20/03/2023
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20/03/2023
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KUWAIT CITY, March 20: Kuwait's Police Sports Federation announced on Monday it will be hosting the Indoor Soccer World Cup in November and a number of teams will be taking part in the first edition of this tournament. During a press briefing, Major General Waleed Al-Shehab said the tournament will be under the benefaction of Kuwait's association headed by Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah and will be organized under the technicalities of the official federation's regulations while also facilitating a team of referees to manage the contest. Al-Shehab also added, the federation will begin its team preparations to facilitate proper arrangements and a show of performance to debut the contest, which will be involving 32 teams from all over the world, while at the moment 15 teams have confirmed their partaking as registration deadline nears.
Al-Shehab also presented great thanks to the IPA organization and all its members for facilitating the process of forming such a tournament, while on his behalf the Vice of the International Sports Federation (IPSF) Gonzalez Londorino mentioned Kuwait's importance in this Organization since its premiership from 1994 and the sports events organized under its leadership. Kuwait's experience in upholding these events comes from an extensive history of its professional cadres in organizing important police sports events thanks to the deep-rooted ties with the IPA, said Londorino. IPSF Secretary Gen. Sandro Dirks said the federation's role will be to facilitate the roundup of the tournament in helping with logistical and communications matters, as it will be the first indoor soccer World Cup under such precessions, while also mentioning that this a rejoinder for the Federation's lack of activity since the COVID pandemic came to pass. (KUNA)