Dubai hosts “International Professional Wrestling”

Dubai (Etihad)
Dubai will host the 2024 International Professional Wrestling Championship, organized by the World Professional Wrestling Center (WPWH) and with the support of the Dubai Sports Council, on February 24th at the Shabab Al Ahli Club Hall, with the participation of players from 8 countries: the Emirates, Russia, America, Colombia, and France. , Congo, Bulgaria and Poland.
The tournament will witness the most exciting confrontation in the wrestling ring between the Indian Sangram Singh, the two-time Commonwealth heavyweight title holder who is returning to the ring after a 6-year hiatus, against the Pakistani Muhammad Saeed.
The tournament organizing committee revealed the details in a press conference held in a Dubai hotel and attended by Sheikh Humaid bin Khalid Al Qasimi and a number of officials from the World Center for Professional Wrestling.
The most prominent confrontations bring together the Emirati Badr Ali, who won the silver medal in the Arab Championship, and the Congolese Mbo Asumi Aron, who won the gold medal in the Francophone Games, and the Russian Ilyas Bekbulatov, the 2017 European wrestling champion, against the American Damon Kemp, and the Colombian Andrea Carolina against the Frenchwoman Viskan Cynthia and the Bulgarian Mimi. Hristova in front of Polish Skiba Monica.
Parveen Gupta, founder of the World Professional Wrestling Center, said: “We are pleased to announce the organization of the International Professional Wrestling Championship 2024 in Dubai, which is a favorite global destination for sports fans from all over the world, due to its advanced infrastructure for hosting major sporting events, and the components and elements Attracting its distinction from other cities in the region and the world, the UAE and Dubai in particular are keen to establish sports facilities and facilities according to the highest international standards, making it a global model to be emulated in the sports events sector.”
He added: “The list of participants, which includes an elite group of athletes who have won Olympic and world medals, is a testament to the strong level of the tournament. We seek to inaugurate a new era for wrestling in Dubai and provide a global platform for talented professional and amateur wrestlers alike. The tournament aims to raise the standards of wrestling by giving participants the opportunity to compete on a large scale and challenge the best players around the world.”
Indian wrestler Sangram Singh, Ambassador of the World Professional Wrestling Center, said: “I am pleased to participate in this tournament organized in Dubai, which is considered the capital of sports in the region, and the UAE encourages young people to practice sports, making it a way of life for residents and visitors, and I look forward to enhancing the atmosphere of passion and excitement.” Which characterizes professional wrestling, and the championship is not just an ordinary sporting event, but rather a celebration of the sportsmanship, friendship, and the universal language of sports, which is what the Emirate of Dubai embodies through the sporting activities it organizes throughout the year.”