Sport | Other Sports

Ahmad to attend opening ceremony of Beijing Games

Shaikh Ahmad Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority and Chairman and Chief Executive of the Emirates Group and President of the UAE National Olympic Committee, will attend the Opening Ceremony in Beijing tomorrow.

  • By Sayed Ali, Senior Reporter
  • Published: 00:07 August 7, 2008
  • Gulf News

Dubai: Shaikh Ahmad Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority and Chairman and Chief Executive of the Emirates Group and President of the UAE National Olympic Committee, will attend the Opening Ceremony in Beijing tomorrow.

Shaikh Ahmad, who will leave today, will be accompanied by Abdul Rahman Mohammad Al Owais, Minister of Culture, Youth and Community Development and Chairman of the General Authority of Youth and Sports Welfare.

Ali Al Soury, manager of Shaikh Ahmad's office, and Dr Sulaiman Al Fahim, the UAE Chess Association Chairman and President of Hydra Properties the main sponsors of the UAE in the Olympic Games, will also be part of the delegation to Beijing.

Warm welcome

Ebrahim Abdul Malek, the NOC secretary general who left to Beijing on Tuesday, and the UAE ambassador to China will be receiving Shaikh Ahmad when arriving to Beijing Airport.

Meanwhile, the UAE athletes, sprinter Omar Juma Bilal Al Salfa, swimmer Obaid Al Jasmi and judo player Saeed Rashid Al Qubaisi, embarked on their golden quest yesterday.

Mohammad Abdul Wahab Al Bustani and Talal Al Hammadi, who will take part in the youth camp held during the Olympic Games, also accompanied them to Beijing.

  • Rate this article
  • Average reader rating (0 votes) 0 Stars
Tools

Emailing an article to friend is a simple way to share a news item. Your friend will receive an email with your name and email address as well any personal message you choose to send.

The information you provide on this page will not be used to send unsolicited emails.

This service is not intended to encourage spam, and action may be taken against individuals who maliciously enter personal details of another individual.

Share this article

More from Other sports

  1. Flyers withstand late charge by Kings in 3-2 win

  2. Will Pacman hang up his gloves?

  3. Mayweather is punters' choice over Manny

  4. Shehab, Al Joker on fire in World title openers

All articles in Other sports

More from Sport

Gulf News
Popular in Sport
Realistic hope
Golf

Realistic hope

Briton, on verge of turning 29, is among the fancied four for title

Sport Editor's choice