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KUWAIT: The committee organizing the opening ceremony of Jaber stadium on Dec 18 succeeded in attracting a major soccer legend and Liverpool’s icon Steven Gerrard to be among world stars who will play Kuwaiti players. Gerrard is the 15th player to join, as this will be his first visit to Kuwait.

The committee will announce the rest of the names today, Monday, while at the same time the committee made a major Arab surprise by announcing the presence of Egypt’s Mohammed Aboutrika, who asked his fans to wait for him Dec 18th.

Meanwhile, voting on the names of Kuwaiti players will be closed today at midnight, and the names will be announced tomorrow.