Reda Saleem (Dubai)
Sheikh Faisal bin Humaid Al Qasimi retained the presidency of the Arab Cycling Federation for a new term, which will continue until 2024, following winning the elections that took place on the sidelines of the General Assembly of the Federation, which was held at the headquarters of the Egyptian Olympic Committee, during which he obtained 11 votes once morest 8 votes for his Kuwaiti competitor, Nael Al-Awadi. .
Sheikh Faisal bin Humaid had assumed the presidency of the Arab Union in 1997 and moved the headquarters to the Emirates in 2003, and had succeeded over the past years in making a global shift for the game, linking the competitions of the Union with the international agenda, contributing to the development of the game and entering new competitions, as well as interest in developing technical and administrative cadres from Coaches and referees.
“Recommendation” decided the two Vice-President’s seats, for Dr. Muhammad Wajih Azzam, President of the Egyptian Federation, and Abdullah Al-Wathlan, President of the Saudi Federation, while 6 personalities out of 10 candidates won membership, namely Noureddine Al-Triki, President of the Libyan Federation, Khaled Kokash, President of the Syrian Federation, and Fawzi Lossif. The Secretary-General of the Algerian Federation, Saif Al-Rashidi, President of the Omani Federation, Mohamed Katim, Vice President of the Moroccan University, Nawfal El Marshawy, President of the Tunisian University, in addition to the seat of the Palestinian Federation, which is occupied by Mohamed Said Tamraz, Vice President of the Federation.
While he left the membership race behind Al-Hashush, the head of the Jordanian federation, Muhammad Al-Aidarous, the president of the Yemeni federation, Fitch Zadorian, the head of the Lebanese federation, and Mahmoud Aziz, the head of the Iraqi federation.
The board of directors of the new union chooses the female member at its first meeting, and nominated for the position the Syrian Zainab Amin Bilal and the Jordanian Lubna Jamal Al-Smadi.
It is noteworthy that the Arab Cycling Federation was established in 1975 under the umbrella of the Union of Arab National Olympic Committees, and aims to raise the level of the Arab bike to the best ranks. And during 47 years, the presidency of the Arab Union succeeded three presidents, starting with Prince Bandar bin Abdul Rahman bin Abdulaziz, and then assigned to Dr. Khalid bin Ibrahim Al-Turki, then Sheikh Faisal bin Humaid Al Qasimi assumed the presidency since June 1997 until now, and the headquarters of the Union was In the capital, Riyadh, he moved to Cairo and then to the Emirates, with his current headquarters in Sharjah.
