National basketball team player, specialist in three-point shots, Omar Amur Amiri, known as "Amur One," confirmed that the medical staff of his new club, Shabab Al Ali, is making great efforts to help him recover from the ankle injury and prepare for the upcoming matches against the national teams of Lebanon and Bahrain on November 22 and 25 this year.
"Currently, the medical team of Shabab Al Ali is providing all support, while working against us, conducting intensive recovery procedures to enable me to return after the serious ankle injury sustained in the match of my team against Al Ali from Bahrain on the 5th thanks to which I had to miss the current training for the national team and the external camp in Serbia to prepare for matches with Lebanon and Bahrain," said Amiri for "Emirates Today."
"The recovery timelines are not yet determined, but the medical staff of the club, led by Dr. Mohammaed Assama and the team director Zaida Khuidama, is providing maximum support in morning and evening intensive sessions for my quick return with the hope of being on the national team list for these important matches," he added.
"I believe that in case of an unsuccessful recovery, I have confidence in the abilities of my teammates, and I can show the level reachable for emirate basketball, and we have great hopes that we can qualify in due time, considering the third window in the final stage next February, with the ambition to return to the Asian Championship after a long break and give this generation of players a chance to achieve new successes, after we together received gold at the Gulf Games in Kuwait in 2022, which is the most important achievement in my career with the national team," Amur emphasized.
"Amur" emphasized the importance of three-point shots in crucial matches, especially against the national teams of Lebanon and Bahrain, whose players have high success rates in key moments. "I strive to maintain a high success rate of successful three-point shots, which are a priority for the national team in games against other teams, such as one of the most important shots in my career with the national team, when I managed to throw the ball seven seconds before the final buzzer to secure victory over Kuwait with a score of 68-67 in Doha at the early stages of the Asian qualifiers."
"Amur" (33 years old) revealed the reason for his transfer to the new club Shabab Al Ali, stating: "The pursuit of victories was the reason for my transfer to Shabab Al Ali, which has won 61 local and international titles in basketball, being the most titled football club in the UAE among emirate clubs in basketball, owning a championship team, including international stars, and also strong performance abroad in the Western Asia League, and this summer he qualified for the final of the Asia Champions League."
