NAGOYA, twenty third September, 2026 (WAM) — The UAE esports workforce has certified for the quarter-finals of the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Games in Japan after dropping 3-0 to Japan and defeating Palestine 3-0.
The UAE workforce contains Abdullah Mohammed Saif Bouhnad Al Muhairi, Mohammed Abdulrahman Abdullah Al Banna and Sultan Rashid Mohammed Marshoul Taheri.
In swimming, Mohammed Al Yamahi recorded 2:06.29 within the males’s 200-metre freestyle.
In biking, Mohammed Al Mutaiwei completed thirteenth within the males’s 157.6-kilometre street race in 4:27:21, which featured 40 cyclists from 16 international locations. Abdullah Al Hammadi and Abdullah Jassim additionally represented the UAE.
In taking pictures, Saif bin Futtais scored 117 targets within the males’s particular person skeet qualification, ending eleventh and only one goal wanting the ultimate qualifying mark. Mohammed Ahmed recorded 113 targets.
In the ladies’s 10-metre air pistol, Ghaya Shuhail scored 555 factors, whereas Mahra Al Suwaidi recorded 544 factors.
UAE weightlifter Zahra Al Hashemi recorded a complete of 115kg within the girls’s 53kg class, comprising 50kg within the snatch and 65kg within the clear and jerk.
In fencing, Al Hayam Saif Al Balooshi defeated Indonesia’s Riley Faith Komalaputra 5-1 within the girls’s particular person foil pool spherical earlier than dropping 15-11 to Macau’s Lam Chi Mei within the Round of 32. Ahmed Al Hammadi additionally competed within the males’s particular person sabre.
The UAE Olympic soccer workforce drew 0-0 with China in its ultimate Group B match, ending its marketing campaign on the group stage.
On the sidelines of the Games, the UAE Olympic Committee participated in a safeguarding session organised by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), with Nasser Abdulhakim Belshalat, a member of the Committee’s administrative workforce and an OCA-accredited safeguarding officer, participating alongside representatives of 23 National Olympic Committees.
The UAE judo workforce is scheduled to affix the delegation on Saturday, twenty sixth September, following the conclusion of its coaching camp at Tokai University in Tokyo.
Judo competitions will happen at Aichi International Arena from thirtieth September to third October, with particular person occasions adopted by the blended workforce competitors.
Mohammed bin Thaaloob Al Darei, President of the UAE Judo Federation, mentioned the Asian Games type a part of the nationwide workforce’s preparations for the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam on the finish of October and efforts to realize additional qualification factors in direction of the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games.
UAE participation continues tomorrow, Thursday, with Khalifa Al Zarouni and Saleh Al Balooshi competing in males’s particular person epee, whereas the athletics workforce contests the blended 4×400-metre relay heats.
Mohammed Saleh and Ahmed Al Ameeri will compete in taking pictures, whereas the UAE dressage horses will endure veterinary inspection forward of the beginning of competitors.