A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Advocating the Rights of Children (ARC) in partnership with FAM Foundation has held a sensitization programme on child protection in football. The programme, conducted in two sessions at ARC Convention Hall today, was attended by over 25 participants including coaches, management and staff of football academies and football clubs. The sensitization programme focused child protection […]
The Ekuveni Running Track, developed with Indian assistance under the ‘High Impact Community Development’ projects, has now been officially opened. The project to upgrade the Ekuveni running track into a state-of-the-art synthetic nine-lane running track was initiated in mid-2020 to permanently address the shortcomings of the previous running track. During the inauguration ceremony yesterday evening, […]
A special event to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the British Loyalty wreck was held yesterday morning at Maradhoo, Addu City harbour. Visit Maldives joined this event, organized by Nalafehi Meedhoo, a non-government organization based in Meedhoo, Addu City, in association with the Addu City Council. The event commenced with the unveiling of the logo […]
The Maldives Olympic Committee has yesterday held its Annual General Assembly 2020. The assembly was attended by the Committee’s Secretary-General Ahmed Marzooq, Vice President Ahmed Latheef, Treasurer Hussain Rasheed, along with other Executive Committee members. As chief guest, the Minister of Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment, Ahmed Mahloof joined the meeting virtually. Other virtual attendees […]
Local game-changing airline Manta Air and local sky diving champions Skydive Maldives Islands along with Skydive Qatar and Reollo travel has joined together to embark on a journey to establish sky diving operations in the Maldives. With the arrival of the specially modified Cessna 208, customized especially for sky diving, today at Dhaalu Airport, it […]
Albion Store has been announced as the co-sponsor of Super Sports United (SUS) for the upcoming Dhiraagu Dhivehi Premier League 2020/2021. Albion Store is a leading hardware store and sanitary-ware supplier in the Maldives. It has been in operation since 1980, marketing and supplying various hardware products within the country. The announcement of Albion Store […]
President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has called upon young athletes of the Maldives to make the best use of national sporting facilities and the opportunities provided to them through sports associations to strive for victory in international sporting events. He expressed these sentiments while delivering remarks at the official inauguration ceremony of two sports facilities at […]
Bodybuilding Association of Maldives (BBAM) has announced that the 19th National Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championship (Mr. Maldives) will take place on 26th March 2021. The one-day event is scheduled to be held in Male’ Maldives. The venue of the competition has not been disclosed yet however the registration for the competition has opened today. […]
Lily Beach Resort & Spa is well-known as the pioneer of all-inclusive tourism in the Maldives and it has been a leading resort in the category for the longest time. The resort has been able to hold this title, due to the continuous work and support of the staff to provide an all-inclusive experience above […]