Dubai Sports Council: A diverse agenda of sporting events accompanying Expo 2020 Dubai
The Dubai Sports Council confirmed that sports will be a strong presence within the activities of Expo 2020 Dubai, the largest global event hosted by the UAE in Dubai and held under the slogan "Connecting Minds and Creating the Future", as it will bring together the most important minds in the fields of economy, science, literature and various fields of life, the most important International sports stars who will participate in various world championships and events, or they will visit the big event to promote their countries and interact with participants from different countries of the world.
Sports will be a daily event, whether through daily events or activities that are distributed throughout the largest exhibition of its kind in the world, in which more than 190 countries participate, as the Dubai Sports Council cooperates with the organizers of sports events and “Expo 2020” in organizing many sports events Over the course of the exhibition, which will run for six months, starting from the beginning of next October, in confirmation of the UAE’s elevation of the value of sport and the importance of its practice, and in highlighting the great interest that Dubai attaches to sports activities and the facilities and advanced capabilities it provides to it as one of the main components that make it the city. The best to live and work in the world.
The Dubai Sports Council explained that the 16th edition of the "Dubai International Sports Conference", one of the "Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives", and the World Football Awards (Dubai Globe Soccer) will be held during the activities of Expo 2020 Dubai.
At the conference, the elite of the world’s football stars, including players, coaches, and leaders of international federations and clubs, will meet to discuss the challenges facing the game, ways to confront them, and ways to develop the sector to enrich sports at the local, regional and global levels.
Since its launch in 2006, the Dubai International Sports Conference has received more than 400 international and national speakers and coordinators, most notably Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo, Argentine Lionel Messi, ambassador of "Expo 2020 - Dubai", French Zinedine Zidane, and the late Argentine Diego Armando Maradona.
A ceremony will be held to honor the winners of the eleventh cycle categories of the "Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Sports Creativity", one of the "Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives", which is the largest award in terms of the value of its awards and the multiplicity of its categories.
On January 9, 2022, the ceremony will honor Emirati and Arab champions from the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020.
Among the international events that will be organized at Expo 2020 Dubai, the World Chess Championship, which will be held from November 24 to December 16, 2021, will witness the participation of world champion Magnus Carlsen to defend his title against his world rival Ian Nepomnyakhchi .. The Hamdan bin Rashid International Championship will also be held Chess Masters at the same time and place, coinciding with the World Championships.
The Expo 2020 race will be organized for distances of 10, 5 and 3 km, during which participants will experience a unique experience of running around the pavilions participating in "Expo 2020 Dubai, and the event buildings, designed according to the latest standards and engineering technologies, and their designs took into account the futuristic character.. Weekly running events will also be organized and available Participation in it for all members of society, every Saturday inside the Expo headquarters, and participation will be available free of charge to all event goers.
Cycling enthusiasts from all over the world will focus on the Expo headquarters on February 25, 2022, to follow the Dubai stage of the "Emirates International Cycling Tour", in which a group of the most prominent cyclists and world champions in cycling will participate.
In addition to official competitions and international championships, visitors to the Expo 2020 Dubai headquarters will be able to practice their favorite sports in the sports facilities that will be available throughout the Expo headquarters, through two cricket pitches, a multi-use court for basketball, volleyball, tennis and netball, and an indoor fitness hall. It also includes a five-a-side football field, a global platform for yoga and Zumba, in addition to sports workshops, sports events and activities for people of determination.
The countries participating in the Expo will have a prominent role in organizing many diverse sporting events within their pavilions at the exhibition, where the Australian pavilion organizes various sporting events whose program will be revealed later, and the New Zealand pavilion organizes a range of sporting activities that last for five weeks, including fitness training. Famous "Not Miles".
The Croatian pavilion will also organize a sports and fitness exhibition in the presence of the most famous Croatian football stars, including Luka Modric, the Real Madrid star who won the title of best player in the world and the European Champions League title, Davor Suker, president of the Croatian Football Association and top scorer in the 1998 World Cup, and Zlatko coach The Croatian national team, and the brilliant Croatian basketball stars in the NBA, including the two stars Dario Saric and Bojan Bogdanovic.
The Italian pavilion will organize fitness classes and various lectures, while the Hungarian pavilion will host the “Tic Ball” tournament, an emerging sports game that combines football and table tennis skills, and is practiced on a table tennis table but with an arched surface, and international football stars participate in its competitions. The Hungarian Pavilion during the Expo displays its school sports development and education program.
The Nigerian pavilion is hosting the Football Legends Championship, and provides the opportunity for sports fans to meet international football stars Okocha, Nwankwo Kanu, John Obi Mikel and world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua.
During the Expo, the Senegalese pavilion is promoting the Youth Olympic Games to be held in Senegalese cities in 2026, as Senegal won the organization of the Youth Olympics to be the first African country to host an Olympic event.
Dubai will witness the organization of 30 new international sports events, during the period of the Expo, in all parts of Dubai. Golf enthusiasts from all over the world are watching the DP World Golf Championships conclude the European Tour 'Road to Dubai'.
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