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LGE Extends its Support to Sports
LGE Extends its Support to Sports
/Consumer Electronics PR News/ - AMMAN, JORDAN, August 25, 2006 - Aligned with its aims to promote social development, LG Electronics (LGE) recently sponsored the Iraqi soccer team in its mach against Palestine. The soccer match took place at the King Abdullah International Stadium located in the Qwesmeh area of Eastern Amman. Both teams demonstrated high levels of style and ingenuity as they competed to qualify for next years' Asian Football Confederation Cup Tournament.
The mach took place on Thursday August 17th brining with it victory for the Iraqi team as It beat the Palestinian team 3 to zero. Both the Iraqi and the Palestinian teams competed within the Group E qualifying rounds of the tournament. Group E also includes the soccer teams of China and Singapore.
Solidifying its role as a supporter of sports, LGE extended its sponsorship for the Iraqi team members throughout their preparations for the games. The firm provided the Iraqi team with financial support, equipment, training facilities, and guidance throughout their quest for advancement. Taking its interest in sports a step further, LGE also granted the player Younes Mahmoud of the Iraqi team the gift for the title of the Most Valuable Player award.
The "Most Valuable Player Award" is granted by AFC (Asian Football Confederation) at every Asian Football Confederation Cup Tournament to players who demonstrate exceptional skills and sportsmanship throughout their gaming performance. This year, LGE awarded the winning player with a LG Chocolate Mobile Phone, one of its most innovative products on the market.
When asked to comment on the firm's role within the sporting arena, Kevin Cha, the General Manager of the LGE for Iraq said, "We at LGE, see ourselves as so much more than producers of consumer electronics. We see ourselves as key supporters of social development. Sports in our opinion are key to bringing communities, societies, and even nations closer together, and we feel it is our duty to work towards such unity. We have renewed its contract to sponsor the Iraqi Football Association for another two years on May 2006. Our support for the Iraqi team comes as part of our firm belief in its abilities, and we as a firm look forward to seeing it play again against Palestine next month. We wish both teams all the best, and may the best team win."
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Email: jordan@traccs.net
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