Prince Tanko Abdulrahman, Chairman of Malaysia's Olympic Council and delegate of the national Olympic committees to the Asian-African Commonwealth countries, thanked Prince Sultan bin Fahd bin Abdulaziz, President of Youth Welfare and Chairman of the Sports Federation for Islamic Solidarity, and his deputy Prince Nawaf bin Faisal bin Fahd bin Abdulaziz for their support for sports competitions in the Islamic world. In a press statement here today, Prince Tanko lauded the Saudi's hosting of the first Islamic sports tournament scheduled to be held next year.