{"id":909,"date":"2019-01-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/reports\/what-went-on-at-the-leaders-sport-business-summit-abu-dhabi\/"},"modified":"2021-08-10T10:00:03","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T10:00:03","slug":"what-went-on-at-the-leaders-sport-business-summit-abu-dhabi","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/articles\/what-went-on-at-the-leaders-sport-business-summit-abu-dhabi\/","title":{"rendered":"What went on at the Leaders Sport Business Summit, Abu Dhabi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Gulf collaboration, the growth of Asian football, digital storytelling, destination building through sport, and the future of franchise cricket – day one in review.<\/p>\n \n \n \n

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The inaugural Leaders Sport Business Summit in Abu Dhabi kicked off on 30th<\/sup> January, with 350 senior figures from across the world of sport gathered at the Bab Al Qasr on the Emirate\u2019s glittering corniche to exchange ideas, handshakes and business cards, and to hear from a full line-up of programming focused on the future of sport.<\/h4>\n
By James Emmett<\/h6>\n

Collaboration nation<\/strong><\/p>\n

The very opposite of fighting talk from HE Mohammed Al Rumaithi, a former Major General and commander-in-chief of the Abu Dhabi police, current chairman of the UAE\u2019s General Authority for Sports, and a candidate for the presidency of the AFC, as he opened up the conference. Kind words about Qatar a hard to come by in these politically taut times in this part of the Gulf, but the minister was gracious in defeat, congratulating Qatar on their 4-0 AFC Cup semi-final win over UAE the night before, and emphasised being collaborative as a key characteristic of any good leader.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m delighted for the World Cup to come close to us in 2022,\u201d he said. \u201cFifa has been talking to Qatar about increasing the number [of participating teams] to 48 and that would be good for Asia because we\u2019d have eight slots instead of four. We will be very supportive to the Qataris if Fifa insist on 48, provided the crisis is resolved. If the crisis goes away then we can go back to working together like brothers. Anyone would help. We can support, Saudi can support – but I wish luck to the Qataris and hope the crisis is resolved.\u201d<\/p>\n

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