Salah, Turki and Khaldoon clinch MBR Creative Sports Award
dubai — Egypt’s star football player Mohamed Salah along with Turki Al Sheikh and Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak, were among the winners listed in the 10th edition of the Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Creative Sports Award announced at the Palace Downtown Hotel on Monday.
Salah was awarded the Outstanding Arab Athlete Award in recognition of his football creativity after his exceptional season with Liverpool where he scored 44 goals in all competitions. He also won the title of Premier League top scorer and best player.
Salah deserved to be among the top three players in the world and Europe in 2018. Moreover, he succeeded in leading Egypt to qualify for the World Cup in Russia in which and managed to score two goals in spite of the injury he suffered in Champions League final.
Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak received the Local Sports Personality Award as an appreciation of his efforts in many important sports events in addition to his contribution as Chairman of Manchester City FC. The club won nine titles in 10 years — three titles in the Premier League, one title in FA Cup, three titles in EFL Cup, and two titles in FA Community Shield.
The Arab Sports Personality Award was given to Turki Al Sheikh from Saudi Arabia for his great efforts as Chairman of General Sports Authority, Saudi Olympic Committee, the Union of Arab Football Associations, and Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation.
Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of Award’s Board of Trustees and the Vice Chairman of Dubai Sports Council; Mustafa Larfaoui, Member of the Award’s Board of Trustees, and Chairman of the Arbitration Committee; and Moaza Al Marri, Secretary General of the Award delivered a speech, in the presence of Nasser Al Rahma, Director of the Award and Assistant Secretary General of DSC, and representatives of sports and media.
Mattar Al Tayer said: “In the midst of the Year of Zayed and National Day celebrations, we are pleased to extend our thanks and gratitude to Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Chairman of Dubai Sports Council, Patron of the Award; and Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of the UAE National Olympic Committee and President of the Award on the unlimited sponsorship and support for the sports sector in general.”