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- Dodgeball World Cup to be held in Cairo later this month
RIYADH: The Saudi Dodgeball National Team will participate in the Dodgeball World Cup to be held Cairo, Egypt, from December 14 to 17 December.
The delegation of the Saudi national team is headed by the President of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Dodgeball Federation, Prince Saud bin Abdulaziz bin Mohammed Al-Saud.
Also in the delegation is member of the Board of Directors of the federation, Mr. Mohammed Al-Misehal, executive director of the federation, Mr. Abdulaziz Saad Al-Hazani, and senior specialist for business development at the Federation, Ms. Laila Awad Al-Hamedi.
Coach Hani Mohammed and his assistant Ibrahim Al-Muqbel, in addition to 6 players, Mohammed Al-Ghanam, Raed Al-Thanayan, Sultan Fakhouri, Khaled Al-Jandal, Ahmed Al-Muhaishi and Abdullah Al-Haqbani make up the playing side.
Prince Saud bin Abdulaziz thanked King Salman and Crow Prince Mohammed bin Salman for their generous support to the sports sector, which has resulted in development in the sports community with unlimited support, as the national team will participate in the Dodgeball World Cup for the first time.
He expressed his hope that the players would present an honorable image of Saudi sport in the Dodgeball World Cup, despite the fact that the game is taking its first steps in the Kingdom, and hoped this championship would provide more experience.
Dodgeball is a sport in which a group of players participate by throwing the ball at the opposing team and trying to avoid touching the ball thrown by the opposing team, as the goal of the game is to eliminate all players from the opposing team to win.