Ooredoo yesterday received the ‘Distinguished Company for Supporting Sport’ Award at the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC), ‘Sport Excellence Day 2017’.
The prestigious annual event is organised by QOC to honour the best athletes, sport officials, sport institutions and government and non-government organisations for their contribution in boosting sport movement during the season 2016-2017.
Ooredoo Group CEO, Sheikh Saud bin Nasser Al Thani, along with a host of other senior executives from Ooredoo attended the event, where Ooredoo was honoured by HE Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, President of QOC, with an award for its ongoing support of all-levels of sport in Qatar.
As part of the company’s commitment to encouraging people to live more healthy and active lifestyles, Ooredoo is a National Sponsor of the Qatar Olympic Committee and helped support a host of initiatives during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, all Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) events, FINA/Airweave Swimming World Cup events, and the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup Series.
During 2017, Ooredoo has also held a successful Ooredoo Marathon and National Sport Day event at MIA Park. Ooredoo’s #OoredooSpeedTeam has also grown in the past year, with the company adding drivers Adel Hussain Abdulla, Mohammed Al Harqan and Saeed Al Sulaiti to its growing sponsorship team.
Sheikh Saud bin Nasser Al Thani, Ooredoo Group CEO, said: “Ooredoo is a major supporter of sport across all levels - grass-root, national and international. We do this to not only give back to our customers and country, but to work to encourage sports education and inspire the next-generation of athletes for Qatar. On behalf of Ooredoo I am honoured to accept this award today and thank the Qatar Olympic Committee for their hard work and dedication to put Qatar on the sporting map.”
