Day two of inaugural World Sports Summit in Dubai sees focus shift to athletes' well-being

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Day two of inaugural World Sports Summit in Dubai sees focus shift to athletes' well-being  Dubai Sports Council organised the event under the patronage of Crown Prince of Dubai and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/12/31/day-two-of-inaugural-world-sports-summit-in-dubai-sees-focus-shift-to-athletes-well-being  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Day two of the first ever World Sports Summit shifted the focus from inspiration to action

00:06with conversations spanning athlete well-being, innovation and the future of global sport.

00:12UFC legend Khabib Nurmagomedov opened the day sharing his perspective on where mixed martial

00:17arts is headed.

00:18British UFC fighter Michael Venom Page was also in attendance taking inspiration from

00:23some of his own sporting heroes and hoping to pass on that motivation to the next generation.

00:28It's understanding that you need patience and things like this to keep motivating yourself

00:34to want to keep getting back into it so even being here in a short space of time I'm inspired

00:39and eager to get back to training, inspired and eager to go back and you know put the

00:44work into push for my next fight.

00:46Believe to God, believe yourself and hard work focus and you will achieve all those you're

00:53dreaming for and make sure that you're dreaming for to make a legacy.

00:59Legacy that can help and be an inspiration to the next generation.

01:07Basketball was also firmly in the spotlight.

01:09Four-time NBA champion and Asvell Leon owner Tony Parker says the long-discussed idea of NBA

01:15Europe is edging closer to reality.

01:17It's going to be a great project, I'm super excited, I'm super happy that the NBA wants

01:22to come to Europe.

01:23I think that's the next step for us you know to build a great league and so hopefully you

01:28know we can move forward with that and announce some great stuff in 2026.

01:33From locker rooms to board rooms the message here is clear.

01:37Global sport is expanding fast and Dubai wants to be at the center of the conversation.

01:42Adil Halim, your news, Dubai.

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