Basketball Teams in Lebanon - Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut, Hekmeh, Homenetmen Beirut, Antransporting Al Riyadi Beirut, Hekmeh, Homenetmen Beirut, Antranik SC, Champville SC, Homenetmen Antelias, Hoops Club Ik SC, Champville SC, Homenetmen Antelias, Hoops Club (Paperback)

Chapters: Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut, Hekmeh, Homenetmen Beirut, Antranik Sc, Champville Sc, Homenetmen Antelias, Hoops Club, Tadamon Zouk, Club Central Jounieh, Blue Stars, Tebnin Sc, Enb Beyrouth, Al Mouttahed Tripoli, Anibal Zahle, Animation Zouk, Kahraba Zouk, Aintoura Sc. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 48. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut, also known as Riyadi Club and Sporting Club (Arabic: ) is a Lebanese Basketball club based in Raouche, Beirut where both men's and women's tournaments are held every year. An amateur side also exists, where participants can sign up for classes and train for preparation to become professional basketball players. The club also holds chess, martial arts, dancing, and other tournaments. The club was founded in 1934 by Hussein Sejaan, Hassan Ladki, Fouad Zantout, Youssef Shaker, Mustafa Shaker, Zouheir Yatim, Helmi Chehab, and Wafic Nsouli at that time. In 1945, the Ministry of the Interior gave permission to "Riyadi Club in Beirut" to get involved in various sports in its location in Raouche. Some of these sports were basketball, volleyball, handball, tennis, and table tennis (Ping Pong). In 1947, Al Riyadi club moved from Raouche to Sanayeh. President Bechara El Khoury, Prime Minister Riad El-Solh and Saeb Salam attended the opening ceremony. They were also all present at Al Riyadi's first basketball game against Turkish Galatasaray S.K.. The club finally returned to its current location in Raouche facing the Bain Militaire in 1954. In 1965, Riyadi launched its first women basketball team to compete with other clubs that already had women teams at that time such as Homenetmen Beirut and Antranik SC. The closed court, named Saeb Salam Arena was accomplished in 1991 during the term of Club President Hisham Jaroudi and...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1648926