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28 March 2024

UAE football coach bags Emarat Alyoum prize

UAE football coach Mahdi Ali. (SUPPLIED)

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UAE football coach Mahdi Ali was selected as “person of the month” by Emirat Alyoum Arabic language daily, which introduced the award early this year, the newspaper said on Tuesday.

Ali was picked for the March award because of his “unprecedented achievement” after leading the UAE Olympic football team to the finals of the Olympic games which will be held in London this summer, Emarat Alyoum’s editor in chief Sami Al Riyami said.

“This achievement followed a series of impressive victories for our team, the latest of which was their winning against Uzbekistan in Tashkent.”

Emarat Alyoum, an affiliate of the Dubai Media Incorporated, one of the largest information establishments in the region, introduced the unique award at the start of 2012 and said its editing board would pick the person at the end of each month.

It said the prize would be confined to men and women from the UAE and other Arab countries who are residing in the emirates and that it would include a prize, shield and merit certificate.

“The award would not be given to any person in a senior government position nor to any one in DMI,” the paper said in January.

Emirat Alyoum, one of the most popular Arabic language dailies in the region, is part of the government-owned DMI which also includes Emirates 24/7, the Arabic language Al-Bayan newspapers, Dubai TV and other media organs.