Iraqi men, women table tennis players in Beirut Arab tournament

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Delegations of three Iraqi clubs will fly to Lebanon on Wednesday to participate in the eight-day competitions of the Arab table tennis tournament for men and women, to start on November 5, a sports official said on Monday. “The clubs of Fatat al-Najaf for women and al-Sulaimaniya and Peshmerga for men will leave on Wednesday for Beirut to participate in the table tennis tournament, to last until November 12, along with a large number of clubs from different Arab countries,” Kadhem Khazaal, a member of the Iraqi Table Tennis Federation, told IraqiNews.com. “Each of the three clubs can participate with four players for men and four players for women,” he added. AmR (P) 1