World Sports Summit
Dubai to host 2026 FIFA Awards, announced at World Sports Summit
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At the World Sports Summit in Dubai, FIFA President Gianni Infantino announced that the city will host the 2026 FIFA World Football Awards, marking a new partnership with the Dubai Sports Council. This follows the 2025 ceremony in Doha, where Ousmane Dembele and Aitana Bonmati were named top players.
Fifa president Gianni Infantino, tennis stars Novak Djokovic and Ons Jabeur, and Brazilian football legend Ronaldo Nazario are set to speak on the opening day of the World Sports Summit in Dubai. The two-day event, running December 29-30 at Madinat Jumeirah, aims to unite sports leaders under the theme 'uniting the world through sport'. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed hailed it as a platform for global dialogue on sports development.