Over 1000 students from 26 UAE universities attend Gulf Medical University’s Annual Sports Meet 2019
Ajman (UAE), Feb 12: The 18th, week-long annual sports meet of the Gulf Medical University (GMU) of Ajman was inaugurated at its campus here on Feb 9.
The sports event which will host about 226 different sports activities in 10 categories is considered to be the biggest such event in the country.
The event was inaugurated by GMU Chancellor Prof Hossam Handy.
A colorful march-past by the participating teams followed by a torch-lighting ceremony officially marked the beginning of the mega event.
GMU Vice Chancellor-Academics Prof Manda Venkatramana lighted the torch to kick-off the event.
The event has students from 26 different colleges and universities in 226 events in ten categories which will be played over six days.
The closing ceremony of the event will be organized on February 14, where the winners will be awarded prizes while all the participants will also receive certificate of participation.
Events including - football, cricket, basketball, volleyball, table tennis, tennis, badminton, throwball, squash and swimming were played on the inaugural day.
The grand sports event is organized every year keeping in-line with the policies of the Gulf Medical University which reads “Healthy Body for a Healthy Mind” and to instill the spirit of sportsmanship and healthy competition among the students. The event has been helped the University authorities in engaging students community in UAE and empowering them in terms of the positive influence of sports.
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England sticking with Key, McCullum and Stokes despite Ashes humbling
London (AP): England is not sacking anybody following the 4-1 Ashes loss in Australia.
A review of the tour by the England and Wales Cricket Board, announced within hours of the final match in January, was concluded on Monday. Firing people would “be the easy thing to do,” ECB chief executive Richard Gould said but he insisted, "This is not the time to throw everything out."
Managing director Rob Key, coach Brendon McCullum and captain Ben Stokes kept their jobs after the best England side to go to Australia in 14 years lost the Ashes in 11 days with two games to spare.
“Moving people on can sometimes be the easy thing to do. That's not the route that we're going to take,” Gould said. “I've seen the driving ambition and determination that we're lucky enough to have within our leadership group to take the lessons from the Ashes and move forward.”
Gould previously was the chief executive of Bristol City soccer club and said the ECB would not follow the same route as soccer's hire-and-fire culture.
“Cricket is a very unique sport in that it takes a team of leadership ... it's not like football where there's a single point of failure or success with a manager," he said. He added the ECB would not “select or deselect management based on a popularity campaign.”
The main criticisms of England's tour were poor preparation, player misbehavior, and selection mistakes.
At a press conference at Lord's, Gould and Key said McCullum and Stokes have not had a “bust up,” they did not want McCullum to “completely change” but “to evolve,” the behavior of some players was “unprofessional,” there will be more consequences for underperforming, and a commitment to “better long-term planning” ahead of major test series.
Some changes were already implemented for the Twenty20 World Cup, where England reached the semifinals. Gould implied that performance saved McCullum.
Key acknowledged that England supporters would be disappointed to see the management team go unpunished.
“I know people want punishment and that people then should be sacked for that,” Key said. “That doesn't mean we don't feel like we've gone through some serious pain: Brendon, myself, Ben. It's been as tough a time as I think I've had.”
