H.H. General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, attended a friendly match between the UAE National Soccer team and Manchester City of England at the Zayed Sports City in Abu Dhabi, UAE. ”We will draw lessons from this match so as to represent the UAE honourably,” Sheikh Mohammed said.
The UAE won the match 1-0. The goal was scored in the first half of the match.
The match comes to introduce the club to the UAE fans which is owned by H.H. Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs.
On November 8th Crown Prince Haakon, Princess Mette-Marit and their children Princess Ingrid Alexandra and Prince Sverre Magnus attended the Norwegian Football Cup Final at Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo, cheering.
Click at the image to see it at Hola!
After the game the little heir to the throne Ingrid Alexandra helped her mom and the team president Sondre Kåfjord to hand out trophies to the football heroes. The 5-year-old Princess smiled and shook the players’ hands. She showed that she is already starting to do very small representation duties as Norwegian Princess.
Although blue blood runs through her veins, the little Princess did not hesitate to cover her ears when she was bothered by the noise of the stadium.
His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, ruler of the Emirates, King of Spain Juan Carlos, Sweden’s King Carl Gustaf, Crown Prince of Bahrain Sheikh Salman Al Khalifa and other Sheikhs all met at the the Yas Circuit on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi to watch the Formula One Grand Prix on Sunday November 1st. The winners of the race were awarded trophies by Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed and Sheikh Hamed bin Zayed.
Princess Madeleine of Sweden and Princess Benedike of Denmark attended the International Horse show at Flyinge in Southern Sweden on Wednesday, November 04th 2009.
Click at the image to get to a gallery at Svenskdam.se
Princess Madeleine just returned home from her month-long stay in New York.
Yesterday the Princess attended a large horse show. Among the participants in the show was also Nathalie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, who competes in the World Cup in dressage. Nathalie is the daughter of Princess Benedikte of Denmark, who joined Madeleine.
The two Princesses arrived in a horse-drawn carriage in the large indoor riding school where the show was held.
Prince Faisal bin Al Hussein was present on Thursday at the opening ceremony of the Jordan Rally 2009 (29 – 31 Oct 2009) in Amman. This year, the Rally was held in the Dead Sea and Mount Nebo. Twenty-nine teams from all over the world participated in it.
View the image at daylife.com
During the opening ceremony, attendees enjoyed listening to traditional music and a concert by Omar Abdallat.
Prince Feisal, President of the Jordan Olympic Committee (JOC) and Chairman of Jordan Motorsport, made a statement to the Agence France-Presse (AFP). He said that “the importance of the Jordan Rally this year is that it’s considered to be a rehearsal for the real and most important World Rally Championship, which will be hosted in Jordan next April.”
Sheikh Mayed Bin Mohammad Al Maktoum won the Kentucky Cup Endurance race which took place in Lexington. The Kentucky Cup endurance is a lead up race for the 2010 Alltech World Equestrian Games.
The endurance race was a 75mile race which was completed by the Sheikh in 6:05:30. After the win, Sheikh Mayed said “It was amazing. This is the sport that we most love. It’s our history.” He went on saying “Given the weather today, the course was amazing. But the weather made it very difficult. There wasn’t any hard part, other than the ground being a bit slippery. Other than that, it was excellent. There wasn’t anything wrong or bad.”
For more on the topic, visit the ‘Dubai Ruling Family in Endurance Races’thread.
Although she is better known for her love for gardening and pottery, Princess Aiko proved to be a promising sportswomen-in-making yesterday, after helping her team win a relay race.
As the last member of her team crossed the finish line well ahead of the others, Aiko and the other members of her team run into the field to celebrate their victory. Aiko was a key factor in the victory: she was running second to last and managed to gain a considerable lead, which secured the eventual victory.
picture from Yahoo! News
The relay contest is an annual event of the Autumn Athletic Festival at the Gakushuin school, where Aiko is a student.
Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako were on hand for their daughter’s big day: seated next to other students’ parents, they couldn’t hide their wide smiles as Aiko confidentially crossed the finish line.
For more pictures and information, visit this thread.
HRH Crown Prince Frederik ended up in the drink of Sydney Harbour earlier today, during his 35+ Tasar sailing competition at the 2009 World Masters Games in Sydney, Australia. The 13-16°C weather in Sydney today created a chilly experience for the Prince.
View the image at the Courier Mail
Due to strong winds between Point Piper and Mosman Bay, Frederik and his partner Chris Meehan saw their boat, Nanoq, capsize before they had even competed. The pair were not alone however, with several of their competitors also suffering a similar fate. Organisers later cancelled the day’s sailing, for the second day in a row. This means that all of the Prince’s races will be crammed into Thursday and Friday’s schedule.
Crown Prince Frederik arrived in Sydney on Saturday, before undergoing some last minute training on Sunday with his partner. On Monday the 12th, HRH visited the Sydney Acquatic Centre during the third day’s swimming events, where he met with Australian Olympian Geoff Huegill. The Prince received some vocal competition from a Seven News reporter during a impromptu interview. When asked what he thought of the Australian hope of beating him in the race, Frederik laughed and said he was “glad to be the bait” in the spirit of the fun of the Games.
Prince Frederik also visited the athletics track, where he spoke with Australia’s oldest competitor in the Games, 100-year-old Ruth Frith. She later went on to win a gold medal in the shot put. Training was on the agenda for Tuesday, before and after the sailing competition was cancelled.
HRH will be in Sydney until October 16th. Click here to read more information about Frederik’s attendance at the WMG.
Prince Albert II of Monaco was present at the Golden Foot Award yesterday. Here he presented the Brazilian soccer player Ronaldo de Assís Moreira, better known as Ronaldinho, with the Golden Foot 2009. The award honours a soccer player for his entire carreer, the player has to be above 29 years old. The player of AC Milan won with 43.755 votes. Second came Real madrid star Rául and the third place went to Thierry Henri.
With the award, Ronaldinho follows into the steps of his countryman Roberto Carlos, who won the award last year. Soccer players from the past, Zibi Boniek, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Oleg Blochin and Rene Higuita were also honoured with a golden foot yesterday. The print of the foot of the soccerplayers (in gold) will be placed at the Champions Promenade near Grimaldi Forum of Monte Carlo.
HRH Crown Prince Frederik was today elected to the International Olympic Committee, as the representative for Denmark. The Prince was elected by a majority vote of 77 to 9, plus six absentee ballots. The election took place in Copenhagen at the 121st IOC Congress.
His election has already been celebrated in Denmark, with the President of the Danish National Olympic Committee, Nils Nygaard, congratulating the Prince and stating what this means for the Danish NOC: “With the Crown Prince’s membership of the IOC, Denmark can ensure continued influence in the Olympic movement. I’m both delighted and pleased, not only on behalf of the Crown Prince, but also for the Danish sporting movement.”
Prince Frederik announced his candidacy for the membership back in October 2006, and is the eighth Dane to be elected since the IOC began in the late nineteenth century. HRH joins fellow royals HRH The Grand Duke of Luxembourg, HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco, HRH The Prince of Orange, HRH The Princess Royal and HRH Princess Haya bint Al Hussein as an IOC member.
Six new members were elected to the IOC in total, including Prince Frederik. The others were Richard Peterkin (St Lucia), Habu Ahmed Gumel (Nigeria), Lydia Nsekera (Burundi) and Göran Petersson (Sweden). IOC President Jacques Rogge was also re-elected for a second and final four-year term.
H.H. General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, attended a friendly match between the UAE National Soccer team and Manchester City of England at the Zayed Sports City in Abu Dhabi, UAE. ”We will draw lessons from this match so as to represent the UAE honourably,” Sheikh Mohammed said.
On November 8th Crown Prince Haakon, Princess Mette-Marit and their children Princess Ingrid Alexandra and Prince Sverre Magnus attended the Norwegian Football Cup Final at Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo, cheering.
His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, ruler of the Emirates, King of Spain Juan Carlos, Sweden’s King Carl Gustaf, Crown Prince of Bahrain Sheikh Salman Al Khalifa and other Sheikhs all met at the the Yas Circuit on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi to watch the Formula One Grand Prix on Sunday November 1st. The winners of the race were awarded trophies by Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed and Sheikh Hamed bin Zayed.
Princess Madeleine of Sweden and Princess Benedike of Denmark attended the International Horse show at Flyinge in Southern Sweden on Wednesday, November 04th 2009.
Prince Faisal bin Al Hussein was present on Thursday at the opening ceremony of the Jordan Rally 2009 (29 – 31 Oct 2009) in Amman. This year, the Rally was held in the Dead Sea and Mount Nebo. Twenty-nine teams from all over the world participated in it.
Although she is better known for her love for gardening and pottery, Princess Aiko proved to be a promising sportswomen-in-making yesterday, after helping her team win a relay race.
Prince Albert II of Monaco was present at the Golden Foot Award yesterday. Here he presented the Brazilian soccer player Ronaldo de Assís Moreira, better known as Ronaldinho, with the Golden Foot 2009. The award honours a soccer player for his entire carreer, the player has to be above 29 years old. The player of AC Milan won with 43.755 votes. Second came Real madrid star Rául and the third place went to Thierry Henri.
