National Sport Day Key To Raising Awareness And Boosting Participation, Says Al Dosari

2025-02-11 02:37:34

(MENAFN- The Peninsula) QNA

DOHA: Executive Director of the Qatar Sports for All Federation and member of the National Sports Day Committee Abdullah Al Dosari (pictured) has stressed that the National Sport Day contributes to raising awareness of the importance of practicing sports through the increase in the number of sports practitioners of different ages, and the number of community events organized by the Sports for All Federation.

“All efforts aim to present the Sports Day in a distinctive way by holding events in various regions of the country, based on the great importance of this day” Al Dosari told QNA.

He added that the Sports Day focuses on the objectives of community sports through the individual's decision to practice sports for a healthy, happy life and to make the most of sports facilities and installations, stressing that community sports are one of the important means of achieving these objectives through awareness and making sports a way of life.

The Executive Director of the Qatar Sports for All Federation pointed out that all state institutions organise various sports events for their employees and members, with the aim of encouraging participation in sports activities and promoting a healthy lifestyle.

He explained that the Qatar Sports for All Federation is working in cooperation with the relevant authorities in the country to implement ongoing programmes that benefit from sports classes in schools, with the aim of promoting a culture of sports practice among children.

Qatar celebrated the National Sport Day for the first time in February 2012, after the issuance of Emiri Decree No. (80) of 2011, that Tuesday of the second week of February of each year be the National Sports Day, and a paid holiday, during which ministries, other government agencies, public bodies and institutions organise sports activities in which workers and their families participate, to raise awareness of the importance of sports and its role in the lives of individuals and societies.

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