Qatar News Agency (QNA) participated in the activities of the National Sports Day at the Qatar Sports Club.
A large number of its employees and their families participated in the events, believing in the importance of sport and making it a way of life throughout the year.
The participants enjoyed the activities, especially since they were diverse to suit all ages, and the attendees described the Sports Day as the beginning of the continuation of activity and exercise as they are a key pillar of a healthy society.
HE the Director-General of QNA, Ahmed bin Saeed al-Rumaihi, said the National Sports Day is something unique to Qatar and aims to encourage generations to take sports as a way of life to enhance the physical and health capabilities of all members of society through sports events, in compliance with the Qatar National Vision 2030.
He added that the country's infrastructure and the facilities of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 made Qatar an open arena for practising sports of all kinds, and gave the community the option to practise their beloved sports to enhance self-confidence and improve the physical and mental capabilities of all individuals.
He noted that the 12th edition of the country's Sports Day, under the slogan "The Choice Is Yours," empowers the concept of sports culture that the Qatari society has acquired over the past years and was conveyed to the people of the world through Qatar's hosting of the World Cup 2022.
He pointed to families' great keenness on practising sports regularly throughout the year, adding that the State provides facilities for women to practise their favourite sports, enhancing the value of sports in their lives to keep pace with the importance of a sporty lifestyle which come from concern for health and disease prevention, and which reflects the uniqueness of Qatar in its initiatives to engage women who form the building block of society.
