DOHA, December 27, 2012 – As Qatar is gearing up its preparations to mark the National Sport Day (NSD), the new National Sport Day website www.sportday.qa was officially launched on Wednesday, 50 days before the prestigious event on February 12, 2013.
Many government and non-government organizations, along with private sector institutions,sport clubs and federations intensified their organizational effort to stage multiple-sport activities for nationals and residents during the National Sport Day.
The new National Sport Day website may be accessed at www.sportday.qa and is available in English and Arabic.
The new website represents an interface containing all the events and activities scheduled for the National Sport Day, featuring new information, photographs and reports about the significance of this occasion, as Qatar is one of the few countries worldwide to dedicate a specific day for Sport and allocated an official public holiday for this reason.
The NSD is scheduled for February 12, 2012 and the governing bodies of Sport, in close cooperation with all sport clubs and federations will open their doors for the public (men, women, children and persons with disabilities) to participate in several sport activities.
Many sectors in Qatar are supporting the National Sport Day and they have formed specific committees to steer and supervise the activities and events on February 12, 2013.
.
The National Sport Day (NSD) is an annual sport event held on Tuesday in the second week of February. The NSD is a national event upon a Supreme Decree issued by HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Heir Apparent and the President of Qatar Olympic Committee.
The NSD and the Schools Olympic Program (SOP) are jointly aiming to increase the community culture on sports, as well as to encourage students to make sport an integral part of their life.
The NSD activities will take place at several locations in Doha and other locations around Qatar, including the Cornish, Aspire Zone, Al-Rafe street and Barzan Olympic Park. These activities will reflect the importance of sports in the daily life of citizens and will have great role in promoting a healthy lifestyle.
Everyone may access the national Sport Day website, in order to get information related to the NSD across the country.
For more information contact: NSD@olympic.qa
As a service to our readers, Around the Rings will provide verbatimtexts of selected press releases issued by Olympic-relatedorganizations, federations, businesses and sponsors.
These press releases appear as sent to Around the Rings and are not edited for spelling, grammar or punctuation.
20 Years at #1:
Últimas Noticias
Sinner-Alcaraz, the duel that came to succeed the three phenomenons
Table tennis: Brazil’s Bruna Costa Alexandre will be Olympic and Paralympic in Paris 2024
Rugby 7s: the best player of 2023 would only play the medal match in Paris
Rhonex Kipruto, owner of the world record for the 10000 meters on the road, was suspended for six years
Katie Ledecky spoke about doping Chinese swimmers: “It’s difficult to go to Paris knowing that we’re going to compete with some of these athletes”
