KUWAIT, Aug 23 (KUNA) -- Shabib Al-Khalidi, the former Kuwaiti Kazma SC player and currently the Emirati Hatta SC, on Wednesday won the Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Award (Golden Cup) for the best local football player for the 2022-2023 season after for the second time in a row. Al-Khalidi competed for the award title this season with Salmiya player Mubarak Al-Fenini and Al-Nasr's Mohamed Daham.
Al-Khalidi received the award from the sponsor of the ceremony, the Chairman of the Kuwaiti Olympic Committee, Sheikh Fahad Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, who confirmed that the prize is a great incentive for players and aims to develop the game in the country, expressing his pride and pride in sponsoring the award ceremony that bears the name of his father - may God have mercy on him - for the fifth year in a row. Sheikh Fahad Nasser Al-Sabah affirmed the continuation of supporting the players and everything that contributes to raising the level of football in particular and sports in general, praising the efforts of all the award workers, sponsors, and arbitration committees.
For his part, Al-Khalidi expressed his happiness with "this coronation and the great support for sports and athletes." He also thanked those in charge of the award, headed by Sheikh Fahad Nasser Al-Sabah, for his "unlimited support for all athletes." Kuwait club goalkeeper Abdul Rahman Kamil won the best save award for the 2022-2023 football season, Al-Arabi club player Hussein Ashkani won the best promising player award in the season, and (Al-Arabi) player Badr Tariq won the most beautiful goal award. (end) hms.my.msa.ara