DOHA: The Qatar Women’s Sports Committee (QWSC) has intensified its preparations for the second edition of the National Sports Day (NSD) to be held on February 12, it emerged yesterday.
Ahlam Al-Mana, the QWSC chairperson, said that QWSC will organise various sports activities for women and children including basketball, volleyball, football and handball competitions.
Lolwa Al-Marri, the QWSC Secretary General, said that the NSD events will be held in cooperation with the Qatar Taekwondo Federation, the Qatar Association of Athletics Federation, the Supreme Council of Health and the General Authority for Minors Affairs.
The National Sports Day is a pioneer initiative adopted by the Heir Apparent, His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, in a decree issued in December 2011.
The decree states that every Tuesday in the second week of February each year will be the country’s National Sports Day.
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