08-09-2009, 08:54 AM
IFBB ARE LOOSERS IN ASIA
„GULF NEWS“
I will ensure our integrity is kept intact - Al Shafar
Dubai: President of the ABBF Osama Al Shafar has maintained that he is willing to go any extent to ensure the integrity of the ABBF, its member nations and his officials is kept intact.
"At the moment they are having a Hearing Committee between the IFBB and Qatar to try and create a parallel federation for Asia. What support do they have? We have the backing of 33 of the 37 members registered with the ABBF. The five who are not with us are Qatar, Palestine, Sri Lanka, Japan and South Korea," Al Shafar said.
"The IFBB have sanctioned an Asian competition in Aurangabad, India, and I doubt they have a handful of athletes participating there. The actual Asian competition will be held next month. "Our plan of action is that we will have a meeting in Bangkok next month and we will see who is backing us and who is not. Whoever is absent will be suspended from the AFBB," Al Shafar said.
"We have the full support of the UAE National Olympic Committee and from the Dubai Government and His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai," Al Shafar said.
"Yousuf Al Serkal, Vice-President of the UAE National Olympic Committee (NOC) and Saeed Abdul Gaffar, the UAE NOC General-Secretary have done a good job in supporting us and showing the people that ABFF is still under our umbrella with me as its president. I don't know why the IFBB is trying to destabilise our organisation when we are elected members."
„GULF NEWS“
I will ensure our integrity is kept intact - Al Shafar
Dubai: President of the ABBF Osama Al Shafar has maintained that he is willing to go any extent to ensure the integrity of the ABBF, its member nations and his officials is kept intact.
"At the moment they are having a Hearing Committee between the IFBB and Qatar to try and create a parallel federation for Asia. What support do they have? We have the backing of 33 of the 37 members registered with the ABBF. The five who are not with us are Qatar, Palestine, Sri Lanka, Japan and South Korea," Al Shafar said.
"The IFBB have sanctioned an Asian competition in Aurangabad, India, and I doubt they have a handful of athletes participating there. The actual Asian competition will be held next month. "Our plan of action is that we will have a meeting in Bangkok next month and we will see who is backing us and who is not. Whoever is absent will be suspended from the AFBB," Al Shafar said.
"We have the full support of the UAE National Olympic Committee and from the Dubai Government and His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai," Al Shafar said.
"Yousuf Al Serkal, Vice-President of the UAE National Olympic Committee (NOC) and Saeed Abdul Gaffar, the UAE NOC General-Secretary have done a good job in supporting us and showing the people that ABFF is still under our umbrella with me as its president. I don't know why the IFBB is trying to destabilise our organisation when we are elected members."
WFF-International Official Information Only