Plethora of events to held on National Sports Day

The Executive Team revealed the activities of the ninth edition of the National Sports Day Initiative, which will be held next Thursday across the country. The event will be held under the slogan ‘The UAE brings us together’ and will include several events and activities. The initiative will include 7 main events in each Emirate, in addition to other sports sub-programmes. The events will begin in the early hours of Sports Day and will continue for 24 hours continuously. This comes in response to the call of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and the directives of Sheikh Ahmed Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Second Deputy Ruler of Dubai, President of the National Olympic Committee and President of the Supreme Committee for the National Sports Day initiative.

This came during a press conference held by the National Olympic Committee in Dubai in the presence of the Executive Team of the National Sports Day and various media. The calendar of events for all emirates that have been registered so far on the Uaenoc.ae/sportsday website has been announced, by 189 sub-events through 75 government agencies and 59 private sector institutions, with the potential to increase the number until the date of the event and exceeding the number of participants in the last edition, which reached 70,000 participants.

At the beginning of the press conference, Abdulaziz Al Salman, Board Member of the National Olympic Committee and Chairman of the Executive Team of the National Sports Day, stressed the importance of the initiative held over the past 8 years, which has established authentic sports and community concepts. Since the first edition in 2015, it has succeeded in being a comprehensive national sports event throughout the year, which includes youth, children, the elderly, individuals, institutions, entities, and bodies to practicse various activities, whether sports, heritage, or entertainment activities.

Salman added, “We are meeting today to announce the details of the 9th National Sports Day Initiative, which is organized annually under the slogan ‘The UAE brings us together’ in response to the call of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum and the directives of Sheikh Ahmed Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum. Events will be held across the UAE for 24 hours continuously on March 7, with a variety of activities and other programs. Each emirate will organize one main event, the title of the Initiative in the Emirate, with the participation of senior officials. Many sub-activities, whether from official or private entities, will also be organized in order to provide the required diversity to attract the largest number of participants from different age groups and in various sports.

Salman indicated that the National Sports Day Initiative aims to enhance sports in society and encourage its members and all its categories to practise sports continuously as a daily lifestyle and behaviour, to make the UAE a healthy and active society in the first place.