Dubai Sports Council Secretary-General Saeed Hareb, Olympic champion and world champion has received several times in the lightweight boxing, the British boxer Amir Khan, in the presence of Assistant Secretary General Nasser Aman Al Rahma.
A press statement issued by the council yesterday said: “Dubai Sports Council discussed opportunities for cooperation with the Olympic champion through the establishment of an academy specialized in boxing training to be an extension of its famous academies located in London, which work to train and develop talented athletes, and provide ways of success and progress for them to be world champions. ».
The council also said: “The Council also encouraged the world champion to move in to stay with his wife, Ferial Makhdoom, and his three children, five-year-old Maysa, and two-year-old Alina, and his newly born son, Mohammed, to live in the Emirate of Dubai, and take advantage of the capabilities provided by the emirate to encourage sports. And, which enhances sports tourism and increases investment opportunities in Dubai, the council also discussed the possibility of setting up a showdown in Dubai between Amir Khan with the world star and the Philippine boxing legend Manny Pacquiao, who has a close relationship with the council.
The statement said: «Dubai Sports Council continues to attract the most famous international sports stars from various countries of the world and urge them to open investments and establish sport academies in Dubai, which encourages them to reside in Dubai, which is the kiss of the stars and world champions who are keen to attend to it constantly what it provides Of the establishments and infrastructure that are established and designed with the highest international specifications, in addition to the wonderful tourist areas that millions of different countries of the world come to visit ».
For his part, Amir Khan said: “I am happy to be in the Dubai Sports Council, which has hosted many sports legends and world champions, and I am proud to be among the list of great people hosted by the Council. I am also excited to return to Dubai to be my second home and the seat of my future investments, and I will think Seriously in the discussions presented by Dubai Sports Council, the most important of which is the opening of a boxing academy in Dubai, and the establishment of a fight with my friend Manny Pacquiao in Dubai ».
Khan praised the civilizational, economic, tourist and sporting renaissance witnessed by the Emirate of Dubai, and said: “I have touched the volume of continuous development witnessed by the city and its interest in sports, which strengthens its position among the developed countries, and it is in my opinion a city qualified to host all sports championships in various sports, because of its facilities I have recent experience and qualified sports cadres, and I also gained many experiences from my visits to Dubai. ”
The youngest Olympic champion
Amir Khan is the youngest champion in history to win an Olympic medal, and he did not exceed 16 years when he won the 2004 Athens Silver, after he won the Junior Olympics Gold in America in 2003, and he is nicknamed the King, and he holds the title of the fastest grip in the world right now, and he who won He finished 31 major tournaments, 19 of them with a knockout, and lost only three games in his career.
Amir Khan Academy works to train and develop talented athletes to be world champions.
• Dubai Sports Council continues to attract the most famous sports stars and urge them to establish sports academies.