Officials in the Swimming and Cycling Federation called on the Olympic Committee to facilitate the naturalization of talented athletes, residents and births of the state, in order to catch up with the Olympics, and the manufacture of champions of residents and births of the state, similar to the Football Association, noting that sporting naturalization has become a global phenomenon, which all countries resort to to raise the level of Sports Games.

The Football Association has obtained the services of three natural players, they are: Brazilians Lima and Cayo, and Argentine Tigali, to benefit from their experiences in the national team, and try to climb to the second stage of the joint qualifiers qualifying for the 2022 World Cup and the Asian Nations Cup 2023.

They told «Emirates Today» that «there are collective federations that have already begun preparing the files of athletes to be naturalized in order to support the national teams in various sports», stressing that «the demand for sports naturalization comes within the limits of international conditions and controls, in every game, especially that naturalization has become It has conditions. ”

The interior is better

The head of the Swimming Federation, Sultan Al-Samahi said: “Attention to sports talent inside the country, whether it is citizens or residents, is better than the trend towards external naturalization that will not benefit in the long run, especially as we want a sustainable solution.”

He added, "It is necessary to naturalize a number of talents present in the private academies, and pay attention to them, especially as the field has been opened for the Football Association to join the World Cup qualifiers, so it is possible to make such a boom in any individual game federation as an opportunity to catch up with the Tokyo Olympics, although this is difficult in The current time, but there is no impossible, as there is the Dubai International Swimming Championship next April, and other courses through which we prepare for the next championships. ”

The next step

For his part, the General Secretary of the Cycling Federation, Abdel Nasser Omran, stressed that “naturalization must be the next step, after allowing the children of female citizens, residents, and state-borns to participate in local championships, by a decision from the President of the State, which is a highly successful step, and its impact on bicycle tournaments appeared Through residents of the country for more than three years, the period to which the conditions of naturalization apply, and the procedures followed begin with sending the file of the athlete to be naturalized to an evaluation committee by the Olympic Committee to study the eligibility of this talent by naturalization ».

He added, “For a sportsman to be naturalized, he must be in the youth and men category, and it is worth it to achieve records at the Asian level, and not only at the local, Gulf or Arab levels, and I believe that there should be different criteria for selecting and caring for the champions, and from It is necessary to adopt the same approved method now, and they are newborns and residents in the country for more than three years. Through the presence of this category in local competitions, we finally saw good stars and numbers. ”

He continued: «With the expansion of the base of participation in the local championships, the league started to improve, and the numbers are much better, and it is natural that we get champions, but given the time period in which the decision was applied from only two years, the process needs patience to gradually improve, and the number of participants increases ».

Naturalization is coming

Lawyer Issa Bin Haider stressed that naturalization is coming in the future in order to develop sports work, and the issue is not as difficult as expected. He said: “There is more than one federation currently preparing the naturalization file for players from Cuba and Brazil in team games. Naturalization is coming, but the door will not be opened. Wide open, but in accordance with the conditions and controls that are implemented in basketball, hand and volleyball, as all of these unions will naturalize during the coming period ».

Unions did not move

In turn, Dr. Salim Al Shamsi said that with the correct naturalization that serves the country, such as any major country in the world, such as America, France, and Britain, in order to achieve achievements and raise the flag of the country, he called on sports federations to act like the Football Association, and prepare files for players Those who are able to represent the country, but what is noticeable is that no federation has moved to find players, cadres, and talents in their specialties.

He added: "I call on all federations to seek and move on this important file that is now available, but with a careful and careful study. The Football Association is the only one that acted after the decision was issued last season, which allows residents and births to represent the state, and three players have been naturalized."

• The Football Association received the services of 3 natural players: Brazil, Lima, Caio, and the Argentine Tegali.