Sports activities held to reduce terrorism [Archives:2007/1090/Local News]

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October 1 2007

SANA'A, 30 Sept ) Officials at the Yemeni General Union for Volleyball (YGUV) say sports activities can help reduce terrorism and extremism among young people.

Dr. Suhaib Al-Adeemi, head of YGUV's Sana'a Branch, said that some youths resort to terrorism as a result of leisure time they have, especially during summer.

Sport activities are a good alternative for youths to occurpy their free time, he said. “We want youths to read the title and think of the difference between sport and terrorism and how they can occupy their time with better things