Exciting final of Nawras Beach Football Tournament
Muscat, 30 March 2014 – After an exciting finals day, the winners of the third annual Nawras Beach Football Tournament were celebrating with the crowds. The victors, team ‘Cosmos’ from Muscat, proudly raised their winner’s trophy after a tough competition.
The tournament saw some amazing skills and sportsmanship, as the 32 winning teams from Sur and Muscat battled it out for top honours. The top team took home RO 1,200, with 2nd place bagging RO 800 and third place RO 600. There was also a prize of RO 200 for the best player – Farid Shukairi, also from team ‘Cosmos’.
“This has been a fantastic tournament full of great goals and sportsmanship. For us, it’s inspiring to see the level of talent and passion for the game and I know that a number of players are already looking forward to next year’s tournament! The spectator support was also amazing and helped to make the event a huge success” said Said Safrar, Chief Customer Experience Officer at Nawras.
Nawras, a member of Ooredoo Group, is keen to promote the game, as well as encouraging today’s youth to stay fit, healthy and active – that is also advocated by Ali Al Habsi, one of Nawras’ Brand Ambassadors ansomething d a well-loved member of the Nawras family.
About Nawras:
Omani Qatari Telecommunications Company SAOG was founded and registered in the Sultanate of Oman in December 2004. It launched its service in March 2005 as the challenger mobile operator in Oman operating under the name Nawras. Nawras was awarded the second fixed licence in Oman in 2009, and launched its international gateway in April 2010, its corporate fixed and broadband services in May 2010, and its residential fixed and broadband services in June 2010. Since 2010 Nawras has been an integrated services telecommunications operator and is currently serving around 2 million customers across the Sultanate. Following a successful IPO, Nawras is listed on the Muscat Stock Market (MSM) under the “nwrs” ticker since 1 November 2010. Nawras is majority owned by the Qtel Group and also has a number of significant Omani shareholders which ensures that the company is strongly integrated into the Omani society. Nawras has won a number of awards including ‘Customer Service Excellence Award’ in Telecom Sector 2012 from Oman Customer Care Conference and CommsMEA 2012 ‘Customer Service Provider of the Year’ award. The company was also named the ‘Connection of Choice’ in both the ‘Popular Choice’ and ‘Top Management Choice’ telecom categories in BusinessToday’s Best Brands 2012 survey.
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The company reported revenues of $ 9.3 billion U.S. dollars in 2013 and had a consolidated global customer base of more than 95 million people as of 31 December 2013. Ooredoo’s shares are listed on the Qatar Exchange and the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange.
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