RAMI HULAYYEL and PATRICK SALOMON review the national sporting events that made headlines over a triumphant 2007.

European soccer giants Inter Milan held a training camp in Bahrain and played a friendly against the men's national team, which they won 6-1.Bahrain took the gold medal in the men's volleyball competition of the 18th Gulf Cup, held in Abu Dhabi.Al Nasser Club clinched the Friendship Volleyball Championship which took place in Doha.Bahrain 'A' won the gold medal of the under-17 Friendship volleyball Championship in Doha.

Omar Yousef, right, bagged two gold medals in the 50m and 100m breaststroke at the fifth GCC Swimming Championships in Kuwait.Fatima Al Jazzaf and Zaina Al Zayani notched a doubles gold medal in the Bahrain International Table Tennis Championship, hosted by Bahrain.Al Ahli Club came on top of the GCC Clubs Handball Championship, staged in Bahrain.Ahmed Khalil and Khalid Khalil took a gold medal each at the GCC Cycling Championships in Saudi Arabia.

Nasser Yaqoob was placed first in the Bahrain Open Golf Championship.Ahmed Abdulredha captured the singles silver medal at the GCC Under-21 Tennis Championship in Oman.

Ferrari's Felipe Massa won the Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix, finishing ahead of McLaren rookie Lewis Hamilton and teammate Kimi Raikkonen.Dutch pair Reinder Nummerdor and Richard Schuil won the $200,000 Bahrain Men's Beach Volleyball Open, which was the first-ever International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) event held in the Middle East.Grand Master Ahmed Adly of Egypt won the first Bahrain International Chess Open.

Ruqaya Al Ghasra, right, highlighted Bahrain's campaign at the 15th Arab Athletics Championships in Amman, winning two of the Kingdom's five gold medals at the event. They finished with 16 in all for third place overall.Bahrain bagged the handball competition gold medal during the International Children's Games, held in Iceland.

Sami Al Kooheji, right, Abdulrahman Abdulla and Faisal Abdulaziz clinched a gold medal apiece at the Al Bareh International Regatta, held in Bahrain.Hadil Ali came second in the under-17 women's singles of the ITF West Asian Tennis Championship in Syria.

Yousef Falah was crowned the Men's Master at the Gulf Youth Bowling Championship held in Doha.Ahmed Abdulaziz won the optimist class of the Moroccan International Sailing Championship in Tanja.Denmark won the World Youth Handball Championship, successfully held in the Kingdom, while hosts Bahrain were the surprise of the competition and finished an impressive eighth.Diab Sager Al Noaimi came first in the veterans division of the Red Sea Arab Championship in Egypt.

Kareema Jassim won two gold medals as Bahrain finished with five in all at the 17th Asian Athletics Championships in Amman.Bahrain took the gold medal at the third Women's GCC Table Tennis Championship in Kuwait. Ala'a Hijris also won the singles gold, while the pair of Ala'a and Maryam Al Qassimi clinched the doubles gold.Bahrain took three gold, three silver and one bronze at the fourth under-21 GCC Taekwondo Championship.

Bahrain's Younes Hassan and Qader Abdulla were crowned champions of the GCC Men's Beach Volleyball Championship in Kuwait.Hamad Buhiji and Anwar Makki bagged the men's doubles gold at the 12th GCC Table Tennis Championship in Doha.Rashid Ramzi, right, won the men's 1,500m silver at the World Athletics Championships in Japan.

Maryam Yusuf Jamal made history in winning the women's 1,500m title at the World Athletics Championships in Japan.Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa led a four-member Bahrain team to a second-place finish at the European Endurance Horseride Open Championship in Portugal.Bahrain snatched first place in the GCC Under-17 Volleyball Championship in Kuwait.

Maryam Yusuf Jamal and Youssef Saad Kamel won gold in the season-ending World Athletics Final in Stuttgart.Hamad Al Fardan clinched third place overall in the National Class drivers championship of the British Formula Three Series, while compatriot Shaikh Salman bin Rashid Al Khalifa finished fifth.

Sami Al Kooheji bagged the laser standard gold medal at the Qatar International Regatta in Doha.Bader Abdulla Malabes became the first-ever Bahraini to win the UAAP men's basketball title.Yasmine Aqeel and Noora Sultan clinched gold in the doubles of the women's bowling events at the 11th Arab Games in Egypt.

Abdulrahim Abdulhamid, right, won the under-58kg gold medal during the 11th Arab Games in Egypt.Ibrahim brothers Hamid and Jaffer won the doubles bronze in the men's badminton competition at the 11th Arab Games in Egypt.

Bahrain claimed the silver medal in the Eight-Ball GCC Billiards Championship in Doha.Linda Abu Mushref finished second in the women's singles tennis competition at the 11th Arab Games held in Egypt.

Hamad Al Fardan won the first two races of the Asian Formula Three season in Malaysia.Tachi Ryoto of Japan and Natasha Palha of India won their respective singles titles in the Riffa Views Asian Under-14 Championship.

Germany clinched the seventh Kingdom of Bahrain Match Race Championship, while the host team finished eighth.The Bahrain International Circuit was awarded the FIA Institute Centre of Excellence trophy in a ceremony at the FIA Gala in Monaco.