Tunis: Tunisian referees Khalil Trabelsi and two assistants Wissem Boughattas and Wassim Hanachi will officiate at the Union of North African Football (UNAF) U17 Tournament, scheduled for April 18-26 in Algeria. Tunisia's U17 team will take on Egypt on April 18, Morocoo (April 20), Algeria (April 22) and Libya (April 26). This tournament is a mini-championship. Fixtures: Day 1 (April 18): Tunisia - Egypt Morocco - Algeria Libya (exempted) Day 2 (April 20): Tunisia - Morocco Egypt - Libya Algeria (exempted) Day 3 (April 22): Libya - Morocco Algeria - Tunisia Egypt (exempted) Day 4 (April 24): Libya - Algeria Morocco - Egypt Tunisia (exempted) Day 5 (April 26): Tunisia - Libya Algeria - Egypt Morocco (exempted) Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse
Tennis-WTA Ranking: Tunisian Ons Jabeur retains her 9th rank
Tunisian tennis player Ons Jabeur retained her 9th place in the WTA world rankings published on Monday. Jabeur dropped to ninth place last week, after 22 weeks in sixth place. The Tunisian tennis player has not done well since the start of the new season, winning only two games against six defeats, including five consecutive defeats during her participation in the Abu Dhabi Championship (500 points), at the Doha Masters (1000 points), at the Indian Wells Masters (1000 points), at the Miami Masters (1000 points) and at the Charleston Masters (500 points). The Tunisian player will begin her participation in the Stuttgart tournament on Tuesday by facing Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova (16th in the world), in the first round of the main draw. The Stuttgart tournament, classified among the 500-point tournaments, is played on clay. The top 10 remains unchanged from the previous ranking 1- Iga Swiatek 2- Arina Sabalenka 3- Coco Goff 4- Elena Rybakina 5-Jessica Pegula 6-Maria Sakkari 7- Qin Wen Zheng 8- Mar kita Vondrousova 9- Ons Jaber 10- Elena Ostapenko Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse
African Men’s Volleyball Club Championship – Group B – Day 2: MS Bousalem defeat Libya’ Al-Nasr 3-2
MS Bousalem defeated Al-Nasr (Libya) 3-2 (27-29, 21-25, 25-20, 25-23, 17-15) at an African Men's Volleyball Club Championship Group B day-2 game played on Monday in Cairo. MS Bousalem had previously made a good start to their title defence by defeating Algeria's Widad Tlemcen 3-0 (25-22, 25-23, 25-17). The Tunisian club won the last edition in 2023 in Kelibia, after defeating Zamalek of Egypt 3-2. Day 2 results: Widad Tlemcen - Wolaitta Dicha: 3-0 MS Bousalem - Al-Nasr: 3-2 Standings PTS Pl. MS Bousalem 5 2 Al-Nasr 4 2 Widad Tlemcen 3 2 INJS Abidjan 0 1 Wolaitta Dicha 0 1 Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse