African football legend confirms attendance at SATUC Cup preview event. One of the world’s greatest footballers, the legendary Liberian striker and SATUC Ambassador George Weah has confirmed his attendance at the 2016 SATUC Tournament for Orphans and Refugees in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. The New Year contest, the first major SATUC event since the highly…
Director of the SATUC Foundation for disadvantaged children, Sheikha Sheikha is attending the Green March Cup football match in Laâyoune, Morocco. The event is part of the celebrations of the 40th Anniversay of the Green March, in which over 350,000 people peacefully marched unarmed into Spanish controlled Western Sahara resulting in Spain relinquishing control over…
Marrakech, 6 November, 2015 – In a celebration of the 40th anniversary of Morocco’s historic peaceful “Green March” to re-claim territory in the former Spanish Sahara, HM King Mohammed VI of Morocco invited VIPs from around the world to enjoy an exhibition football match in the Sahara Desert city of Laayoune. The SATUC founder Princess…
Sheikha Al-Thani, the philanthropist and children’s charity campaigner has met with the Cameroonian football legend Samuel Eto’o to discuss future collaboration with the 2017 SATUC World Cup. In a warm and extended and conversation at the Yellow Whistle Ball at Claridge’s Hotel, organised by Mr Eto’o’s charitable foundation, Sheikha told the superstar striker about the…
Sheikha Al-Thani, the philanthropist and children’s charity campaigner, will tonight attend the Yellow Whistle Ball, as a guest of the international soccer legend Samuel Eto’o. Princess Sheikha, who hopes to learn from the charitable endeavours of the Cameroonian striker as she plans the 2017 SATUC World Cup for Disadvantaged, Orphaned and Refugee Children,…
Aziz Bouderbala is a famous former Moroccan football player who throughout his distinguished career made 61 appearances for his country. He featured at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico (where they lost 0-1 in the last 16 to eventual finalists West Germany) and in the same year he came runner-up for the African Footballer of…
We are delighted to annouce that Aziz Bouderbala will be joining us as Morocco’s Honorary Ambassador for the 2017 SATUC Cup. He did an amazing job helping us in 2015 and we are very grateful to have him on board again! Aziz Bouderbala is a famous former Moroccan football player who throughout his distinguished career…
We are delighted to announce that Abdoulaye Traore Ben Bady will be the SATUC 2017 Honorary Ambassador for the Ivory Coast! He did an amazing job helping us in 2015 and we are very grateful to have him on board again! Abdoulaye Traore is a former Ivorian international striker who was capped 40 times for…
When the first Suez Canal was opened in 1869 the rules of football were only 6 years old – and it was to be another 53 years before the first Egyptian Cup was held. By contrast, the amazing New Suez Canal opened this month – and the SATUC World Cup was being held just 23…
Sheikha waves the flag for all countries, spreading SATUC’s principles of equality, unity and breaking down barriers between nations. Sheikha was always involved with the children – talking to them, helping them, guiding them. Their friendship was wonderful to see. She sat with the crowd, raising support and taking the opportunity to spread SATUC’s message…
CAIRO – Sports legends and media from around the world have praised the debut 2015 SATUC Cup, brainchild of the young philanthropist Sheikha Al-Thani. The success of the Cairo tournament, commentators have said, has marked a bold new departure for the charitable endeavour, dedicated to improving the lives of some of the world’s least…
SATUC World Cup for orphans which was held in Cairo under the patronage of Sheikha Sheikha Al Thani, president of SATUC foundation and founder of World Cup for orphans under the slogan “Children of the world are our children”, illustrating that there is no difference between children in regard of gender, religion, or color and she treats them equally in order to enable them to engage in the society in which they live.
CAIRO 7 July 2015 – In a feast of soccer and celebration in front of a star-studded crowd of 300 specially invited guests, the leading children’s charity SATUC has launched the 2015 SATUC Cup at a glittering Ramadan Suhoor party in Cairo.
The glittering event held in the outskirts of the Egyptian capital gave a flavour of the forthcoming soccer spectacular the 2015 SATUC World Cup to be held this August, and encapsulated the passion and commitment of SATUC founder Sheikha Al-Thani’s and her hopes and dreams for the underprivileged children of the world.
Staged on the football pitch and in the grand ballroom of the Mövenpick Hotel in Cairo’s October 6 District, the evening started with a hard-fought six-a-side soccer match between young players from Egypt and Syria, battling it out for the SATUC Ramadan Suhoor trophy. Although the Syrians played skilfully and courageously, the honours of the evening went to the home team which scored a spectacular 5-0 victory.
SATUC TO CELEBRATE RAMADAN SUHOOR AT SPECIAL SATUC CUP PREVIEW EVENT IN CAIRO, 7 JULY With less than two months to go until the inaugural 2015 SATUC Cup, the organisers of this unique tournament for underprivileged children are holding a special event on 7 July, 2015, to mark the end of the Holy month of…
With less than two months to go until the inaugural 2015 SATUC Cup, the organisers of this unique tournament for underprivileged children are holding a special event on 7 July, 2015, to mark the end of the Holy month of Ramadan.
Hosted by SATUC founder Princess Sheikha Al-Thani, the SATUC Ramadan Suhoor will be a celebration to showcase the international soccer tournament to come, and to introduce some of our amazing line up of star ambassadors to the assembled VIPs and the international press.
Sheikha Al Thani, founder of the SATUC World Cup, the international 6-a-side football tournament for refugees, orphans and disadvantaged young people, spoke about her exciting new project to some of the biggest names in football when she addressed those present at the Human Appeal Celebrity Football Gala Dinner in London on Monday.
The international children’s charity SATUC (Sheikha Al-Thani for Uniting Children) is delighted to announce generous high-level sponsorship from two of Egypt’s best-known businesses. In a huge boost for the prestige of this inaugural soccer tournament involving underprivileged children from throughout the world, the national airline Egypt Air has agreed to become the official carrier of…
Sheikha’s interview with the popular Stephen Nolan show on BBC Radio 5 Live. The radio host seemed stunned to have a real life princess set foot in his studio and was even more surprised that she was setting up a global football tournament for underprivileged children at the young age of only 15; however he…
Moroccan football star and SATUC World Cup ambassador drove 700 km all the way from Agadir to the southern city of Taroudant in Morocco to visit the underprivileged children of the Moroccan Children’s Trust (MCT), SATUC’s partner charity and an organisation focused on improving outcomes for street-connected children and their families in Morocco. The MCT…
On Saturday 9th May, 2 Touch Rulz held their final trials to select the English team to compete at the SATUC World Cup from the 29th August – 3rd September 2015. The location was a fitting one, with the pitch resting under the famous arch of Wembley Stadium, the spiritual home of English football. Despite…
