Miscellaneous

Dubai lines up top sporting events

Eleven competitive and community sporting events, including five international championships, will take place between April 24 and 28 in different parts of Dubai, in collaboration with Dubai Sports Council.

The U 20 Asian Athletics Championships – Dubai 2024, will take place from April 24-27, at Dubai Police Officer Club’s Track with participation of 850 male and female players from 34 countries, who will compete in 44 competitions.

The World Airlines Volleyball Championship is scheduled from April 26-28, at Shabab Al-Ahli Club with participation of 54 teams; classified into 25 teams participating in the indoor volleyball competition and 29 teams competing in the beach volleyball competition.

Top on the list of the airline companies participating in the championship are the Airbus Hamburg, Airbus France, AIR Lingus, Qantas, Queens, British Airways, Australian Airways, Swiss Airways, DNATA, Fly Dubai and Emirates Airlines, etc.

The EMD Fight Night International Boxing Championship will take place on April 28 at the Agenda Hall in Dubai Media City with participation of 13 male and female boxers from the various countries of the world. 

The OnlyCommas International Boxing will be held on April 26 at Armani Hotel in Burj Khalifa with participation of 20 male and female boxers who will compete in 10 strong and competitive bouts in front of the highest tower in the world. 

The Strix International Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships will be held from April 27-28 at the Danube Sports World in Al-Habtoor City with participation of 250 female players, whose ages are from 5 to 18 years old.

They represent 30 teams of 15 countries from the various continents of the world; these are: UAE, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Georgia, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Canada, Cyprus, Egypt, Spain, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Syria, Philippines and Armenia.

The championships will be refereed by former female champions; top of them are Marina Shebakht and Vig Privet, besides Natalia Belugina; one of the most famous female coaches in the globe.

The Hamilton Aquatics Championship for Beginners to be organised on April 28 at GEMS Dubai American Academy at Barsha, while the UAE Modern Rowing Championship will be held at Dubai Islands and the UAE Modern Sailing Championship will be arranged from April 27-28 at Dubai Sailing Club.

The 3 km, 5 km, 10 km and 10 km Skechers running races will be held at Meydan Track, and the Budokan Karate Championship will take place at Kent College in Nad Al Sheba. – TradeArabia News Service