First GCC women’s football kicks off in Dammam Friday

The first women’s football title in the Gulf will commences at the Green Sports City in Al-Dammam on Friday with the investment of 11 Saudi groups and five groups from other Gulf nations. 

Sorted out under the supervision of the Saudi Federation of Community Sport, the title will be propelled with the help of Eastern Province Emir Prince Saud Bin Naif. 

Sana Al-Ateeq, chief of the Loonkom Company for Event Management, the coordinator of the occasion, said the challenge, which will keep running from March 1 to 6, expects to advance games among Saudi ladies inside the Shariah limits and regarding Saudi social conventions and traditions. 

"The thought was not born yesterday; it took us around a year to transform it into reality on the ground. We picked football since it is the absolute favorite game in the Gulf district among all age gatherings. Presumably Prince Saud Bin Naif, emir of the Eastern Province, and the General Sports Authority upheld us en route to guarantee the accomplishment of the challenge. Ruler Saud repeated on a few events that the legislature bolstered ladies' games and ensured their entitlement to pick," she said. 

No one but ladies can go to as men are not allowed to watch the match from inside the lobby, Al-Ateeq stated, including that families and youngsters can appreciate a great deal of exercises in the games city. 

Ladies who wish to go to should purchase tickets on the web, she said. 

The taking part groups have great experience and have been playing this game for quite a while and some of them took an interest in nearby and global challenges. The Gulf groups are from Kuwait, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Oman. 

Al-Ateeq said 70 percent of the returns of the occasion would be given to philanthropy.