Supreme Council for Youth and Sports (SCYS) assistant general secretary and Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC) general secretary Abdulrahman Askar held a meeting with Ali Sharafi of SCYS and Bahrain Mind Sports Federation president Ali Shuwaiter and vice-president Hameed Rahma to form an e-games committee under its umbrella.
Askar affirmed the committee’s support to e-games as per recommendations submitted by the SCYS to develop mind sports.
Askar also met representatives of the Arab Federation for e-Games, headed by its general secretary Hashim Al Taher.
They discussed process of Bahrain joining the federation, and later becoming a member of the Asian and International federations. He commended the efforts of the Arab federation in promoting e-games in the region and stressed BOC’s keenness to be involved in the federation’s programmes.