We look forward to recommending Abdulaziz Al Faisal as President of the Saudi Olympic Committee

We look forward to recommending Abdulaziz Al Faisal as President of the Saudi Olympic Committee

The President of the Sports Authority demanded the transparency of the Football Federation … and 3 women were elected to the "Athletes Committee"

Prince Abdulaziz Al-Faisal Speaks at the First Constitutive Meeting of the Saudi Athlete Committee (Middle East)

Riyadh: Middle East

The Saudi Olympic Committee will hold its extraordinary general meeting to elect the chairman of the board for the remainder of the current session 2017-2020 in the Great Hall of Prince Faisal Bin Fahd Al Oulami Complex in Riyadh.
Prince Abdul Aziz al-Faisal is expected to be the seventh president of the Saudi Olympic Committee, the late Prince Faisal bin Fahd, first president since 1972 until 1999, followed by Prince Sultan bin Fahd until 2011, the prince Nawaf bin Faisal bin Fahd, who stepped down in the summer of 2014, was replaced by Prince Abdullah bin Mousaed, who resigned in May 2015 to visit the country about five months before he took office. Al-Sheikh, resigned six weeks ago. .
The members of the Saudi Olympic Committee will now choose Prince Abdulaziz Bin Turki al-Faisal for the rest of the Olympic Games ending in 2020.
Moreover, the first constituent meeting of the Saudi Athletics Committee was held yesterday in the lower hall of the Prince Faisal Bin Fahd Al Oulami Complex in Riyadh, in the presence of the Deputy Chairman of the Saudi Olympic Committee, the Prince Abdulaziz Bin Turki Al Faisal and the Director of International Relations of the Saudi Olympic Committee, Prince Fahd Bin Jalawi Bin Abdul. Aziz bin Musaed and the executive chairman in charge of the Saudi Olympic Committee Abdul Aziz Al-Enezi, as well as more than 50 players and athletes of the Kingdom.
The members of the Saudi athletics committee won each of the players Hani al-Mohammed with 37 votes, Ibrahim al-Muaykal with 31 votes, Bader al-Dughaither with 28 votes and Ya'qq al-Shamrani with 27 votes .
At the women's level, Maysoun al-Sawegh was elected to the committee after winning 29 votes, Borouq al-Sadhan with 28 votes and Lamai al-Fawzan with 26 votes.
The chairman of the committee and a candidate will soon be chosen by the chairman of the board of directors of the Saudi Olympic Committee.
Prince Abdul Aziz Turki Al-Faisal Bin told the roundtable with the players at the end of the meeting that the Saudi Athletes Committee is the most important committee set up so far and that it is focuses on the most important sporting element, namely players and players. Their levels and overcoming all the problems and obstacles that they face on the sporting and professional level, in order to represent the Saudi sport to the maximum.
He stated that their ambition in the coming period is to create a committee of players in each union, which will facilitate the process of liaison of athletes and sports officials of the Kingdom, congratulating the winners and members of the committee. Saudi athletics and urging them to work tirelessly to bring the name of the committee to the Olympic level. That the winning member not only represents his sport, but represents all the sports of the realm.
On the other hand, Prince Abdul Aziz bin Al Turki Al Faisal, president of the General Authority of Sport, met with the chairman of the board of directors of the Saudi Football Federation, Qusay Al Fawaz, as well as members of its board of directors at the Prince Faisal Bin Fahad Al Oulbi Complex in Riyadh. During the meeting, he reviewed the functions of the committees of the Union, its functioning and the working mechanism followed, stressing that it was necessary that each committee exercise its skills and discharged in accordance with the regulations of the Union.
The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the General Sports Authority stressed the importance of transparency and clarity of all decisions taken by the Federation and its committees, as well as complementary work between the Union and the League of Saudi Professionals.

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