Sport | Football
Homes and scholarships for UAE's young football stars
His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on Tuesday received members of the national under-19 and the Under-17 football teams.
- WAM
- Published: 23:40 November 18, 2008
- Mohammad honours players
- Khalifa commends football teams
- Youth soccer team win a morale booster
- Under-19s team dedicate cup to leaders
- Keeping this bunch together 'a must'
- A 'new dawn for UAE football'
- Meeting the President biggest prize for us, says Al Rumaithi
- 'This is the biggest motivation possible'
Dubai: His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on Tuesday received members of the national under-19 and the Under-17 football teams.
The Vice-President ordered a house for each player who does not have one of his own in the player's emirate, and a scholarship for each member of both teams who wishes to pursue his education.
The generous order was in appreciation of the performance of the teams and their great achievements of qualifying for the Youth World Cup finals to be held in Nigeria and Egypt respectively next year.
Related Links
Sport Editor's choice
-
Golf: Looking back with a sense of pride
Mohammad Juma Bu Amim, golf in DUBAi chief, is pleased with where the game is going in the region
-
Mansour trio chase Arabian Derby riches
Naseem won Arabian Triple Crown Round 1 under Wayne Smith by a convincing ten-length margin over stablemate
-
We were 40 runs short, captain Mangal says
Afghan camp feels team could have scored a historic win against Pakistan if the middle order had fired
