Arab Times

Jaber Al Ahmad stadium inaugurati­on

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here”, said David Beckham, Captain of the Internatio­nal All-Stars side. Asked what his memorable moment was, Beckham said playing for Manchester United and winning the treble was a memorable moment in itself.

Asked how he sees the draws for the European championsh­ips, he said England finds itself in a tough group with Wales but England shall survive. The historic event was preceded by an opening ceremony gathering Kuwait consisted of Mohamed Aboutrika, Jamie Carragher, Jens Lehmann, Ronaldinho, Carles Puyol, Míchel Salgado, Alessandro Del Piero, Gianluca Zambrotta, Luís Figo, Alessandro Nesta, Andriy Shevchenko, Deco, David James and David Beckham.

Jaber Al-Ahmad Internatio­nal Stadium, a 60,000 seat capacity, is a multi-purpose stadium in the Ardhiyah area of Kuwait City, Kuwait. Completed in 2009, it is used mostly for football matches and athletics.

The stadium has a capacity of 60,000 seated spectators, the building is constructe­d in 4 levels, with 54 corporate boxes, 6000 car parkings. It was expected to open in second quarter of 2010, but the building failed structural-integrity testing and remains closed. Jaber AlAhmad will be the new home of the Kuwait national football team.[1] Stadium was named after late Amir of Kuwait Shaikh Jaber Al Ahmad Al Sabah. Kuwait celebrated their winning of Gulf Cup 20 in that stadium.

This is the second time in Kuwaiti

HH the Amir and HH the Crown Prince applaud a performanc­e.

history to host a huge number of spectators; the first was during the final match of the Asian Clubs Championsh­ip between Kuwait’s AlQadisiya and Al-Itihad of Syria in 2010.

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