His Highness Sheikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa, First Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports, Chairman of the General Authority for Sports, Chairman of the Bahrain Olympic Committee, chaired the meeting of the Sixth Olympic Committee, which was held on Monday 30 June 2025.
At the beginning of the meeting, His Highness welcomed all the members of the Board of Directors of the Olympic Committee, praising His Highness the achievements made by the sports federations in the first half of this year 2025, and His Highness expressed his pride in the 46th anniversary of the establishment of the Olympic Committee, which is rich in many sports successes and gains.
After that, the items listed and discussed on the agenda were reviewed and discussed, where the minutes of the previous meeting of the Board of Directors and the administrative report for the year 2024 were adopted, and the report of the external posts for 2025-2026 was reviewed, along with the preparations of the Kingdom of Bahrain to host the third Asian Youth Games to be held from 22 to October 31, 2025.
His Highness Sheikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa and members of the Board of Directors also briefed on the procedures carried out by the Olympic Committee in preparation for participation in the Los Angeles Olympics 2028, stressing His Highness the importance of qualifying players and seeking the champions industry to achieve more medals in the next version of the Olympics by focusing on new sports, and His Highness gets to know the latest developments to establish the International Center for Excellence and the Regional Office for Water Games It will be held in cooperation with the GFH Financial Group, and the results of the Bahrain hosting of the FIBA International Basketball Federation and the celebrity honoring ceremony were reviewed last month.
The latest developments related to the Bahraini Olympic Academy were also reviewed, and His Highness Sheikha, Dr. Hessa Bint Khalid Al Khalifa, member of the Board of Directors, Chairman of the Committee for Equal Opportunities and Gender Balance in the Sports Field, was reviewed to coordinate with the International Olympic Academy to adopt accredited administrative courses and programs to qualify administrative cadres working in clubs and sports federations.
The latest developments in the National Center for Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation were also reviewed and some amendments to the functional administrative structure of the Olympic Committee.
His Highness Sheikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa reviewed the preparations carried out by the Olympic Committee to host the meeting of the Sports Arbitration Court (CAS), which will be held from 10-14 November 2025. It has also been discussed on coordination on the support of the Gulf Cooperation Council candidates for international sports positions and the adoption of the Gulf Sports Arbitration Authority.
In the last item, the new works of the strategic plan of the Equal Committee 2024-2028, which includes vision, message and values, wishing His Highness the success and success committee.
