, Dakar, and perhaps one day the Olympic Games now in ...
Football – Asia 2027: Lebanon in Full Control, Qualification in Sight
Makram Haddad 19/11 10:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanon Football Asian Qualifiers Brunei
The ideal script for a potentially tricky trip. At the Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium, Miodrag Radulović’s side killed the suspense early, navigated the heat and time-zone shock, and stuck to their plan: high block, clean ball circulation, regained efficiency. Just three minutes in, Malek Fakhro opened the scoring with a long-range lob after ...
Mannschaft in Demolition Mode: Ticket Punched for the 2026 World Cup
Makram Haddad 18/11 15:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Football Germany World cup qualifications Slovakia
Some nights, everything falls back into place. In the biting cold, the Red Bull Arena witnessed a compact, vertical, hungry Germany. First, a methodical occupation of the Slovak half, then acceleration at the right moment. Nick Woltemade set the tone with a furious header on a pinpoint service from Joshua Kimmich. Serge Gnabry doubled the lead ...
Football – Asia 2027: Brunei Ahead, Lebanon One Step Away From Qualification
Makram Haddad 18/11 08:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanon Brunei Football Asian Qualifiers
On Tuesday at 2:15 p.m. (Beirut time), at the Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium, Lebanon visits Brunei for Matchday 5 of Group B in the third qualifying round for the 2027 Asian Cup. Sitting atop the group with 10 points, the Lebanese are targeting a fourth victory that would put qualification within reach — a draw against Yemen on March 31, ...
“Arab Golf” in Riyadh: Silver for Lebanon… and a Seat That Matters
Makram Haddad 17/11 15:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Lebanon Golf Saudi Arabia Championship
JSI Riyadh, immaculate fairways, high-level field: the Lebanese delegation did not flinch. Over two rounds played at the Riyadh Golf Club, Lebanon totaled 314 strokes (158 + 156) and claimed the second step of the podium, edging out a dense pack of Arab competitors. With the flag waving and silver medals around their necks, the national team ...
Jordan Rally: Roger Feghali, the Lebanese Driver Who Masters Mud and Time
Makram Haddad 17/11 09:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanon Middle East Jordan Rally Roger Fefghali
A total domination, worthy of the champion’s greatest days. Feghali and Matar set the tone from the very first timed stage in Wadi El-Kafrein, leaving no chance to their rivals. From mud to rocks, from wind to the torrential rain that hit the region, nothing managed to shake the Lebanese driver, who signs yet another triumph beyond his ...
ISG: El-Hajj and Keuchkarian, Lebanese Heroes in Riyadh
Makram Haddad 16/11 09:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Dsovak Keuchkarian Lynn el-Hajj Lebanon Islamic Solidarity Games
Born in the mid-2000s to bring together the National Olympic Committees of the Islamic world, the event has grown over the editions. This sixth stop in Riyadh confirms the step up in scale: a well-oiled organization, a dense program, increased visibility for water and combat sports. For the Lebanese delegation, the challenge was twofold: to ...
Four Athletes, One Flag: Lebanon at the Deaflympics in Tokyo
Makram Haddad 14/11 13:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Lebanon Deaflympics Tokyo Olympic Games
The suitcases are modest, the resources limited, but the symbol is immense. From Beirut Airport, a delegation of four deaf athletes has set out for Tokyo to take part in the Deaflympics. For the first time, Lebanon will march with its own flag at the opening ceremony of this global event reserved for deaf or hard-of-hearing athletes. This ...
The LAP Turns Back Time: Lebanon’s First International Stamp Exhibition
Makram Haddad 14/11 11:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A Century of Stamps, a Memory on Gummed Paper The Lebanese postage stamp appeared for the first time in 1924–1925, with the issue of a series featuring the eternal cedar of Lebanon, but inscribed with the words “Grand Liban” (“Greater Lebanon”). Until 1918, the year the Ottoman armies withdrew, the territory used Ottoman stamps or ...
Diabetes: The Heavy Cost of Delays
Makram Haddad 14/11 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
United Nations Diabetes Prevention
The massive presence of a silent disease Diabetes is no longer a diffuse threat: it is a massive reality. Around the world, about 589 million people currently live with diabetes, including nearly 85 million in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region; by 2050, the region could have 163 million. In Lebanon, the International Diabetes ...