Sharjah24: The Sharjah Sports Council has closed the curtain on the seventh edition of "Sports Before Iftar", which kicked off at the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan, and which the council used to organise annually, as it achieved its goal of making sports a societal culture thanks to the interaction of the public, sports lovers and the smiling emirate's clubs.

The coaches supervising the various activities at the council’s headquarters were honoured in the presence of His Excellency Issa Hilal Al-Hazami, Chairman of the Sharjah Sports Council, Yasser Omar Al-Doukhi, Director of the Sports and Community Events Department, and Hamid Hashel Al-Kharousi, Senior Executive of the Sports and Community Events Department. 16 distinguished men and women were honored at the end of the event in Wasit Suburb and other locations with prizes, subscriptions to gyms, in the presence of Saud Abdul Rahman Al-Hajri, Head of Public Relations and Social Responsibility at the Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

The event witnessed the participation of more than 3,000 people of different groups, ages and nationalities, and its competitions took place in 21 locations in the emirate.