Abu Dhabi to host Tolerance Cricket Cup
16 teams with players of 20 nationalities will compete in unique tournament in October
16 teams comprising 300 players of 20 nationalities will compete in unique tournament next month |
The Tolerance Cricket Cup 2018 featuring 16 teams comprising 300 players of more than 20 nationalities will start in Abu Dhabi from October 4, organisers announced on Wednesday.
The final will be played at the Shaikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi on November 16.
The event is being organised by the Ministry of Tolerance, Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation, ZonesCorps Abu Dhabi and the Abu Dhabi Sports Council under the patronage of Shaikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance.
Thirty cricket matches will be played before the final on November 16 — International Day of Tolerance — at Shaikh Zayed Cricket Stadium. The winning team will be awarded the Tolerance Cricket Cup.
Speaking at the launch ceremony, Shaikh Nahyan said: “The Tolerance Cricket Cup competition will honour Shaikh Zayed as the country is also commemorating the Year of Zayed. This inclusive cricket competition will display the universal values of tolerance, respect, understanding and teamwork.”
Ambassador of Pakistan Moazzam Ahmad Khan and the India Ambassador Navdeep Singh Suri were also present at the ceremony.
His Highness President Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, was quoted by Shaikh Nahyan as saying: “We recognise cultural diversity, which we consider a key engine for sustainable development and a means for deepening the culture of openness, dialogue, communication and coexistence, and the denunciation of intolerance, extremism and intellectual isolation.”