The festivities, held at Lusail City’s Fox Hills, attracted employees from the two companies and their families.

Speaking on Qatari Diar’s celebration, Group CEO Khaled Mohamed al-Sayed said: “Today’s festivities mark Qatari Diar’s third celebration of Qatar’s National Sport Day. We celebrate this day because sports and active living are vital for Qatar’s success, now and in the future. Qatar’s leadership established a vision to promote activity and sports for the good of the Qatari people and Qatari Diar is fully committed to highlighting the importance of healthy living and making this vision become a reality.”

Qatari Diar’s celebration featured a variety of sports activities for all age groups. It started with a fun run marathon, won by Farhan Ottokakh from India and closely followed to the line by Chrbel Bouzerdan of Lebanon and Rachid al-Hajri from Qatar. Essa Mohamed Ali Kaladari, CEO of Lusail Real Estate Development Company, presented the prizes to the winners.

The day’s other sports activities for adults and children included a cricket tournament and a volleyball competition, which saw the Al Jaber team take the honours.

Cameron Bain from South Africa, who played in the football tournament that was won by the Lusail team, said: “The events here today have enabled us to socialise with colleagues and showcase great teamwork outside the office.”

Employees from both Qatari Diar and Barwa Real Estate enjoyed a healthy lunch, prepared specifically for the day to promote healthy eating.

Elsewhere, a variety of recreational activities such as taekwondo and acrobatic shows were hosted at a special tent dedicated to children. They also enjoyed fun activities such as kite flying, jumping bags, balloon blowing, water sponge games, elastic prison, snake ball, trampolines, pull the tyre and an obstacle course.