By Joory Ward
UNIVERSITY CITY, SHARJAH – The American University of Sharjah is hosting what
has become an annual “Battle of the Colleges Sports Tournament,” with preliminaries
scheduled to start next week and finals set for next month.
AUS’s colleges will compete in 14 different sports including volleyball, basketball,
powerlifting, swimming, chess and tennis.
All will feature men’s and women’s teams except cricket, in which only men’s teams will
participate.
Each team is allowed one alumnus/alumna and one staff or faculty member.
The tournament will take place at AUS’s sports facilities. Preliminary matches will be
held Sept. 29 and 30 to select the best teams from each college. Finals will be held Oct 9. The events start at 5 p.m. each night.
Students, staff, faculty, and and alumni are encouraged to attend the event.
The deadline to register to play was Sept. 23.
