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Riyad All Star XI vs PSG:
Cristiano Ronaldo is going to face Lionel Messi once again in the football field on Thursday.
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Messi will be seen playing against Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) in a friendly match for the All Star XI.
This is the first time Ronaldo will play in a football match in Saudi Arabia since signing a contract worth more than 200 million euros ($214 million) that runs until 2025.
The five-time Ballon d'Or winner is going to make his Saudi Pro League debut for Al Nassr on Sunday.
Before the match, Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan met the players on the field.
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To promote Thursday's friendly match, Turki Al-Sheikh, an advisor to the Royal Court and head of Saudi Arabia's General Entertainment Authority, announced a charity auction for special tickets.
Which will come with special opportunities like photo ops with the players and access to the locker room.
Bidding began at 1 million Saudi riyals ($266,000) on Tuesday and the auction closed at 11:30 pm local time.
The sheikh then announced on Twitter that the winning bid of 10 million riyals ($2.6 million) had been made by Musharraf al-Ghamdi.
Shaikh said, "Congratulations, you deserve it and may God reward you well."
Proceeds from the auction will go to a national charity campaign known as Ehsaan.
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Apart from Messi, PSG's star footballers playing on Thursday include France striker Kylian Mbappe, Neymar and Ashraf Hakimi.
Hakimi helped Morocco become the first Arab and African team to reach the semi-finals at last year's World Cup in Qatar.
The Saudi XI squad includes Salem Al-Dawsari, who scored the winning goal for Saudi Arabia in their shock defeat to Argentina in the World Cup group stage.
The oil-rich monarchy, which is using sporting properties to soften its hardline image.
Saudi Arabia is often accused of "sport washing", or using sport to deflect attention from human rights disputes.
According to sources close to Al Nasser, Portuguese footballer Ronaldo is said to have been paid 400 million euros from Saudi Arabia to act as an ambassador for the projected World Cup bids for Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Greece.
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