FOOTBALL – THE Royal Guard won the fifth edition of the Commander-in-Chief of the Bahrain Defence Force (BDF) Cup, defeating the Royal Bahraini Naval Force on penalties 5-2 after a 1-1 draw at Shaikh Ali Bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Stadium.
Shaikh Ali bin Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, president of the Bahrain Football Association (BFA), represented the Commander-in-Chief to present the trophy and medals.
Individual awards went to Moayed Al Desooqe as best player, Ziad Bassil as top scorer, and Hassan Ali Khaleef as best goalkeeper. The tournament, organised by the Military Sports Union, also included a prize draw of four cars.