A LEADING sport convention will get underway today in Bahrain.
The event is organised by Bahrain Olympic Academy, which is under the Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC). It will commence at 8.30am at Crowne Plaza Hotel with BOC general secretary Abdulrahman Askar delivering the opening remarks.
It will be followed by a short film on physical literacy. The first session will be presented by Canada’s Richard Way on ‘Sport for Life’.
The second theme of the day will be about anti-doping in the field of sport, an International Olympic Committee’s Olympic Solidarity programme, and will be presented by Dr Mohammed Al Dosari of Kuwait.
Today’s programme concludes with a seminar on road to professionalism in sport and will be presented by Fawaz Albinmohammed of Winners Football Centre.