Doha                                                                                                                                                                                                       11 July 2018

Ooredoo has today announced that it is the Official Sponsor of Save The Dream Legends Match that will take place at the Majlis Qatar, which has been organised as part of the FIFA 2018 World Cup Russia celebrations.

The Majlis Qatar is a temporary two storey structure built in Gorky Central Park and includes entertainment zones, as well as a place for Qatar to broadcast live coverage of the football.

As the Official Sponsor Ooredoo will provide support for the upcoming Save The Dream - Legends Match, which will take place on Friday 13 July at 3 - 6 PM.

The charity match will include a host of famous faces and sporting legends and aims to spread the message of hope and opportunities to children through sport.

Save the Dream is a global charity that implements and promotes activities to empower youth through safe access to sport and to its educational and social values. Through these activities, Save the Dream aims to develop skills, instil ethics, promote social innovation and much more.

Talking about the sponsorship, Manar Khalifa Al Muraikhi, Director PR and Corporate Communications, Ooredoo Qatar, said: “Ooredoo is delighted to be supporting the Majlis Qatar  in Russia and promoting the amazing legends match with Save The Dream. We believe in sponsoring sporting activities, both internationally and at home in Qatar, to inspire our customers to live an active lifestyle and back the next-generation of sporting stars.”

Massimiliano Montanari, Executive Director, Save the Dream, added: “We would like to extend a special and heartfelt thanks to Ooredoo for the continuous support to our mission. We organised together this Football Legends Match at Majlis Qatar, a great opportunity brought to us by the Qatar’s Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy, not to entertain but to send, from Moscow during the World Cup, a  powerful message on the role of sport to empower most underprivileged children and to strengthen the bridge, worldwide, between mega-events and sport at the grass-root level.”

Ooredoo customers can watch full live coverage of the 2018 FIFA World Cup via the new beIN 2018 FIFA World Cup Package on Ooredoo tv.