Supreme Council for Youth and Sport first deputy chairman, General Sports Authority (GSA) chairman and Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC) president Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa praised the co-operation between Bahrain’s sports entities and International School Sport Federation (ISF), affirming the kingdom’s readiness to host the ISF Gymnasiade Bahrain 2024, under His Majesty King Hamad’s patronage.
Shaikh Khalid was speaking as he received yesterday ISF president Laurent Petrynka.
The two sides discussed the ongoing preparations to hold the global school sports event in the kingdom.
Petrynka commended the kingdom’s efforts to ensure the success of the event, wishing Bahrain further progress and prosperity.
Present on the occasion were GSA deputy chairman Shaikh Salman bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, GSA chief executive Dr Abdulrahman Askar, BOC secretary general Fares Al Kooheji and ISF Gymnasiade Bahrain executive committee chairman Eshaq Abdulla Eshaq.