Wednesday cover: UAE shooters take aim at glory at 2016 Rio Olympics


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Khaled Al Kaabi takes aim on The National Sport front page on Wednesday, August 3 as he and his fellow UAE shooting Olympians prepare for their Rio 2016 campaigns.

As part of a 13-athlete strong team, the three shooters of Al Kaabi, Saif Bin Futtais, and Sheikh Saeed bin Maktoum Al Maktoum represent the best chance of the UAE’s best chance of a medal.

As part of The National’s ongoing series on the UAE athletes competing in Rio, Ahmed Rizvi focuses on the three shooters and explains why they are in a great position to add to the UAE’s solitary Olympic medal, when Sheikh Ahmed Hasher Al Maktoum won gold at Athens 2004.

Read Ahmed's feature here: UAE at Rio 2016: Sheikh Saeed, Khaled Al Kaabi and Saif Bin Futtais shooting for the podium

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