Al-Roudan tournament

KUWAIT: Portuguese football player Louis Figo arrives in Kuwait today evening, as a guest of Al-Roudan tournament for indoors football, after being chosen as an ambassador to tournaments all around the world. The organizing committee will hold a press conference at Kuwait Airport in the VIP lounge at 11pm.

On arrival Figo is expected to speak about the tournament and means to strengthen Al-Roudan presence in the international fields. Figo is well known for his popularity during his professional career which earned him the ‘Ideal player in the World’ award. Meanwhile, the 12th day competition resulted in ABYAT, Kuwait Future, and Samsung qualifying for the second round after defeating Deewaniat Al-Subat, the Australian College, and Atom Sports.

In the first game, Samsung were held by Atom, while Kuwait Future blanked Australian college 3-0. Egyptian player Abdul Qader was adjudged best player of the match. In the last game between Abyat and Deewaniat Al-Subat ended with a 4-0 win for Abyat.

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