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Dubai Sports Council General Secretary praises 7th Dubai International Sports Conference

Dr. Ahmed Al-Sharif, Secretary General of Dubai Sports Council, praised the great success achieved by the 7th Dubai International Sports Conference, which was arranged on Friday and Saturday, December 28th 29th , 2012 under the generous patronage of H.H. Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Sports Council (DSC).

The Conference which was held under the title “Professional Ethics … Theory and Practice” and concluded on Saturday December 29, was joined by elite group of spots leaders, stars and decision makers who tackled important issues.    

Dr. Ahmed Al-Sharif said: “Since the foundation of Dubai Sports Council in 2006 – as per the wise vision of H.H. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai , the Council has carried out works according to H.H. Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed’s directives as initiated during the first meeting of the Council Board regarding the situation of Dubai Clubs and Sports sector in order to take them into the same level of international competition, help them to enter into a new stage and face big challenges .

Dubai International Sports Conference has become a milestone and a distinctive experience which we present with proudness to the UAE sports sector and to the entire regional countries on how to build and establish a system consistent, coherent and integrate through which we were able to move football companies of Dubai Clubs into the same levels of world advanced clubs in theory and practice. In this respect, the conference annually hosts speakers who deal with eminent topics and exchange views, experience and discussions, which the council has done successfully in the 7th conference which is considered an end point of a basic stage and a new start with a  new look in the 8th version.

He added: “ The conference has successeded in the previous years in attracting  the top International football characters; while the 7th edition of the event was totally different due to the elite group of speakers and the timing of the accession of speakers who are currently drawing the attention of the international arena, such as the Portuguese coach  , Mr Jose Mourinho who is currently passing through a critical period with Real Madrid Club, the French National Team and Barcelona Spanish Club star Eric Abidal who has just recovered from disease and expected to re-join his club Barcelona during the upcoming period, the Colombian Radamil Falcao who is required to join the biggest European clubs during winter transference season. The 7th edition of the Conference also dealt with several essential matters related to the system of professionalism in both local and international fields; the top of which are the values and ethics of athletes, as well as transfer and junior players’ setting free mechanisms and the future plan of the European Football Association which was put forward by its President Michel Platini, especially in the area of ​​strengthening the role of values ​​in International football. "