Manchester United legend Ryan Giggs, former Spain international Michel Salgado and rising Portuguese star Joao Felix have joined some of football’s biggest names in supporting Dubai Sports Council’s “Be Fit, Be Safe” campaign, urging Emiratis and UAE’s expatriates to heed the country’s authorities and stay home, and stay healthy

The world football governing body FIFA is planning to extend the 2019/20 season indefinitely, which will allow domestic leagues to decide how to conclude their seasons, the majority of which were initially scheduled to end in April and May but were disrupted due to the global COVID-19 outbreak, The Athletic sports news portal reported on Monday

The 14th Dubai International Sports Conference, organised under the umbrella of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives, and the Dubai Globe Soccer Awards have received extensive coverage in the international media

Real Madrid were left to rue a series of near misses Sunday as they stumbled to a 0-0 home draw with Athletic Bilbao, dropping two points adrift of Barcelona in a tight Spanish title race

Players-turned-managers Didier Deschamps, Ryan Giggs and Simone Inzaghi will also be speaking at the Conference on December 28

* Former Dutch gloveman will headline opening session alongside former England boss Fabio Capello and Man City CEO Ferran Soriano