The World Cup peg-picking competitions will be organized tomorrow, Thursday, by the International Federation of the game will start in George, South Africa, and will continue until next Sunday.
Nine teams, along with Yemen, will participate in the World Cup: Egypt, Jordan, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, India, Norway and South Africa (the host).
The technical meeting of the participating teams was held today,Wednesday, in the presence of the President of the International Picketing Federation, Muhammad bin Issa Al-Fayrouz, representatives of the participating countries, and the Referees and Organizing Committees, to discuss the list of competitions and the championship system, followed by conducting a veterinary examination on the horses and drawing the lottery for entering the teams and horses.
The national team delegation, headed by Assistant Undersecretary of the Sports Sector at the Ministry of Youth, Kamal Al-Sharif, includes the knights Bilal Al-Sabri, Abdullah Al-Maghrabi, Osama Al-Hamzi, Bilal Al-Safani, Abdulaziz Omar, and the national coach, Jamal Al-Taweel.
Source: Yemen News Agency