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鈥淭ogether we are Stronger: One Goal, One Audience, One Lebanon!鈥�

With those words the 鈥淥NE LEBANON鈥� team rocked the football pitch at Notre Dame de Jamhour school in a friendly game against ambassadors/diplomats, all united for a One Lebanon.

Following the successful game organized by ONE LEBANON and the British and German embassies in Beirut in December 2014 to mark the 100th anniversary of the Christmas Truce, today鈥檚 game was dedicated to Lebanon鈥檚 Amity.

Ambassadors and diplomats from the British (Ambassador Tom Fletcher, Tom Russell, Jonathan Mayers and Marwan Haidar), German (Ambassador Christian Clages, Raymond Tarabay), Danish (Ambassador Rolf Holmboe) and Australian (Ambassador Glenn Miles) embassies played against the ONE LEBANON team consisting of Lebanese celebrities, businessmen and friends of ONE LEBANON namely Michel Fadel, Tony Abou Jaoude, Walid Doumiati, Silvio Chiha, Dr. Fouad Zmokhol, Philippe de Bustros, Jade Haddad, Johnny Fenianos, Nassib Madi, Tony Fenianos and Paul Ibrahim; proving once again the power of sports in uniting people and breaking all barriers.

Lebanese Soprano Tania Kassis, Founder and President of ONE LEBANON who has recently received a Murex d鈥橭r as 鈥淟ebanese Ambassador of International 皇冠体育appatres in the world鈥� and for her song WATANI as the 鈥淏est Patriotic Song鈥� of the year said: 鈥溁使谔逵齛pp world is united today through the ambassadors of foreign countries to support Lebanon and they are at the same time challenging the Lebanese to be united and win! Whoever wins, Lebanon is a winner!

British Ambassador Tom Fletcher and proud ONE LEBANON Ambassador was right when he said in his blog back in Feb 2014 鈥淚 don鈥檛 think we have heard the last of ONE LEBANON. Those behind this initiative have a vision that showcases Lebanon鈥檚 talent, a citizen driven moment when the Lebanese show their resilience and hope鈥�.

Among the enthusiastic and vibrant supporters present at the game were many celebrities, ambassadors and sport anchors such as Aline Lahoud, Mike Massy, Maritta Assi Hallani, Maxime Chaya, Remi Bandali, Ghayath Dibra, Charbel Krayem and Elias Helou as well as the ONE LEBANON committee members and volunteers.

皇冠体育app game ended with a tie 2-2 taking both teams to penalty shots after which the 鈥榓mbassadors/diplomats鈥� team won. This game not only united the rest of the world but the media, as it was broadcasted simultaneously on several TV Stations such as LBC and OTV thanks to the generous support of T茅l茅 Liban, and covered by special reports in the prime-time news of all the Lebanese TV channels!

This Football Amity Game was in partnership with ONE LEBANON鈥檚 Official partner ABC who share the same vision of a 鈥淥ne Lebanon, United for Tomorrow鈥� - the NGOs鈥� official slogan - and sponsored by Fransabank. Mike鈥檚 Sport offered the trophy & the medals for the winners.