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June 20 - 26, 2007
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Kuwait Finance House-Bahrain (KFH-Bahrain) has cemented their commitment to supporting Bahrain’s athletes by becoming the title sponsors for the 11th Annual Bankers Cup.

The Bank, who were the champions of the 2006 tournament and cup, will be among many banks in the kingdom that will be participating this year.
KFH-Bahrain executive manager Abdul Razak Jawahery, left, presented the cheque to Bankers Cup Financial and Sponsorship Committee president Abdul Nabi Farazi.

Bahrain Lights shine
A Bahrain Rugby Football Club select team recently took the runners-up spot in the 9th Phuket International Rugby 10’s competition in Thailand. With 24 teams taking part there was strong opposition and despite some excellent individual performances over the two-day event the Bahrain Lights narrowly lost the final 17 -12 to an Emirates Airlines’ team.

Audi stays in victory lane
AUDI AG has continued its impressive series of victories in the Le Mans 24-hour race. Frank Biela (Germany), Emanuele Pirro (Italy) and Marco Werner (Germany) repeated their success from last year.







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