Sports federations chief named

Manama : Supreme Council for Youth & Sport Chairman , Bahrain Olympic Committee President & Royal Charity Organisation (RCO) Chairman HH Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa announced the appointments of six national sports federations’ presidents for a three-year term.

Shaikh Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa was re-appointed President of the Bahrain Tennis Federation, which also includes members Shaikh Abdulaziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa, Ahmed Al Eid, Abduljalil Humaidan, Fuad Al Ruwaie, Adnan Mohammed, Mohammed Sulaiman and Nadia Ghuloom.

The new formation for the Bahrain Badminton and Squash Federation board was also announced as Sawsan Taqawi was named new president. Hisham Al Abbasi, Marwan Matar, Ebrahim Kamal, Maryam Al Amiri and Noora Al Shaji are board members.

Abdulla Al Dossary was declared president of the Bahrain Gymnastics Federation, with board members being Nader Jamali, Jassim Al Kuwari, Nahed Ali, Waleed Basheer and Fahad Buchiri.

Dr Saeed Al Yamani remained president of the Bahrain Billiards and Snooker Federation, which also includes Munther Al Basri, Ihsan Haji, Hamed Daif, Dr Samya Al Qattan, Rasid Al Dossary, Mohammed Salman and Hussain Bubsheit.

The Bahrain Golf Federation’s new board is headed by Ali Al Nuaimi, and comprises members Daij Al Eid, Rashid Al Kaabi, Saleh Mubarak, Abdulla Al Habbal, Abdulla Al Kaabi, Adel Al Fayyad and Yousef Majed.

Isa Abdulrahim has stayed as president of the Bahrain Sports for All Federation for a new term.