The first Season of Thumbay Football League 2020, a first of its kind football league in the northern emirates, initiated by few football lovers and supported by Body & Soul Health Club was officially launched and Inaugurated by the Chief Guest Dr. Thumbay Moideen, Founder President of Thumbay Group under full Social distancing guidelines and safety protocols set by local authorities.
Thumbay Moideen, a true Sports lover encouraged all players for the initiative and offered full support to make this event a Bigger one in the coming years with at least 50 teams participating by next year. He also thanked Mr. Farwaz PC & Mr. Arif BA, true football lovers, who played a key role in bringing this event to life with a lot of hard work and dedication. The Chief Guest also gave away Awards of Appreciation to various supporters who had contributed towards the success of this event and congratulated all the participating teams and Captain’s wishing them a Safe and Successful football league 2020. “May the Best Team Win”. The Occasion also was graced by several Special guests from the Education, Healthcare, and Hospitality Division.
The Football League was started with an intention to encourage young football players to excel and practice their skills to achieve and play in higher leagues and tournaments, promoting Good Health and Sporting Culture which inculcates discipline in the players. This Season Thumbay Football League had Four Teams - Thumbay Warriors FC owned by Mr. Farwaz, Red Amigos FC owned by Mr. Arif, Black Storm FC Owned by Mr. Fayaz, Vamos United FC owned by Mr. Alex who played for the trophy this year.
The League was played on Nov 19th at the Thumbay Grounds - Al Jurf, Thumbay Medicity, having 9 side teams with round-robin match’s and a final which was Won by Vamos United FC, The Champions of the league this year. The Thumbay Football League is a rolling Trophy, which will be played every year making it a bigger event every year.
Thumbay group Established in 1998 by the founder Dr. Thumbay Moideen in UAE, having its headquarters in Dubai, with its core business in Education, Healthcare, and Research and having its diversified business in 20 sectors across all emirates of the United Arab Emirates and India.
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New Delhi, Mar 29: The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) on Friday decided at its Special General Meeting (SGM) that it will start functioning at 'no cost to the government' model if its request to lift the suspension is not considered by the Sports Ministry.
The WFI had its SGM in Noida after the UWW (the sport's world governing body) lifted its suspension and the IOA also dissolved the ad-hoc panel that was managing the affairs of the body.
The two developments paved the way for the elected office bearers to take back control of the federation, though the government is yet to lift its suspension.
The government had contended that the WFI flouted rules and put it under suspension, three days after it conducted polls to elect Sanjay Singh as president.
All 25 state associations attended the SGM even as secretary general Prem Chand Lochab, who is from the rival camp, skipped the meet.
"It was agreed that we will request the government to lift the suspension. The UWW has lifted the suspension and ad-hoc committee has also been dissolved, so there is no point of continuing with the suspension of the body," a WFI source told PTI.
"If the ministry will not consider the request and decide against providing financial assistance, then we have decided unanimously that we will start functioning at no cost to the government," added the source.
The government funds wrestlers' training, competition and exposure trips to foreign countries.
If the WFI goes ahead with the plan then it will also have to arrange and conduct the national camps on its own.
TWO-THIRD MAJORITY NOT MUST FOR ELECTION FOR NEW POST
The WFI also brought about an amendment to its Constitution to ensure that any candidate contesting the election for a new post is not required to win by a two-third majority.
"From now onwards only a simple majority will do if a joint secretary or a secretary decides to contest for a different post such as president. Only if a candidate is attempting to get elected to the post he is holding, he will be required to win by a two-third majority," explained the source.
At WFI's recent election Sanjay Singh was required to win the polls for the post of president by a two-third majority because he was a joint secretary in the previous dispensation.
SOC RECOGNITION NOT REQUIRED FOR STATES
The WFI has removed from its Constitution the clause that required a state association to fulfil the condition of having recognition from the State Olympic Committee (SOC) to get affiliated with the national body.
"From now onwards only WFI recognition is enough for a state association. A few state bodies had misused this clause to present them as genuine bodies despite suspension from WFI. They showed SOC recognition to claim that they are genuine affiliated state bodies. We have done away with this," informed the source.
ALL STATES TO FOLLOW NATIONAL SPORTS CODE
All the 25 state bodies were asked to ensure that the Sports Code is followed while conducting the elections and functioning. Age and tenure guidelines will have to be followed by all.