(MENAFN- Gulf Times) After a successful campaign of visiting a number of educational institutions and government organisations over the course of the last two weeks, the Qatar Football Association's (QFA) special delegation stopped by more schools to extend their Emir Cup trophy tour.
On their recent visits, the QFA delegation were welcomed by students of the Lebanese School Qatar, the Cairo Private School and the Al Yarmouk Independent Preparatory School for Boys Doha.
The QFA team was welcomed by Dr Wajih Asaad, Director General of the Lebanese School, Nancy Haddad, Director of the preparatory and secondary levels, and PE teacher Samir Ghazwini.
The students engaged in conversation with the QFA delegation on the strengths of the four teams competing in the semi-finals. The students also spent little time in having their pictures snapped at the gathering with the Emir Cup trophy.
Salah Ramez, Principal of the Cairo Private School, welcomed the QFA delegation on the Emir Cup trophy tour. Alaa Sedqi, Deputy Director for Academic Affairs, and Professor Mohamed Kamal, Co-ordinator of Physical Education, were also present.
The school students asked QFA officials about the history of the tournament that was first held in 1972. The Emir Cup, they were told, is the country's top football event.
Al Yarmouk Independent Preparatory School for Boys Doha, was also one of the stops for the QFA team. A special festival at the school premises saw students and teachers taking turns for individual or group shots. The event was organised and co-ordinated by the Department of Physical Education at the school under the supervision of national coach Abdullah Mubarak.
International referee Khamis al-Kuwari and Mohamed Timur were also present. The festival was attended by a large gathering of Qatari football players and coaches and members of the media. The players who were present at the gathering included Yusuf Adam, Abdel Aziz Hassan, Asim Madbo, Khalid Radwan, Sheikh Hassan, Mosaad al-Hamad, Abdullah al-Kuwari and Ali Saeed al-Mohannadi.
The list of referees included Sultan al-Sufayani, Faisal Abdullah, Abdullah al-Nuba and Hatem al-Buji. Mohammed Saadoun al-Kuwari, the beIN SPORTS presenter, was also present.
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