THE highly-anticipated King's Cup Dubai has present been rescheduled.
Some of the biggest names successful football satellite were acceptable to instrumentality portion successful the immense showpiece.
The King's Cup volition spot 2 teams jam-packed afloat of legends look disconnected successful a blockbuster one-off spectacle.
Dutch icon Edgar Davids captains King's XI, portion erstwhile England skipper John Terry leads Hedge & Sachs Royals XI.
However the lawsuit has present been postponed until adjacent year, with organisers breaking the quality successful an Instagram post.
It read: "We regret to pass you that the King’s Cup Dubai has been rescheduled to February 2025 owed to unforeseen circumstances.
"For refunds, delight sojourn the Platinumlist website and travel the instructions for your ticket.
"We volition denote the circumstantial dates for the rescheduled lawsuit soon, truthful delight enactment tuned for updates. Thank you for your knowing and support."
When is the King's Cup Dubai 2024?
- The King's Cup Dubai volition present instrumentality spot successful February, 2025.
- It was primitively acceptable for Saturday, November 30.
- Al Maktoum Stadium, Al Nasr Sports Club, Dubai hosts.
How to ticker the King's Cup Dubai 2024
- You tin unrecorded watercourse the King's Cup Dubai 2024 via the Sportainment app.
- Alternatively, you tin support up to day with each the enactment by pursuing SunSport's unrecorded blog.
Who's playing successful the King's Cup?
There are immoderate immense names starring successful the King's Cup, including the likes of David Silva, John Terry, Roberto Carlos, Paul Pogba and Michael Owen.
Here is wherever each player's loyalties lie:
King's XI (subject to change):
- Edgar Davids (C)
- Roberto Carlos
- Blaise Matuidi
- Loris Karius
- Robert Huth
- Bernard Mendy
- Danny Simpson
- Franck Ribery
- Yohan Cabaye
- Ryan Babel
- Jay Jay Okocha
- El Hadji Diouf
- Bobby Zamora
- Michael Owen
- David Villa
- Al Hussaini
Hedge & Sachs Royals XI (subject to change):
- John Terry (C)
- Paul Pogba
- Maroun Fellaini
- Paul Scholes
- Ciaran Clark
- Achraf Lazaar
- Marc Albrighton
- David Silva
- Clarence Seedorf
- Blaise Matuidi
- Keiren Westwood
- Stephen Ireland
- Theo Walcott*
- Emmanuel Adebayor*
*May play
King's Cup 2024 rules
Paul Pogba and Roberto Carlos volition deterioration the exclusive 'King's Guard' shirt, which limits the 2 stars to conscionable 15 minutes per fractional for their respective teams.
The 'King's Guard' relation adds an other subordinate to the field, meaning it is imaginable for determination to beryllium 24 players connected the transportation astatine the aforesaid clip if Pogba and Carlos are utilized simultaneously.
The 'King's Guard' players are besides exempt from some yellowish and reddish cards, and they cannot beryllium flagged offside.
Additionally, if the lucifer ends successful a draw, a punishment shootout, including each players, volition determine the match.
What's been said?
Event laminitis Mohammed Mousa told Gulf News: "The archetypal lawsuit we did progressive Manchester United, and the 2nd 1 besides progressive the Red Devils and a World 11, truthful I realised we needed to premix it up this year.
"I got progressive with the Sheikh and we said, ‘okay, let's effort and physique a conception precise antithetic to what we've been doing each along’.
"We some enactment our A-listers unneurotic to make 2 teams with outstanding quality.
"We’re trying to bash what they’re doing successful Saudi, but we’re doing it a small different. That’s however the King's Cup was born."