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Press Release

Emphasizing on the significance of the new programs, Omar Abdulrahman Al Ali, Director of
Leaders Qualification Centre, said: “The Leaders Qualification Centre has been created based on
the new structure of the General Authority of Sports, to create a new generation of athletic leaders.
The collaboration with our partners is an opportunity to achieve our objectives, which are in line
with governmental initiatives and the Authority's system. This engagement promotes governance
by empowering administrative cadres and growing investment in the human sector.”

The Comprehensive Sports Training Program offers a comprehensive academic program for sports
training at various levels, with a focus on empowering students and alumni of sports institutions,
technical cadres of federations and sports clubs, physical education teachers in schools, college
sports supervisors, as well as those interested in sports fields. These levels are associated with
producing talents and champions, with the ability to organize sports training, and with the
investigation of physical activity for hardworking individuals. It further addresses other aspects
related to physical fitness and the study of the impact of climate change on training methods,
injuries, and recovery processes.

This program, according to Dr. Reesan Khalifa, member of the scientific committee in the UAE
Sports Sciences and Sports Medicine Center, is just the beginning of a series of more advanced
sports initiatives that will be introduced in the future years.

He added: “Using the most recent comprehensive and contemporary academic programs that keep
up with the international development of the sports sector, the Comprehensive Sports Training
Program addresses general training theories and gives participants the necessary sports culture to
work within the sports sector.”

As for the Future Sports Management Program, it targets building new administrative leaderships
by attracting university graduates in the UAE and those interested in sports at the national and
international levels. It further aims at empowering the sports sector cadres including employees
and members of the sports councils.

Dr. Mohammed Fadil Allah, Counselor of the National Olympic Academy committee and a
member of the scientific committee in the UAE Sports Sciences and Sports Medicine Center,
addressing the conference said: “We look forward to achieving leadership in the Future Sports
Management Program. This program relies on preparing students for the future by emphasizing
research on ways to advance digital administration and utilize AI in administration, as well as
developing new structures and strategies based on these systems. We must keep up with the
ongoing rise of digital development in the sports industry by planning for the future and raising up
new generations that can ensure the sector's sustainability.”

During the conference, Dr. Ahmed Al Amri, head of the specialized training and a member of the
scientific committee in the UAE Sports Sciences and Sports Medicine Center, explained the
Center’s vision, which has been recently re-launched by the Authority. He noted the Center's
commitment to creating a dynamic generation of leaders that will take over key sports institutions
at the national and international levels. Additionally, he emphasized that the Center provides