Jerusalem – Pal Sport Agency: Concurrently with celebrations of the Palestinian people marking the glorious Christmas of the Christian communities following western and eastern calendars, Pal Sport Network launched the "Christmas Sports Week" for football and basketball games for the sixth consecutive year with participation by the Capital Club and Al Quds Basketball Academy. The Week’s events were sponsored by the National Beverage Company Coca-Cola/Cappy, which presented gifts to the participant players of various youth groups.
Mr. Wesam al-Bukhari, Editor-in-chief of Pal Sport Network and Agency, praised this sportive activity which started by the end of last year and continued to the first days of the new year. About one hundred football players of Capital Club participated in those events under the supervision of the Asian Lecturer, Firas Abu Mayala; as well as a number of players, members of Al Quds Basketball Academy under supervision of Khaled Barakat, Coach and spiritual father of the Academy, who expressed his pride for maintaining this annual tradition in al Quds, which aims to keep the ongoing sports movement of the youth in Al Quds, and bring joy to kids through the gifts presented by NBC during Christmas days. Mr. al-Bukhari extended his gratitude to NBC and its General Manager, Mr. Imad al-Hindi, and Mr. Alaa Esawi, Technical and PAC Coordinator at NBC for all the support provided by NBC on continuous basis. He also commended the partnership between NBC and Pal Sport Network, which began over twenty years ago.
At the end of Christmas Sports Week, Mr. Imad al-Hindi, NBC General Manager, confirmed that NBC has been always looking forward to providing more support and contribution to the sports sector in general in Palestine, and in Al Quds in particular. He believed in the high skills and aptitudes of Al Quds youth, whether at individual or team games level; despite the difficult life circumstances in Al Quds. He emphasized the importance of embracing the talents of youth groups of both genders; praising the idea of Sports Week launched by Pal Sport Network and Agency with NBC in the last 16 years, to become a constant yearly tradition at the end of every year, held concurrently with Christmas celebrations, as a religious and national Palestinian event.
