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UAE, July 01, 2022- H.E Sheikh Suhail Bin Butti Al Maktoum, Executive Director of the Sports Development Sector at the General Sports

Authority, met H.E Nabil Mohammed bin Ashour, President of the United Arab Emirates Handball Federation, at the headquarters of the
federation in Dubai. During the visit, discussions were held on the federation’s strategic agenda, plans for future development, and

framework to mitigate the challenges in order to ensure better performance by the national teams.
Al Maktoum was accompanied by Abdul Aziz Hosan, Director of the Competitive Sports Management at the General Authority of Sports

and the meeting was also attended by members of United Arab Emirates Handball Federation’s board of directors. The meeting further
addressed key challenges the federation faces and explored new avenues for better solutions.
Sheikh Suhail said: “We look forward to improving coordination with all federations following the directives from the government to

promote collaboration in the sports sector to achieve more victories. Our partnership with the federation aims to explore innovative
solutions for development of administrative work and promote management governance. This will ensure technical progress and

promote the development of handball in collaboration with clubs and partners.”
H.E added: “We laud the federation’s continuous eéort to strategize future agendas which are aligned with the vision of our wise

leadership and government. They put forward new prospects to implement best practices that will attract and develop talents. The
federation oéers optimal training conditions for our teams which increases the winning expectancy in continental and intercontinental

championships.”
Mohammed bin Ashour expressed his gratitude towards the eéorts of the authority in promoting handball. He said: “We commit to
achieve best results keeping in mind the directives of our wise leadership. We fully support the authority’s vision in establishing strategic

agendas to organise future eéorts and ênd best solutions to tackle the challenges we face. This reëects our ambitions to improve the
federation’s performance and promote stronger partnerships with clubs and sports institutions.”

The federation laid out its strategic plan for 2020-2024 during the meeting. The strategy highlighted a need for a sustainable system to
bring in new referees, vocational courses for the administrative staé, promoting competition and maintaining healthy relationships with

clubs and sports institutions. It also outlined a scientiêc method of choosing players and ways to join sports clubs and further explained a
need for a sustainable managerial and ênancial system.

The General Authority of Sports supports the eéorts of sports federations to promote better collaboration with the government, sports
institutions, and private sector to create a comprehensive system in the sports industry. This is aimed at promoting administrative
systems and exploring better ways to attract and develop talented players to increase the winning rate in all sports, creating a strong

presence of the UAE in international sports forums.
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