Mini Olympics begins today

Manama : The Fourth edition of the School Mini Olympics is all set to begin today with a 3-on-3 basketball tournament to kick off the 14-sport festivities, organised by the Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC) in cooperation with the Ministry of Education.
More than 2,000 students from government and private schools are competing in a variety of sports - which also includes football, basketball, volleyball, handball, table tennis, athletics cricket, hockey, swimming, water sports, gymnastics, taekwondo, jiu jitsu and karting.
Today’s action is underway at 9am and sees boys and girls competitions, with the former to be staged at the Bahrain Basketball Association gym in Um Al Hassam, while the Bahrain Sports for Disabilities Federations premises will host the girls matches.
Mini Olympics action continues tomorrow with cricket matches taking place from 9am onwards at the cricket grounds near Isa Sports City Stadium in Riffa.
Supreme Council for Youth and Sports assistant general secretary and Bahrain Olympic Committee general secretary Abdulrahman Askar, meanwhile, chaired the organising committee meeting to look into the final arrangements ahead of this year’s event which runs until March 30.