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Mediterranean Games “Taranto 2026”: Dudaev reaches gold-medal wrestling final

Urim Shera — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 17:10:30 +0000

TIRANA, Aug. 24 /ATA/ – Albania’s athlete Islam Dudaev has reached the gold-medal final in the men’s freestyle wrestling 74 kg category at the “Taranto 2026” Mediterranean Games.

Dudaev put in a strong performance at the “Karol Wojtyla” sports hall in Martina Franca, winning all three of his bouts on the way to the final.

He opened with an 11-2 win over Kosovo’s Egzon Xhoni before beating Greece’s Georgios Ioakeimidis 10-0 in the quarterfinals.

Dudaev then defeated Mohammad Mottaghinia in the semifinals to book his place in the gold-medal bout.

He will face North Macedonia’s Fati Vejseli in the final, with the winner claiming the 74 kg title.

Following Ardit Zeneli’s bronze medal, Dudaev is the second Albanian athlete to secure a medal at the Taranto Games, with Albania now aiming for gold.

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Euro U-17 2025 finals in Albania, UEFA inspects stadiums, training grounds and hotels before draw

Pandi Skaka — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 19:41:15 +0000

TIRANA, March 28/ATA/ In the framework of the draw for the U-17 European Championship finals, which will be held on Monday at the “House of Football” in Tirana, a UEFA delegation will visit this weekend the stadiums, training grounds and hotels that will host the participating teams in May.

The Albanian Football Association has made important steps in improving the infrastructure, fulfilling the tasks set by UEFA. On Saturday, the delegation will evaluate the works carried out at the “Niko Dovana” and “Arena Egnatia” stadiums, as well as the training grounds in Lushnja and Shijak. The hotels that will host the teams and referees will also be inspected.

On Sunday, the inspections will continue at the “Arena Kombëtare” and “Elbasan Arena”, as well as the training grounds, “Selman Stërmasi”, the “Skënder Halili” complex and the RENEA field. The delegation will also visit the hotel where the UEFA team will be accommodated in May.

This UEFA visit is an important step towards finalizing preparations, confirming the progress made by the Albanian Football Association for this major European football event. On Monday, the UEFA delegation will also closely follow the draw for the EURO U-17 2025 finals, which will be held at the “House of Football” at 19:00./a.f/p.s./

Superior Division U-19/ “Vllaznia” and “Teuta”, champion teams of group A and B

Pandi Skaka — Tue, 04 May 2021 10:43:47 +0000

TIRANA, May 4/ATA/ The U-19 Superior division has entered the hot stage, while this week was announced the champion teams in both groups.

“Vllaznia” was declared the champion of Group A of the U-19 championship after closing the regular season with 44 points after 27 weeks. The team from Shkodra last week defeated “Dinamo” with the score 3-1 in the match played in the sports field of Arbana, thus officially securing the first place.

In the ceremony held at the end of this match, the Albanian football legend Sulejman Demollari handed over the trophy to the players of “Vllaznia”.

While “Teuta” was declared champion in Group B of the U-19 Superior division, ending the regular season with 38 points after 27 weeks. The Durrës team, which had secured the leading position a week ago, received the trophy from the well-known former coach Sulejman Mema in the ceremony held at the end of the match against the Football Academy.

This weekend will start the play-off phase of the Superior Division U-19, which will then determine the champion team of Albania in this age group. In this phase, there will participate 8 teams ranked in the first 4 places of the two respective groups. /j.p/p.s./