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BankMuscat offers RO 51,000 to the Oman football
team to win its Asian Cup group matches
Salalah. July 8, 2007: BankMuscat SAOG,
the nation’s leading bank, has once more
promised to extend full support to the national
football team by pledging a bounty of RO 51,000
if the team wins all three of their Group A
matches in the 14th Asian Cup starting tomorrow
in Bangkok, Thailand.
Speaking to newspersons in Salalah, Sheikh
Khalid bin Mustahail Al Mashani, Deputy
Chairman, BankMuscat said:
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“Football is at the heart and soul of every
Omani and we, as the nation’s leading bank,
believe it is our duty to support and
encourage our national team to do even
better. This bounty is a token of our
appreciation for all the hard work of our
beloved team in making our nation proud.
Team Oman, we are with you!” |
Oman plays
its opening match against Australia tomorrow,
which arguably is the toughest match it will
play on its way to the July 29 final of the
Asian Cup. The other teams playing with Oman in
Group A of the tournament are hosts Thailand and
Iraq. Each game won by the team will attract a
cash award of RO 500 per player from the Bank.
BankMuscat, it may be recalled, had similarly
taken the lead in offering cash prizes to the
Oman national football team last year following
their sterling performance in the Gulf Cup 2006
held in UAE. |
