The grand stage is all set for the launch of the bold ‘Dubai Sports activities Retreat’ beneath the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mansoor bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai Sports activities Council.
Organized by the Dubai Sports activities Council beneath the slogan ‘Dubai: The First Sports activities Vacation spot‘, the ‘Dubai Sports activities Retreat’ will likely be held on the Museum of the Future on Tuesday (November 12) with the distinguished attendance of decision-makers, specialists and globally-acclaimed sports activities stars.
The one-of-its sort and distinctive occasion is being held to form the way forward for sports activities in Dubai particularly over the subsequent ten years (2025-2033) by enhancing achievements and partnerships with worldwide sports activities federations, world organizers and the non-public sector that can deal with optimum funding of sources within the sporting area whereas attracting and growing skills for the long run.
More than 100 top-level figures ranging from ministers and normal managers in native sports-connected authorities departments, will likely be joined by chairmen of the board of administrators of golf equipment and soccer firms in Dubai, chairmen and administrators of personal firms, sports activities academies, occasion organizers and sports activities stars with nice achievements.
The contributors have been divided and distributed in keeping with their specializations and fields of labor into six discussion tables, every of which is devoted to one of many six themes of the day-long retreat, specifically
• Group sports activities
• Sports activities infrastructure
• Internet hosting main sporting occasions
• Sports activities golf equipment
• Soccer
• Sporting talents.
The retreat will begin with a speech by His Excellency Khalfan Juma Belhoul, Vice Chairman of the Dubai Sports activities Council, adopted by two periods of sharing of concepts, dialogue and dialogue.
The primary session will likely be addressed by His Excellency Ahmad Belhoul Al Falasi, Minister of Sports activities, His Excellency Hilal Al Marri, Director Normal of the Division of Financial system and Tourism in Dubai, Her Excellency Hessa Buhumaid, Director Normal of the Group Improvement Authority in Dubai, His Excellency Ahmad Bin Byat, Vice Chairman of the Board of Administrators of the Dubai Chamber of Digital Financial system and Vice Chairman of the Board of Administrators of the Business Financial institution of Dubai, and His Excellency Abdullah Saeed Al Naboodah, Proprietor of the Dubai Basketball Group.
The second session will likely be addressed by a lot of continental and worldwide sports activities stars in varied sporting disciplines who dwell and work in Dubai, together with the legendary MMA star Khabib Nurmagomedov, the longest-reigning UFC Light-weight Champion, former France and Manchester United skipper Patrice Evra, Lebanese basketball celebrity Fadi Al Khatib, former world primary doubles participant Sania Mirza from India and Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh.
The contributors within the retreat periods will even embody ex-Arsenal and Manchester Metropolis defender Bacary Sagna of France and influential Iraqi footballer Nashat Akram, who donned colors for a lot of main Arab golf equipment together with stints with Dutch membership FC Twente and China’s Dalian Yingbo FC. Amongst Akram’s highest honours was lifting the 2007 AFC Asian Cup with the Iraqi nationwide staff.
Partnership and Cooperation
A day previous to the retreat, His Excellency Khalfan Belhoul, Vice Chairman of the Dubai Sports activities Council, wordd: “The Dubai Sports activities Retreat is a basic pillar in our work for the subsequent stage as a result of we imagine that everybody has a task in figuring out priorities and achievements through the subsequent stage which can think about attaining extra development and improvement for the sports activities sector. We’re working to make sure that the sports activities sector is equally developed alongside with all different sectors in Dubai and the UAE. This course of consists of forming partnerships and cooperation with varied authorities entities and the non-public sector, in addition to organizers, worldwide sports activities federations, sports activities stars, academies and traders.“
Photograph caption: The Museum of the Future alongside Sheikh Zayed Highway will play host to the ‘Dubai Sports activities Retreat‘.