Kazakhstan’s momentum at the 2019 Asian Open sees the nation edge closer to officially topping the event’s medal table. Advancing via their semi-final triumphs, an incredible 12 Kazakh athletes progressed to Saturday’s gold medal showdowns. Recap the surprises of Day 1 HERE. As the dominant team in Bangkok, Team Kazakhstan…
By IMMAF.org lead writer, Jorden Curran The journey of Lebanon’s top amateur mixed martial artist saw Imad Hoayek (pictured above) win his first international IMMAF gold medal this year at the Asian Open Championships in Singapore. As the most experienced athlete to represent Lebanon on the international stage, the Tristar Lebanon product has…
Actress and activist Emma Watson recently took to social media in support of SheFighter, the first self-defense studio for women in the Middle East, based in Jordan and founded by Lina Khalifeh. The Harry Potter star championed the efforts of SheFighter after taking a course at the One Young World Summit…
