The Athletics Department at AUD is committed to providing a developed athletic program to complement the AUD academic experience. Students engaged in athletics and sports have the opportunity to develop their leadership skills, work in a team and learn that regular practice and dedication leads to success. In addition, the AUD's athletics program seeks to develop and maintain physical fitness in all members of the AUD community.

AUD's athletic programs cater to all types of athletes by providing a variety of sports programs and athletic opportunities that are accessible to all students. For the highly skilled and highly competitive athlete, AUD competes in a number of intercollegiate sports, as well as international competitions. Regular tournaments, games, and friendly matches form the core of the competitive sports program.

AUD recently organized friendly games with the American University of Sharjah in basketball, volleyball and soccer for both men and women’s teams during two consecutive days. The matches ended with varying results between the different teams.

• AUD’s women volleyball team won AUS 2-1 and the men’s volleyball team lost 1-2.
• In Basketball AUD women’s team lost 10-37 but the AUD basketball team won 45-40. It was a tie between the men soccer teams of both universities.
• Also, AUD won on the Mandara Club by 1-0 in the women soccer tournament.