JEDDAH: The second World Football Summit Asia kicked off on Tuesday in Jeddah, bringing together key decision-makers from the global football industry, with in excess of 1,000 attendees representing more than 70 countries in the first event of its kind in the country.
The two-day summit is scheduled to coincide with the FIFA Club World Cup, which is being held in Jeddah from Dec. 12 to Dec.
22. The summit, on its first day, featured notable speakers, sports figures and football industry professionals including Adwa Al-Arifi, Saudi Arabia’s assistant minister of sports affairs, Prof.
Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize recipient, and Datuk Seri Windsor Paul John, general-secretary at the Asian Football Confederation.
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