Maldini visits Dubai Expo 2020

Saeed Hareb welcomes football legend and minister Leonov

Paolo Maldini, the Italian and AC Milan football legend and Vladimir Leonov, Minister of Sports of the Republic of Tatarstan, are among the two sports dignitaries who arrived for the Expo 2020 in Dubai. The spectacle is expected to bring some of the greatest minds and personalities from the world of science and technology, economy, literature, show business and sport to Dubai.

Saeed Hareb, Secretary General of Dubai Sports Council, met Vladimir Leonov, Minister of Sports of the Republic of Tatarstan, at the Russian pavilion in Expo 2020 and they discussed different initiatives and plans to strengthen and increase cooperation between the two parties.

Hareb also received Maldini, former captain of the Italian national team and AC Milan, where he won seven Italian Serie A league titles and featured in five of Milan’s seven Uefa Champions League triumphs. He also won four European Super Cup with the Italian club, two Intercontinental Cup and a FIFA Club World Cup.

Courtesy: Dubai Sports Council ■ Paolo Maldini (centre), being flanked by Saeed Hareb (right) and Nasser Aman Al Rahma, Secretary General and Assistant Secretary General of Dubai Sports Council at Italy’s pavilion of Expo 2020.