Al Ain Sports and Cultural Club organized for its staff and subsidiaries on Monday, February 13th, the regular periodic cultural program held monthly under the title “Cultural Morning Session”. The session was hosted at Al Qattara Oasis in Al Ain under the sponsorship of Floward, Taif Al Emarat, and Ivy Fitness and Beauty Center.

The employees of Al Ain Club and its subsidiaries attended in significant numbers in the early hours of the morning session to promote their cultural knowledge of the Garden City and change their work style by being present in one of the tourist sites in Al Ain. The activity was coordinated between the Al Ain Club’s Corporate Communication Department with its counterpart in the Abu Dhabi The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi.

The “Morning Session” program was varied and distinguished, as all employees were greeted upon arrival at Al Qattara Oasis with elegant bouquets of beautiful roses offered by the Club’s partner, “Floward”.

The program began with educational lectures delivered by the representatives of The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi on the history of Al Qattara Oasis, followed by a field tour. The location is surrounded by vast areas of palm trees and fruits, an ancient cemetery dating back 4,000 years, ancient mosques and fortified houses, and the old commercial market.

The “Morning Session” program concluded with a cultural competition immediately after the field tour. It consisted of several questions about the place that hosts the “Cultural Morning Session. The attendees participated actively in this activity, considering the event’s sponsors prepared valuable prizes for the participants who had terrific moments and achieved significant gains.

Chairman Directs to Improve Services Delivered to the Fans and Promote the Club’s Community Initiatives

Chairman was Briefed about New Projects and Commended the Work Mechanism of Al Ain Club Hotel and the New Gym

The Meeting Attendees Reviewed the Blueprint of the New Medical Center and the Football Academy’s Changing Room Compound

Chairman Emphasized the Importance of Achieving the Goals and Discussed the Administrative and Financial Performance of the Club and its Affiliates

Sheikh Sultan bin Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice-Chairman of Al Ain Sports and Cultural Club, Chairman of the Executive Club, and Chairman of the Talents Care Committee chaired the first meeting of the Executive Committee in 2023. The meeting was held at the Chairman Lounge in Hazza bin Zayed Stadium.

During the meeting, the Chairman of the Executive Committee hailed distinguished patronage, generous support, and the great interest the Club receives from His Highness Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice-President of the Executive Council of Abu Dhabi, First Vice-President of the Club, First Vice-President of the Honorary Council and Chairman of the Ain Cultural Sports Club. At the same time, Sheikh Sultan stressed the management’s commitment to the Club’s vision and the strategic plans set out by His Highness Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

The meeting attendees reviewed the reports on the Club’s strategic plans, its affiliates, and the working mechanism in force this season. They also reviewed the administrative and financial performance reports and the new projects, including the Al Ain Talent Club Hotel Project and the new Gym Hall equipped with world-class capabilities for enhancing physical fitness and rehabilitation programs. The attendees were also briefed about the Academy’s Changing Room Compound project established recently for the junior teams, in addition to the new medical center blueprint equipped with the best medical equipment to provide exceptional services to players and the community.

The Chairman directed to improve the services provided to the Club’s fans and promote community initiatives through effective communication with all entities and institutions to serve the community better.

Moreover, Sheikh Sultan bin Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan stressed out the importance of working to keep pace with the signs of development in all sectors and departments of the Club to achieve the highest indicators of satisfaction of the Club’s customers and affiliates covering all administrative, technical, marketing, information, social and cultural aspects by embracing initiatives channeled to support fans, club partners and all customers.

The meeting was attended by members of the Executive Committee, namely Dr. Matar Al-Darmaki, Chairman of Al Ain Football Club Company. Mohammed bin Thaloub Al Deri, Chairman of Al Ain Club Investment Company, Khamis Obeid Al Kaabi, Chairman of Al Ain Sports Games, and Hamad Nakhirat Al Ameri, Managing Director of the Club and affiliates.

Following qualifying for the semifinal match of the World Cup- 2022, H.E. Mohammed bin Thaloub Al Deri, Chairman of Al Ain Club Investment Company, congratulated, over the phone, the head coach of Croatia National Football Team and former Al Ain Team.
Noteworthy, the Croatian Team won Brazil Football National Team from the penalty point in the match held in Doha at Lusail Stadium following a breathtaking clash match. With this result and as a reward for hard work and a well-done job, the Croatian team deserved to qualify for the semifinal stage.
The match was proof that Croatia’s head coach is talented and competent. He stated in the pre-match press conference that playing in the quarterfinal stage is a significant achievement while stressing that his national team’s match against Brazil, the first candidate to win the title, is the most crucial in the World Cup.
“We are a good team, too. We must play well, and we believe in our capabilities. We will seek to win one of the candidate teams to win the World Cup title,” Zlatko said.
Al Deri, in his comment on the Croatian’s team performance, said: “The obscure Croatian Team under the command of Zlatko achieved a unique accomplishment that the world has witnessed, by arriving at the golden square efficiently and relentless hard work following Brazil took the lead following double scoring goals until Croatians equalized taking the match to the extra-time- tie sending the match to penalties.”
“Croatia’s goalkeeper Dominik Livaković was the hero yet again in the shootout to confirm Zlatko’s accurate planning for the favorite team, Brazil, to win the title of World Cup 2022. The runners-up of the World Cup 2018 were far better than their match against Franc in the final match of 2018,” said Bin Thaloub.
He added: “The Croatian Team was lucky enough to win the penalty kicks, and they deserved to qualify for the third time to the semifinals to play against the Argentinian Team on Tuesday.”
Bin Thaloub signed off by saying: “It will be a new challenge on the pitch of Lusail Stadium following defeating the Brazilian opponent.”

Al Ain Sports and Cultural Club was keen to honor a number of university professors and school teachers in the Gardens City with the participation of the Tolerance School “Al Mutarad” and the Al Maktabba Library on the occasion of the World Teacher’s Day.

The event was attended by Khamis Obaid Al Kaabi, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Al Ain Sports Games Company, in addition to many players of the Club of various sports.

The ceremony agenda included honoring Ms. Aisha Khalifa Al Mahmoud, Principal of Tolerance School, who served the education sector for about 35 years, along with a number of university professors and school teachers working in Al Ain City.

The Boss Embodies the Concept of Leadership in Marketing Plans

Al Ain Club is the Only Emirati Football Club in the FIFA Game Since 4 Years in a Row

Based on the its strategy aimed at promoting the concept of leadership in all fields, Al Ain Club has officially announced the provision of the new version of the game “FIFA 23”, for PlayStation 4, 5 and Xbox. The products are available for sale in the official and online store, as of today.

The announcement comes in conjunction with the game’s launch worldwide. The game was made available for sale in the Club’sstore in cooperation with EA SPORTS and in agreement with “Zamzam Distribution”, the authorized distributor of the game in the UAE.

Worth mentioning, Al Ain is the only Emirati football club that has been in the FIFA game for four years in a row, starting with the FIFA 20 version. It is one of the most sought-after teams from game lovers in the Middle East and the highest potential of Al Ain players who have gold cards in the current version, namely: “The Togolese and “international” striker Laba Kodjo with a rating of 76, the Ukrainian and Moroccan internationals, Yarmolenko and Soufiane Rahimi, with a rating of 75, followed by Bandar Al Ahbabi with a rating of 72, then Khaled Eisa and Caio Canedo with a rating of 71.

The Boss squad is present for the fourth year in a row in the FIFA game with its new sports kit, which was recently announced with their sports partner, Nike, and team sponsors First Abu Dhabi Bank and Rain for encrypted currency.

The “EA SPORTS FIFA 23” presents the world game on the field, with HyperMotion2 technology that gives realistic features of the game, whether in the men’s or women’s soccer World Cup, or the addition of women’s club teams, and cross-play features. FIFA 23 also contains Over 30 leagues and over 100 licensed stadiums, over 700 clubs and over 19,000 players.

Al Ain Volleyball Team is All Set to Play Against Bani YasTeam on Saturday

Al Ain Volleyball Team concluded the pre-season training sessions in preparation for the new season set to be launched starting with Vice President Cup.

The first match for the team will be against Bani Yas Team in the Sports Hall at Al Wasl Club in Dubai as part of the competitions of Group A along with Al Nasr Team following Ajman’s withdrawal. Group B includes Shabab Al Ahli, Al Wasl, Al Jazira and Hatta teams.  

Consistent with the regulations of the competition, two teams from each group qualify for the semi-finals, where the first of each group plays with the second of the other group to qualify for the final of the championship. The previous winner of the 2021 edition of the competition was Al Nasr Team.

The General Volleyball League for the 2022-2023 season will start in early November, with 8 teams competing in the General League Cup with the participation of Ajman with the same 7 teams participating in the Vice President’s Cup competition.

As part of its preparations for the new season, Al Ain Volleyball Team finished third in the Al Ain international friendly preparatory championship, which was recently hosted in the in Khalifa bin Zayed Stadium. Six Arab and Gulf teamsparticipated in the tournament. The team stars train daily until the match day of Bani Yas scheduled to be held next Saturday.

Noteworthy, the talented duo, Mohammad Shamal, who spent a season in the knights’ fort with Shabab Al Ahli, and the Brazilian Lielson Costa, who spent two seasons outside the Ainawiya fort with the Bahraini Al Najmah and Ajman, the lineup of the Ainawi squad is complete, considering that they are two effective cards whose readiness was tested by strong performance in the Al Ain International Volleyball Championship held in August 2022.

The first Saudi national team was crowned the champion of the Al Ain International Volleyball Friendly Championship, by defeating Al Ahli Saudi Club by three sets to one in the final match, which was held at Khalifa Bin Zayed Stadium in the fourth and final round of the championship, which was hosted by Al-Ain Club during the period from 16 to 21 August Al-Ain, the “host” team, the Saudi team, Zamalek, Al Arabi Al Kuwaiti, Al Ahli Saudi and the Algerian rising generation will participate with the participation of five Gulf and Arab teams.

The participation of the Saudi Green and its strong results came as part of its preparations for the Asian Challenge Cup, which will be hosted by the Kyrgyz Republic, from August 26 to September 4.

It is noteworthy that the Saudi national team won all its matches against Al-Ain 3-2 and Al-Jeel Al-Rising 3-0, and Al Arabi Al Kuwaiti 3-1 before achieving the same result over Al Ahli of Saudi Arabia.

Egypt’s Zamalek won the second place cup after achieving their fourth victory in the tournament at the expense of Al Ain, with a score of 3-1, in a strong match that witnessed a wonderful interaction from the large fans who attended the match.

The first half of the match came “Ainawi” 25-21, and the rest of the matches for Zamalek were 25-17, 25-17, and 25-12, and with this result, Al-Ain came third on the championship table. Al-Ain won the third-place cup with a 3-1 victory over Al Ahli of Saudi Arabia, Al Arabi of Kuwait and the Algerian Rising Generation.

Al-Ain won the third-place cup with a 3-1 victory over Al Ahli of Saudi Arabia, Al Arabi of Kuwait and the Algerian Rising Generation.

As part of the side events of the Al Ain International Volleyball Tournament, Al Ain Club Sports Company has recently concluded a cooperation agreement with the Egypt’s Zamalek Volleyball Team and the Saudi Arabia’s Al Ahli Volleyball Team.

The aim of signing the tri-party agreement is to develop joint cooperation in various games and sports fields. The agreement articles stipulate to exchange expertise and technical staff and holding training camps with the participation of Al Ain, Zamalek and Al Ahli teams.

The announcement was made in an exclusive press conference held at the conference hall of Khalifa bin Zayed Stadium in Al Ain Club this evening in the presence of Khamis Obaid Al Kaabi, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Al Ain Club for Sports Games, Abdul Aziz Al Junaibi, Vice Chairman of Al Ain Club for Sports and Ayman Maatouk, Head of the Saudi Arabia’s Al Ahli Volleyball Team and Dr. Khaled Talaat, Head of the Egypt’s Zamalek Volleyball Team.

The cooperation agreement signed by Al Ain Club along with the Al Zamalek and Al Ahli clubs requires establishing framework of cooperation and partnership in carrying out joint programs, initiatives and projects, given that the parties have administrative and technical expertise and competencies that contribute to the support and development of sports, social and cultural activities.

Cooperation among the three clubs will be in line with the pre-set framework of achieving the main objectives. The agreement is also concerned with developing the base of specialized sports practice to achieve future ambitions, and contribute to qualifying the players according to sound scientific foundations relying heavily on the latest available technologies, holding away camps for all individual sports teams.

Khamis Al Kaabi, Chairman of Al Ain Sports Club, confirmed that the agreement includes many articles set to ensure achieving common interests and taking advantage from all technical and sports aspects. The main goal set to be achieved by the three clubs is signing twinning agreements.

Al Kaabi welcomed concluding the agreement with the two brotherly teams, Egypt’s Zamalek and Saudi Arabia’s Al Ahli. He expressed his sincere appreciation for this constructive partnership, which will have a great impact in supporting and boosting the strong points of cooperation to achieve the best interests of the teams.

He concluded his statement stressing that Al Ain Cub will spare no effort to ensure the success of the cooperation protocol that will lead to the achievement of sporting development of the clubs.

In an exciting and firing match that witnessed massive interaction from the audience, Al Ain Volleyball Team won the derby match against Saudi Arabia’s Al Ahli Team. The game was held at Khalifa bin Zayed Stadium on the Penultimate day of the tournament.

It is noteworthy that Al Ain Club hosts the tournament with the participation of 5 Gulf and Arab teams, namely the Egyptian Zamalek Team, the Algerian Al Gil Alsaad Team, the Saudi Arabia Al Ahli Team, the Kuwaiti Al Arabi Team, the Saudi Arabia First National Team, and Al Ain Team, the host of the tournament.

Back to the match, the Al Ain squad took the lead in the first round, 25-19. After presenting an impressive level, the Saudi team equalized and won 25-20. Al Ain stars did their best in the third round and dominated this round to win the guests 25-18. By this result, the match extended to another fourth round which Al Ain won 32-30 as the players of the two teams exhibited high technical levels and played tactically. With this result, Al Ain is placed second on the standing table of the tournament, waiting for the result of the Al Ain Team’s match against the Egyptian Zamalek Team scheduled to be held on Sunday 21st August 2022.

Egypt’s Zamalek continued their significant performance and good results in today’s matches, winning the Algerian Al Gil Alsaad Team by 3-1. The two teams played four rounds that ended by winning its result.

Zamalek stars won the first and second rounds 25-15 and 25-23. the Algerian Al Gil Alsaad Team returned to the match and won the third round with a 28-18. In the last round, before Zamalek players had their final word and finished the fourth round in their favor 25-21. By this result, the Egyptian team achieved their third victory in their journey in this tournament, while the Algerian Al Gil Alsaad Team has not won any match.

The Saudi National Volleyball Team achieved their fourth victory in the tournament over Al Arabi Team by 3-1 in the second match of the day, which started at 05:00 pm. As a result, the Saudi squad put firm hands on the top spot of the standing table.

The Saudi team dominated the match in the first, third, and fourth rounds with the results of 25-16, 29-27, and 25-21, respectively. On the other hand, Al Arabi won only the second round by 25-19 with no victories in this tournament.

Al Ain Team Loses to KSA National Team, Marking Their Second Victory in the Tournament 

Eyes On Toady’s Derby Between Al Ain and KSA Al Ahli

Al Ain Sports Games Company and the Organizing Committee of the Al Ain International Volleyball Tournament held a stylish ceremony for the participating teams in the Al Ain Club International Volleyball Tournament yesterday.

The ceremony, held at the Chairman’s Lounge in Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, was attended by the Chairman of the Sports Games Company, H.E. Khamis Obaid Al Kaabi, Abdul Aziz Al Junaibi, Vice-Chairman and Chairman of the Organizing Committee, heads of participating delegations, Al Ain Police Directorate, Al Ain Municipality, volunteers, representatives of all public and private entities, and the media reporters.

The heads of the participating clubs expressed their appreciation and pleasure in participating in the tournament, considering that the tournament achieved its goals and countless gains in promoting ties between brotherly countries.

The ceremony program, which witnessed a significant interaction among the attendees, included a presentation video on the capabilities, capacities, and achievements of the various Al Ain Club companies.

By the end of the program, the heads of participating clubs exchanged memorial shields to express their pleasure in participating in the tournament. Then, they all toured the facilities of Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, the best stadium in the world for 2014.

Honoring the Tournament Sponsors

Al Ain Sports Games Company honored the tournament sponsors, including Burjeel Medical Group, the official sponsor of the tournament, the UAE Volleyball Association, B.P. Sports, Prisma Qadara Public Relations, the organizing company for the tournament, Al Ain Police Directorate, Al Ain Municipality, UAE University, Al Ain Club for People of Determination, and United Printing and Publishing.

Three Tough Matches on the Penultimate Day of the Tournament

Three exciting confrontations will be held on Saturday evening, the penultimate day of the tournament. The first match starts at 03:00 pm between the Algerian Al Gil Alsaad and Egyptian Zamalek teams. Then, at 05:00 pm, the Saudi Arabia First National Team will play against the Kuwaiti Al Arabi Team. The top and firing last match will be between Al Ain Team (the host) and the Saudi Arabia Al Ahli Team.