National Sport Day (NSD)

Celebrated every second Tuesday of February, the NSD is an initiative adopted after a 2011 decree by H.H. the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. The inaugural NSD was held in 2012 and has been held annually ever since. Qatar is one of the only countries in the world to organize a National Sport Day through a paid day of leave, aiming to embed sporting values into Qatar’s culture and inspire local participation in sports.