PRINCE SULTAN BIN FAHD BIN ABDULAZIZ, PRESIDENT OF YOUTH WELFARE OF THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA, CONGRATULATED THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) ON SUCCESSFUL ORGANIZING OF THE GULF 18 SOCCER TOURNAMENT AND WINNING ITS TROPHY. IN A STATEMENT ON THE OCCASION, PRINCE SULTAN BIN FAHD, WHO LED THE KINGDOM'S DELEGATION TO THE EVENT, ALSO CONGRATULATED OMANI SOCCER TEAM ON WINNING THE SILVER MEDAL. PRINCE SULTAN ALSO CONGRATULATED SHEIKH HAMDAN BIN MUBARAK AL NAHAYAN, MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS OF THE UAE AND CHAIRMAN OF THE SUPREME STEERING COMMITTEE OF THE TOURNAMENT, ON THE FINE ORGANIZATION OF THE TOURNAMENT AND WARM HOSPITALITY ACCORDED TO THE GUESTS. PRINCE SULTAN, WHO IS ALSO CHAIRMAN OF THE SAUDI AND ARAB SOCCER FEDERATIONS, ALSO CONGRATULATED YEMEN FOR WINNING THE NO-FOUL PLAY CUP NAMED AFTER ABDULLAH BIN KHALID ALDABOL WHO PASSED AWAY FOLLOWING A HEART ATTACK DURING THE TOURNAMENT. HE ALSO LAUDED THE HIGH-LEVEL PLAY OF ALL TEAMS, PARTICULARLY THE FINAL MATCH BETWEEN HOST UAE AND OMAN.