Football academies help create not only better players but also better human beings, said Jamaal Asad Al Tunisi, former president of Al Wahda Sports Club in Makkah. He made this comment while inaugurating a training camp of Jeddah Sports Club’s Football Academy at Dunk grounds near Ikea showroom here recently. Sports academies kick away laziness, the habit of time wasting on computer games and develop good personalities, he said. Tunisi was president of Al Wahda for more than 10 years. The Makkah club has basketball, handball, volleyball, karate and swimming teams apart from a football team. He said Al Wahda had contributed several reputed players to the Saudi national team including Osama Hawsawi, the central defender who is now playing for RSC Anderlecht in Belgium. Nasser Al Shamrani, Essa Al Mahyani, Mohammed Assiri and Salman Marshadi were other famous Saudi players who honed their skills at Al Wahda. JSC president Kannur Abdul Rafeeq welcomed the chief guest and other participants. Saleem gave an introduction of JSC Academy, which has completed two years of operation. The program began with a recitation from the Holy Qur’an by trainee Amir Safarullah. E.V. Ashraf thanked Al Tunisi and other participants for making the event a big success. Coaches Rafeeq, Saleem, Iqbal and Haneefa supervised the selection of new trainees. Arab news