Dubai: The Kabaddi Competition was successfully organized on 12th Feb. 2023 at the Toss Academy New Indian Model School in Al Garhoud – Dubai, as part of 4th Labor Sports Tournament, which is held with remarkable participation of 20 thousand laborers from different companies working in the Emirate of Dubai, and it is scheduled to be concluded on 31st March 2023.

The Tournament, the biggest of its kind, is organized by Dubai Sports Council (DSC) in collaboration with the Permanent Committee of Labor Affairs in Dubai, under title “Their Happiness is Our Goal”.

Participants in the Tournament compete in 11 sports competitions; as follows: kabaddi, football, basketball, volleyball, badminton, arm wrestling, yoga, tug of war, cricket, road race & swimming. 

The Kabaddi Competition was held with participation of 500 players from 30 various companies and it was watched lively by millions of kabaddi’s enthusiasts & fans through Indian TVs. Winners of the first places were honored by Mr. Abdulla Al-Shukri, the Secretary General of the Permanent Committee of Labor Affairs in Dubai / Mr. Al Moutaz Billah Sharif, the DSC’s Representative.   

The New Star Manglore Team won the 1st place of the Kabaddi Competition, followed by the O2 Ponnani in the 2nd place and the King Star Maniyampara in the 3rd place. 

In individuals’ titles, Rashik from the New Star Team was honored as best Catcher, while his colleague in the same Team Vishwaraj was awarded as the best Rider / Shihas from O2 Ponnani gained the best rounder’s prize / Adarsh from O2 Ponnani got the Man of the Competition’s award / Ammi Kupati from King Star was awarded as the best emerging player.

The  Competition was organized by Sangachethana Kuthirakode and managed by Troopers Event Management.

The other competitions of the Labor Sports Tournament will continue throughout the upcoming weeks. In this regard, the basketball competition is scheduled from 19th to 26th Feb. at Dulsco pitches in Al-Quoz and the swimming competition will be organized on 12th March at Dubai Municipality Club in Al-Jaddaf. The cricket 2 competition will be launched on 23rd March at the Cricket Stadium in Jebel Ali.

The competitions of the Labor Sports Tournament are organized every Sunday at six locations as follows: Jebel Ali, Al-Quoz, Al-Jaddaf, DP World, DUTCO and Dulsco.

The Labor Sports Tournament is held under the sponsorship of DP World, Dubai Holding, DUTCO, Dulsco, Landmark, World Security and Taqdeer Award.

DSC organizes the Labor Sports Tournament to give laborers unique opportunity to exercise favorite sports, spend entertaining times, break the daily routine of work, boost social ties with counterparts in other entities & improve level of physical fitness. It also brings joy for laborers, provides them with physical fitness and helps them to increase productivity. The Tournament meets DSC’s strategy to create a distinctive & happy sports society.