His Highness Prince Fahad bin Jalawi bin Abdulaziz bin Musaed, Vice President of the Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee, held a series of meetings with leaders of international sport after attending the opening of the SportAccord conference in Lausanne, Switzerland. The ceremony was attended by International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry, IOC members and presidents of international federations.

With International Volleyball Federation President Fabio Azevedo, Prince Fahad discussed areas of cooperation and support for volleyball in the Kingdom, and the two sides agreed to carry out a number of programmes to develop the game.

He also discussed with World Baseball Softball Confederation President Riccardo Fraccari how the international body could help spread baseball in Saudi Arabia.

His meetings further included International Table Tennis Federation President Petra Sörling, Union Cycliste Internationale President David Lappartient and several members of the AIMS General Assembly.

Prince Fahad also paid an official visit to the headquarters of United World Wrestling, where he was received by its president and the two sides reviewed avenues for cooperation and development.