Clegg: “Beach Soccer would be a fantastic sport at the Olympics”

The former CEO of Baku 2015 European Games enjoyed a great time at the Samsung Intercontinental Cup, and said the Five Rings are a possibility

Simon Clegg, former CEO of the Baku 2015 European games was one of the thousands of spectators enjoying top-class beach soccer at the past Samsung Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup Dubai 2016, and was highly impressed by what he saw:

“I think beach soccer is a fantastic sport. It is very fast moving. It is very dynamic, It is very exciting for the spectators with all the noise and all the excitement that takes place on the pitch.”

Clegg, now living in Dubai as COO of the Expo 2020 Dubai, added: “It is great for me to come down from my office and see this fantastic stadium, to see some amazing players and a great competition. I really look forward to come back again next year”. 

As an expert in Olympism, the former CEO of the European Games Baku 2015 said that beach soccer is not that far from the Olympic Games, specially for everything that it could bring to them: “Beach Soccer would be a fantastic sport at the Olympics. I think it is really important that the whole beach soccer community dream about that particular goal, because nothing will accelerate the further development of the sport like having it as part of the Olympics. And maybe one day, this dream will come true”.