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UAE Sports Minister hails impact of University Games

UAE Sports Minister hails impact of University Games

2 May 2025 01:17
KUUMAR SHYAM (ABU DHABI)

Dr. Ahmad Belhoul Al Falasi, Minister of Sports, has expressed confidence that the recently concluded UAE University
Games will “provide a professional pathway for individuals with the aptitude and potential to compete and win
championships” in ensuring a bright future for Emirati youth.

The inaugural edition of the Games was held in the period November to April and ended amid plenty of fanfare and
joyous celebrations after days of intense competition in seven sporting disciplines, featuring 1,822 students, male and
female, from 28 universities across the UAE.

Dr. Al Falasi said: “The success of the inaugural University Games reflects our vision of advancing sports and tapping
into the younger generation’s potential to make sports an integral part of life in educational institutions.”

A significant example of the lengths to which the sports ministry went through to organise the Games, along with the
Abu Dhabi Entertainment Company (ADEC), was the fact that technology and artificial intelligence-enabled devices
were used by players in the closing stages of the Games’ various tournaments to track performance, as reported by

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