Beirut, October 19, 2018: touch the leading mobile telecommunications and data operator in Lebanon, managed by Zain Group, celebrated Homenetmen Men’s Basketball Team’s historical treble win, which is a first for the basketball sport in Lebanon. The team won the Arab Cup, the Lebanese Cup, and the Lebanese Championship all within the space of a single season.
The Homenetmen Men’s Basketball Committee together with the team’s President, Guy Manoukian, Vice President Minas Missirian, Secretary General Christ Libarian, CFO Chant Etyemezian, and Media and Marketing Manager Raffi Arslanian, presented the championship trophies to touch’s Chief Executive Officer, Emre Gurkan during a visit to touch headquarters on Friday, October 19.
Commenting on this momentous achievement, Emre Gurkan said, “On behalf of the touch family I would like to congratulate the Homenetmen Men’s Basketball Team on their impressive haul of trophies across a number of domestic and regional competitions. The team has made Lebanon very proud of its endeavors and our support of the team is rooted deeply in our belief in supporting athletic pursuits with mass appeal. We look forward to the team continuing to do well, and we are inspired by the achievements to date.”
In his turn, the team’s president Guy Manoukian said: “Since the beginning of the stellar rise of our team, touch has been by our side, not only as one of our main sponsors, but as partners and deeply involved and concerned friends. We are proud to be part of this great family.”
touch is one of the main sponsors of the Homenetmen Men’s Basketball team and has been an avid supporter of its progress over the years, as it has the growth in popularity of basketball as a sport in Lebanon.