Hamdan bin Rashid .. a source of inspiration for all sports fans

Officials, stars and fans of Emirati, Arab and international sports received the news of the departure of Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, founder and president of Al Nasr Club and Honorary President of Hatta Club today, with more sadness and sorrow, as the late was a symbol of Emirati and Arab sports and a source of inspiration for all its fans, and a pole of its leaders who influenced its career .

Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum was a witness to the emergence and growth of sport in the country, and contributed to its development through his presidency of Al-Nasr Club, whose officials and players recommended, at their last reception in 2020, that they continue working so that Al-Nasr Club, called the "Dean" of Emirati clubs, is always in the top.

All those interested in Emirati sports are aware that the late Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum is one of the most important leaders of the sports movement in the country, and played a major role in spreading many sports in the Emirates, reviving and developing traditional or traditional ones, and provided support for many clubs, stars and heroes at the state and world level, Sports history will still mention that the late is the oldest club president in the world, as he chaired Al-Nasr Club since its inception in 1960 until now.

The spiritual father of Emirati sports

and the late is considered the spiritual father of Emirati sports in general, and Dubai specifically, so his credit did not stop upon his founding the oldest club in the country (Al-Nasr Club), one of the most important owners of purebred Arabian horse stables, and the owner of important initiatives in the purebred Arabian horse races in Europe and the world to revive this authentic heritage, but also reckoned for him his great contributions in converting Dubai clubs into model clubs through his position as mayor in Dubai for a long time, and he also gave great attention to the development of sports facilities and facilities in Dubai in general in the stages of its inception, stages of development, and during His presidency of Al-Nasr Club turned Al Maktoum Stadium into a wonderful architectural masterpiece and was inaugurated after development in March of 2019, at a cost of 500 million dirhams.

The late Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum - according to the Emirati sports media researcher and historian Mohammed Al-Joker, who devoted two versions of his books on Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid under the title “Hamdan and Victory” in 2015, and “The Brigadier .. History and Iraq” in 2019 - that it is He directed the Dubai Municipality to establish a new headquarters for the Football Association in Dubai in Al-Khawaneej, and this headquarters with its annexes is one of the best and most prestigious headquarters of the Football Association in the world, and he also ordered the construction of a new headquarters for the National Olympic Committee at a total cost of 45 million dirhams.

And through his presidency of the oldest club in the Emirates, Al-Nasr Club, may God rest his soul, he was the first to initiate the reception of the most prestigious international clubs of the Emirates, including Liverpool, Arsenal and Southampton, beginning in the seventies, and sponsored many important matches, most notably in February 1976 when Al-Nasr hosted the famous Brazilian Santos team. Many stars from outside Al-Nasr Club honored the owners of the titles and goals, most notably Adnan Taliani from Al-Sha`ab and Youssef Ateeq, the Al-Ahly player, when they crowned two goals for the league.

Luminous fingerprints in the history of marine sports and the

late Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum left luminous prints in the history of marine sports in the country in general and the local heritage races in particular, since its foundation and the beginning of its bus career, which started in the seventies and spread after that to flourish at the end of the eighties after The Dubai International Marine Sports Club was established in 1988, and contributed a lot to its development with its continuous and generous support, so that these races became one of the most important sporting events in the marine sports season program and attract a large number of segments of society.

Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum developed many ideas and the year 1991 was the date for the start of the largest and largest heritage marine race with the Locksmith event, which is one of the most famous and most important races in the Arab region and the world, and the aim of its establishment was to revive, preserve and develop heritage sports in the country.

The race was the beginning, which was followed by a number of initiatives, as the nucleus of development was through local sailing boats 43 feet, and his ideas included ship races and local sailing boats 60, 43 and 22 feet and local rowing boats 30 feet, which stood behind its success until it occupied the first place in terms of popularity and became practiced by many Of the people of the state.

The Al-Qaffal long-distance race from Sir Bu Nair Island to the beaches of Dubai, which was launched in 1991 with an idea from the late Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, remains in the minds always. For abundant livelihood in the sea.

Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum was keen that the "Al Qaffal" festival be a heritage and not just a race that carries with it many meanings that embody the association of the people of the Emirates with the cultural heritage and make the event turn into a carnival and an authentic heritage wedding that gathers more than 5,000 people in the Gulf water show to revive these The historical saga.

Since the event was established, he was keen to attend all the races that were held over the past years to the island of Sir Bu Nair one day before the departure to meet with the Nakhchids and shipowners and to negotiate with them about everything that matters to heritage and racing and the importance of reaching it to the best level in order to achieve the lofty message behind its establishment. The meeting in its enlarged council also became a platform for the media that dialogue with him every year in various aspects of sports affairs.

Throughout the course of the event, Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum provided great and generous support for the development and continuation of the race by motivating the participants and raising the value of financial and in-kind prizes, as the total of financial prizes in copies between 1991-1993 amounted to 3 million dirhams and between 1994-2005 the amount of 4 Millions of dirhams, and in 2006 it reached 6 million dirhams, while between 2007-2015 it became 10 million dirhams, and three cars were added to the amount between 2016-2019, while it was decided to raise the prizes of the 29th edition in 2019 to 12 million dirhams in addition to three cars in appreciation of the increase. Continuous interest in the development of bearings by the Nakhudas and the Angel.

The development of the national teams

and the athletes in the Emirates in general and in Dubai in particular will testify that Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum was keen to have a single club with multiple activities, meaning that there would be a difference in football, the plane, the basket, the hand, the swimming, and various Individual games, and this is what contributed to the development, growth and improvement of the results of the national teams in the various games.

Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum used to support players who suffered injuries during their careers, and he reminded all athletes in the country that he had purchased a number of pacemakers and distributed them to clubs after the player Salem Saad suffered a cardiac arrest, and died suddenly due to it.

And it will remain of the late legacy as a memory for generations that he used to follow up and order the annual governmental support for Dubai clubs, and he was one of the first initiators to establish a number of commercial and investment projects to support the revenues of Al-Nasr Club, and most of the state clubs followed suit.

Among the feats of the late also in the field of sports was his great support for hosting the Al-Nasr Club for the Arab Cups Championship in 1993, and his meeting with the leaders of Arab sports at this time, and he contributed to the revival of the idea of ​​the Olympic day to honor distinguished people in various sports in 2006.

Attention to the national sports cadre

and, may God rest his soul, have important stances in caring for the citizen and the citizen sports cadre, as he was keen to receive the citizen coach Mahdi Ali after winning the Gulf Cup with the Emirati White in Bahrain, and the late was keen to support all the former heads of the Football Association and had meetings with them All.

A long experience in horse races

and with regard to Arabian horse races, history will remember that the late had a long history in the Dubai World Cup races and all foreign races that were held in various parts of the world, and his horses and stables won many titles in various continents, to be one of the most influential names in The global sporting scene in horse racing, as his horses won the Dubai World Cup, the most expensive cup in the world.

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