Muscat: As per the Royal Assignment, His Highness Sayyid Theyazin Bin Haitham Al Said, Minister of Sports, Culture and Youth will attend the opening ceremony of the World Cup 2022 in Doha.
The World Cup kicks off with host nation Qatar facing Ecuador on Sunday as the month-long football showpiece finally gets under way.
Foreign government officials, VIPs and celebrities will be in the crowd as the first World Cup staged in the Arab world opens at the Bedouin-tent inspired Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, 50 kilometres (31 miles) outside of Doha.
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