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Dili, 6th May 2018
Giant Screen Will Show All World Cup 2018 Games at the Independence Proclamation Square
As we count down to the start of FIFA’s World Cup 2018, the VII Constitutional Government, through the Secretary of State for the Council of Ministers and Social Communications, Matias Boavida, announced today that a giant screen will be placed at the Independence Proclamation Square where there will be live broadcasts of all games of the World Cup, which runs between the 14th of June and 15th of July 2018.
This initiative is promoted in cooperation with the Timorese company ETO – Esperança Timor Oan, represented by its CEO, Nilton Gusmão, which will guarantee the television broadcasts of all matches of the World Cup throughout the country.
The Secretary of State, Matias Boavida, says the objective of the initiative is to “give all citizens the opportunity to watch all World Cup matches for free, in a public space, celebrating the well-known passion of football that all Timorese share”.
The opening match, between the host Russia and Saudi Arabia, at the Luzhniki Stadium, in Moscow, will be broadcast live the day after tomorrow, the 15th of June, at 03:00, local Dili time. ENDS