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Kuwait Times
03-08-2025
- Sport
- Kuwait Times
Dawri Zain's refreshed brand identity unveiled
Inspired by the iconic Khaleeji Zain 26 logo that captivated fans across the region KUWAIT: Zain Kuwait, the strategic partner of the Kuwait Football Association (KFA), unveiled the refreshed visual identity of the Zain Premier League (Dawri Zain) during the official draw ceremony for the 2025–2026 season. The event was held in the presence of KFA President Sheikh Ahmad Al-Yousef Al-Sabah, Corporate Relations Department Manager at Zain Kuwait Hamad Al-Musaibeeh, as well as representatives from the KFA, football clubs and the local sports media. The ceremony featured the official reveal of the new league logo, which Zain redesigned to reflect the spirit of Kuwait and its cultural heritage. The logo draws inspiration from the iconic visual identity of the Khaleeji Zain 26 tournament, which Kuwait hosted to great success under Zain's sponsorship at the end of last year. The design incorporates symbolic elements from Kuwait's environment and culture, including desert dunes, the Kuwaiti boom (sailing ship), the camel, the Arabic letter 'Alif' to represent the Arabic language, and the traditional 'iqal' headband, all creatively combined into the shape of the league's emblem. The blue color palette was chosen to reflect the 'Kuwait Blue', enhancing the local and national identity of the league. The refreshed visual identity of Dawri Zain. From the new season's draw event. Zain affirmed that this brand refresh is part of its extended strategic partnership with the Kuwait Football Association. The agreement includes official sponsorship of the Zain Premier League (Dawri Zain), First Division League, HH the Amir's Cup and HH the Crown Prince's Cup. Recently, Zain also celebrated the crowning of Kuwait SC as champions of Dawri Zain for the 20th time in its history. The season witnessed intense competition and remarkable performances by players and clubs, drawing large crowds of enthusiastic fans. In addition, the company recently honored the top players of the 2024–2025 season at its annual Excellence Awards ceremony, which gathered prominent figures from Kuwait's sports scene, media and athletics community. Zain believes in the importance of enriching the local sports landscape and sees its support for the league and national tournaments as a key pillar of its corporate sustainability strategy, which focuses on empowering young Kuwaitis and encouraging them to excel, especially in the field of sports.
Arab Times
02-08-2025
- Business
- Arab Times
Dawri Zain's refreshed brand identity unveiled
KUWAIT CITY, Aug 2: Zain Kuwait, the strategic partner of the Kuwait Football Association (KFA), unveiled the refreshed visual identity of the Zain Premier League (Dawri Zain) during the official draw ceremony for the 2025–2026 season. The event was held in the presence of KFA President Sheikh Ahmad Al-Yousef Al-Sabah, Corporate Relations Department Manager at Zain Kuwait, Hamad Al-Musaibeeh, as well as representatives from the KFA, football clubs, and the local sports ceremony featured the official reveal of the new league logo, which Zain redesigned to reflect the spirit of Kuwait and its cultural heritage. The logo draws inspiration from the iconic visual identity of the Khaleeji Zain 26 tournament, which Kuwait hosted to great success under Zain's sponsorship at the end of last year. The design incorporates symbolic elements from Kuwait's environment and culture, including desert dunes, the Kuwaiti boom (sailing ship), the camel, the Arabic letter "Alif" to represent the Arabic language, and the traditional "iqal" headband, all creatively combined into the shape of the league's emblem. The blue color palette was chosen to reflect the 'Kuwait Blue', enhancing the local and national identity of the league. Zain affirmed that this brand refresh is part of its extended strategic partnership with the Kuwait Football Association for the 2022–2026 seasons. The agreement includes official sponsorship of the Zain Premier League (Dawri Zain), First Division League, HH the Amir's Cup, and HH the Crown Prince's Cup. Recently, Zain also celebrated the crowning of Kuwait SC as champions of Dawri Zain for the 20th time in its history. The season witnessed intense competition and remarkable performances by players and clubs, drawing large crowds of enthusiastic fans. In addition, the company recently honored the top players of the 2024–2025 season at its annual Excellence Awards ceremony, which gathered prominent figures from Kuwait's sports scene, media, and athletics community. Zain believes in the importance of enriching the local sports landscape and sees its support for the league and national tournaments as a key pillar of its corporate sustainability strategy, which focuses on empowering young Kuwaitis and encouraging them to excel, especially in the field of sports.
Kuwait Times
07-05-2025
- Sport
- Kuwait Times
10th Handball Championship inaugurated with participation of nine Arab teams
Kuwait Blue team begin with a winning start KUWAIT: On Monday, the 10th Arab Handball Championship, hosted by Kuwait, was inaugurated at Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Complex, with the participation of nine Arab teams. The opening ceremony, held under the patronage of Minister of Information and Culture, Minister of State for Youth Affairs Abdulrahman Al-Mutairi, included laser shows by youth groups and artist musical show presented by Hamoud Al-Khodr welcoming the participating teams. Kuwaiti handball team took its first steps to the semifinals in the tenth Arab men's handball team championships 'Arab Cup' after beating the Moroccan team 39-29 in the match between the two teams played on Monday in the opening round of the group stage of the tournament. Kuwait guard Hassan Safar was awarded the best player of the match. The result of the two other matches also held Monday in the first round resulted in Bahrain beating Iraq 28-26 and Qatar beating Saudi Arabia 31-22. Thus, the blue (Kuwait) topped the third group with two points and Morocco remained pointless, as well as Bahrain won the two points topped its first group. Qatar also obtained the first two points in the second group race and the Saudi team remained empty-handed. Laser shows from youth groups. Today's matches Three matches will be held today in the third and final round of the group stage, the most prominent of which is at seven in the evening between the teams of Kuwait and the UAE, preceded by two matches, where at 3 pm Saudi Arabia meet with Tunisia and at 5 pm Bahrain plays against Egypt. An important return to the tournament For his part, Acting Director General of the Public Authority for Sport, Bashar Abdullah, after attending the ceremony representing the sponsor of the tournament, stressed that the return of this Arab championship in Kuwait after a long absence is an important matter for Arab handball, wishing all participating teams success. Abdullah said in a statement to reporters after attending the opening ceremony that Kuwait's hosting of the tournament is an implementation of the authority's strategy to organize major tournaments in the country, praising the distinguished organization by the Organizing Committee and the Arab Handball Federation of the tournament. Thanking political leadership For his part, President of the Arab Handball Federation of Saudi Arabia, Fadel Al-Nimr, thanked the political leadership in Kuwait, led by His Highness the Amir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the Kuwait government and the people for this generous hosting of the tournament, which is the second for Kuwait after 46 years. In his speech at the opening of the tournament, Al-Nimr also appreciated Minister Al-Mutairi's patronage of the tournament and the diligent efforts of the Kuwait Handball Federation to organize it professionally, which is not surprising for Kuwait, which possesses outstanding sports and administrative competencies, expressing his happiness that this tournament coincides with the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Arab Handball Federation in 1975. He stressed that the Arab Federation, throughout its history, has organized many championships at several levels for men, women, teams, clubs and several age groups with the aim of developing the game, adding that the Federation will continue to organize Arab sports championships to make further progress in this game. The organization of the Arab Handball Cup in Kuwait was praised by the heads of Arab federations and officials of the Asian Handball Federation, where everyone agreed on the good professional organization by the Higher Organizing Committee and the committees working in the tournament, which confirms Kuwait's position and experience in hosting such major tournaments.
