The Bahraini Olympic Committee prepared a reception for our national junior basketball team returning from the Republic of Egypt after winning the historic title of the 22nd Arab Under -16 Championship, upon its return on Tuesday morning, August 19, 2025 to the homeland.
The heroes were received at Bahrain International Airport, a member of the Board of Directors of the Bahrain Olympic Committee, His Excellency Mr. Ishaq Ibrahim Ishaq, Vice -President of the Bahrain Basketball Federation, Nader Al -Awadi, Secretary -General Ahmed Hafez, and a number of members of the Federation’s Board of Directors, alongside the Director of the Sports Federations Department Hisham Al Balushi, and the Director of the Technical Affairs Department, Maaden Alonas, where the heroes were received with flowers upon their arrival in appreciation of their distinguished historical achievement.
On this occasion, Isaac Ibrahim Ishaq expressed his pride in the achievements of the heroes and conveyed to them the greetings of the Chairman and members of the Bahrain Olympic Committee, praising the appropriate levels that the players presented along their career in the championship to win the title with merit and competence and reflect the evolving level of the Bahraini basketball and the strong base of promising players.
He stressed that this Arab achievement is the fruit of the support that the wise leadership of the sports movement in general and the interest in basketball in particular, which witnessed a great development at all levels in light of the efforts made by the Bahrain Basketball Federation and other member national clubs.
Isaac Ibrahim Ishaq indicated that the Bahrain Olympic Committee is proud of what the heroes achieved, which is optimistic about a prosperous future for Bahraini basketball in light of the promising elements of the team that is the fruit of the support of His Highness Sheikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa, First Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports, Chairman of the General Authority for Sports and Chairman of the Bahrain Olympic Committee and the initiative of His Highness to launch the Gold Generation League and many other initiatives that focused on the industry that focused on the industry Champions in various sports to represent the national teams, wishing the basketball team the success of success.
