By Abdellatif Sharaa

KUWAIT: Kuwait's national women's futsal team will depart on Tuesday to Kyrgyzstan in preparation for the upcoming third Gulf games to start on May 13 in Kuwait. The team will play two friendly matches with the Kyrgyz national team. The team, headed by Ibtisam Abdelhameed, has 17 players. They will return home on May 8 and will go into an internal training camp, as they will play their first match against the UAE on May 15.

Abdelhameed said the two friendly matches were arranged at the request of the technical department to check on the team's physical and technical readiness. "There is a highly important tournament ahead of us that comes on the heels of the coronavirus pandemic, so we must be ready from all aspects as we aim for top place," she said.