ABU DHABI // A football tournament held for thousands of Dubai pupils has been ranked the best youth sports event for 2014-15 by the Sports Events Ranking System.
The newly-introduced ranking system, ratified by Shiekh Hamdan bin Mohammed, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Sports, graded 400 Dubai sports events using a five-star classification.
The Dubai Schools Football Cup received four stars while only four events recieved the maximum five-star rating - golf’s DP World Tour Championship, Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, horse racing’s Dubai World Cup and cycling’s Dubai Tour.
Launched at the end of last year by sports marketing company Inspiratus and the Dubai Sports Council, the football tournament involved 2,000 girls and boys aged 11-16 from 55 schools in Dubai.
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