Dubai: His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, gave awards to 22 sports innovators in the third annual Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Creative Sports Awards at Jumeirah Beach Hotel on Thursday).

Shaikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, was presented with the Sports Personality of the Year Award for the UAE.

Shaikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Dubai Sports Council and Patron of the Award, attended the ceremony along with Shaikh Ahmad Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Creative Sports Awards and President of the National Olympic Committee.

Meanwhile, Shaikh Eisa Bin Rashid Al Khalifa, Vice-President of the Supreme Council of Youth and Sports in Bahrain, was presented with the Arab Sports Personality of the Year Award.