8th May 2017- Three-member Maldives tennis team taking part in 4th Islamic Solidarity Games left for Azerbaijan on 7th May 2017. Abdulla Faaih Fazeel and Zeina Abdul Rasheed will represent Maldives in individual tennis event that would commence on 16th May 2017. Team will be coached by Coach Nino Salvador from Phillipines.
In a small ceremony held in Baku, Abdulla Faaih Fazeel from tennis team was appointed as the flag bearer to the Maldivian contingent at the Games.
Flag barrier ceremony
A total of 28 athletes and officials including delegates from the National Olympic Committee represent the Maldivian contingent at the Games that will be held from 12th- 22nd May 2017. Maldives will compete in 05 disciplines including athletics, swimming, tennis, table tennis, and shooting.
Maldivian Contingent
The 4th Islamic Solidarity Games is a multinational, multi-sport event which will be held in Baku, Azerbaijan from 12 to 22 May 2017. Previously the event has been held in Saudi Arabia in 2005 and Indonesia in 2013. The second event, originally scheduled to take place in October 2009 in Iran, was later re-scheduled but then cancelled. The Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation (ISSF) is responsible for the direction and control of the Islamic Solidarity Games.
Athletes from 57 Islamic countries around the world will be representing their nations over 10 days of competition across 20 different sports which include 24 disciplines Athletics and Para Athletics, Aquatics – Diving, Aquatics – Swimming, Aquatics – Water Polo, Basketball 3×3, Football, Gymnastics – Artistic, Gymnastics – Rhythmic, Wushu, Table Tennis, Handball, Judo and Blind Judo, Wrestling – Greco, Wrestling – Freestyle, Shooting, Tennis, Volleyball, Boxing, Zurkhaneh, Karate, Taekwondo and Weightlifting in 16 state-of-the-art competition venues across Baku.