Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad Al Sharqi, Crown Prince of the Emirate of Fujairah, the World Karate Championship (Premier League) will be launched tomorrow, "Friday" for the first time on the emirate's stadiums and halls (Premier League) in cooperation with the game association, and it includes Kata and Kumite games, with the participation of 342 players and players representing 55 countries, and there are In the tournament, 17 players won different medals during the last Tokyo Olympics, including 3 Arabs, Egyptian Faryal Ashraf, who won the Tokyo gold, Saudi Tariq Hamdi "silver" and Jordanian Abdul Rahman "bronze", and 3 Emiratis ranked among the 100 players, Hawra Al-Ajmi and Fatima Khasif, will participate. and Ahmed Salem, and there will be a classification course for Karate referees on the sidelines of the event.
The announcement of the Premier League details came in a press conference held at the Fujairah Martial Arts Club, in the presence of Major General Nasser Al Razouqi, President of the UAE and Asian Federations, Vice President of the International Karate Federation, Mr. Antonio Spinos, President of the International Karate Federation, Brigadier Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Chairman of the Organizing Committee, and Mohamed Abbas, Technical Director of the tournament.
In turn, Antonio Spinos, President of the International Karate Federation, praised the great preparations that preceded the World Karate League, noting that he is proud of holding this event in the UAE, specifically the Zayed Sports Complex in the Emirate of Fujairah, noting the great interest in Karate and the large number of players present in the tournament, as well as the presence of a number of of Olympic champions.
The conversation turned to Brigadier Ahmed Al-Zeyoudi, who thanked His Highness, the Crown Prince of Fujairah, who will be present on the final day of the championship, noting that His Highness directed to harness all possibilities for the success of the event, as well as allocating financial prizes for the first time to the champions with the best results. Befitting the name and reputation of the United Arab Emirates, and Mohamed Abbas, the technical director, revealed the holding of the largest course for the rehabilitation of referees at the international level, and there will also be a classification and evaluation of the referees participating in this course. Globalism, .