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The Saudi team won 17 medals on Wednesday.
West Asian Paralympics: Saudi medals tally rises to 20 in Bahrain Games
RIYADH — The Saudi Paralympic teams participating in the third West Asian Games, being held in Bahrain, raised Saudi Arabia's tally to 20 medals.This achievement came after they won 17 medals, including 6 gold, 6 silver, and 5 bronze medals, on Wednesday. — SPA
February 24, 2022

West Asian Paralympics: Saudi medals tally rises to 20 in Bahrain Games

Saudi players preparing for the championships in Doha.
11 Saudi women prepare for World and Asian Snooker championships
Saudi Gazette reportJEDDAH — The Saudi Billiards and Snooker Federation is continuing to prepare for their first official international participation by its women’s team in the World Championships and the Asian Snooker Championship, which will be held in Doha, Qatar, from March 1 to 12.The participants' final preparation stage began on February 22 in Dammam, and the training camp will run through the end of this week when three players will be chosen to compete in the next two competitions.The players who were elected to join the camp included Sohrab Shukri, Nada Al-Zahrani, Naglaa Al-Nuaimi, Alaa Al-Helweh, Rehab Shukri, Murouj Felimban, Noura Al-Daman, Dalal Al-Shamry, Iman Gibran, Lujain Al-Madani, Al-Batoul Al-Hamza.The national team’s coach, Captain Mansour Al-Khanfari,...
February 24, 2022

11 Saudi women prepare for World and Asian Snooker championships

Djokovic had not played a competitive match in 2022 before appearing in Dubai.
Novak Djokovic returns with Dubai win
DUBAI — Novak Djokovic says he had the "best possible experience" in returning with a win at the Dubai Tennis Championships in his first match since being involved in a vaccination and visa saga in the build-up to the Australian Open.The world number one became the focus of a global story when he was deported from Australia on 16 January because of his Covid-19 vaccination status.But on his return to action he saw off Italy's Lorenzo Musetti 6-3 6-3."A pleasant experience," he said.After thanking the crowd following his first match of 2022, Djokovic added: "I couldn't pick a better place to kick start the season - it was the best possible experience tonight."All in all, it's a straight-set win so of course I have to be satisfied, especially after...
February 22, 2022

Novak Djokovic returns with Dubai win

The 20-year deal is worth SR100 million for each club.
Al-Ittihad, Al-Ahly forge strategic partnership with Jeddah Central Development Company
JEDDAH — Jeddah Central Development Company, one of the companies wholly owned by the Public Investment Fund, signed a strategic partnership agreement with Al-Ittihad and Al-Ahly clubs, according to which it will be a strategic partner for the two clubs, in a 20-year contract worth SR100 million for each clubThe agreement is effective from 2022, with the possibility of reviewing the terms every five years.The partnership agreement with the two clubs, which are considered among the most prominent in the region and Asia, comes within the company’s goals to enhance the lifestyle in the city of Jeddah and improve the sports scene by providing support for the two clubs, in line with the strategy of the Public Investment Fund aimed at diversifying and enriching the experience of tourism,...
February 21, 2022

Al-Ittihad, Al-Ahly forge strategic partnership with Jeddah Central Development Company

The strategic partnership agreement aims at mutual benefits for all parties involved.
Saudi clubs Al-Nassr, Al-Hilal sign strategic partnership agreement with Qiddiya
RIYADH — Qiddiya Investment Company has signed a historic strategic partnership agreement with the two poles of Saudi sports — Al-Nassr and Al-Hilal — for a period of 20 years.The deal, starting from 2022 to 2042, has a value of SR100 million for each club, with the possibility of reviewing the terms of the partnership agreement every five years.It is considered the largest strategic partnership in the history of the two prestigious clubs in the Kingdom, as the agreement comes within the framework of strengthening the position of Qiddiya as the future capital of Saudi entertainment, sports and culture.The agreement includes many sports privileges for the two major clubs, contributing to increase sports investment opportunities in Asia, specifically in the Middle East, and enhance...
February 21, 2022

Saudi clubs Al-Nassr, Al-Hilal sign strategic partnership agreement with Qiddiya

Fireworks explode during the closing ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Sunday, in Beijing.
IOC chief Bach calls for peace as 2022 Games close
BEIJING — The Olympic flame has been extinguished in Beijing with fireworks filling the evening sky, marking the end of the most locked-down games in history.International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach praised China and thanked the people of the country for staging the Games in a safe way and sent a message of peace from the Olympic community."In this Olympic community we are all equal. We are all equal — regardless of what we look like, where we come from, or what we believe in. You give peace a chance," he said."In this Olympic spirit of solidarity, we call on the international community: give equal access to vaccines to everybody around the world."It was the second pandemic Olympics in the more than two years since the coronavirus first emerged in...
February 20, 2022

IOC chief Bach calls for peace as 2022 Games close

Saleh Al-Saif
Al-Saif, Al-Khulaifi lead after leg one of the Jordan Baja
AQABA — Saleh Al-Saif, Jordan’s Abdullah Abu Aishah and Abdulmajeed Al-Khulaifi led their respective car, motorcycle and quad categories at the Jordan Baja, after the first two competitive sections of 232.71km and 81.97km through Wadi Rum on Friday.The counting round of both the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas and the FIM Bajas World Cup delivered drama from the start in one of the most spectacular locations on earth, with pre-rally favorite Yazeed Al-Rajhi hitting early technical troubles and losing around 80 minutes in the first section and a T3 Can-Am Maverick leading outright at the end of the day.Al-Saif was comfortably the fastest driver through the first section in his Can-Am and the Saudi and his Russian co-driver Egor Okhotnikov stayed clear of trouble in the second one...
February 18, 2022

Al-Saif, Al-Khulaifi lead after leg one of the Jordan Baja

Saudi Arabia’s first-ever women’s national football team arrived in the Maldives on Thursday to officially play their first international match.
Saudi women’s football team lands in Maldives for first international match
Saudi Gazette reportRIYADH – Saudi Arabia’s first-ever women’s national football team arrived in the Maldives on Thursday to officially play their first international match.The coach of the team, Monika Staab, revealed the final list of players who will face Seychelles on Feb. 20 in the first match of the national team before they play against the Maldives on Feb. 24.The two matches will be the first on the records of the first national women’s team, which is preparing to enter the monthly classification of the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) officially.The final list of players included: Lama Al-Anazi, Sarah Khaled, Mona AbdelRahman (goalkeeper), Atheer Khaled, Bayan Sadaqah, Hessa Al-Saadallah, Leen Muhammad, Lana Abdel-Razzaq, Ohoud Al-Amari, Tala...
February 17, 2022

Saudi women’s football team lands in Maldives for first international match

Novak Djokovic: I'm not above the rules on vaccinations
Djokovic breaks silence over vaccine refusal
LONDON — Novak Djokovic has said he would rather miss out on future tennis trophies than be forced to get a Covid vaccine.Speaking exclusively to the BBC, he said he should not be associated with the anti-vax movement, but supported an individual's right to choose.Djokovic was asked if he would sacrifice taking part in competitions such as Wimbledon and the French Open over his stance on the vaccine."Yes, that is the price that I'm willing to pay," he said.The 20-time Grand Slam winner was deported from Australia last month after the government cancelled his visa in a row over his vaccine status.Djokovic, who is the world's number one men's tennis player, said he had obtained a medical exemption to enter the country to play in the Australian Open as he had...
February 15, 2022

Djokovic breaks silence over vaccine refusal

Kamila Valieva, who is favorite for the gold medal, was back on the ice training soon after the Cas ruling
Russian skater allowed to compete at Beijing after failed drug test
BEIJING — Kamila Valieva can compete again at the Winter Olympics after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) decided that no provisional suspension should be imposed on the 15-year-old after she failed a drugs test.Cas said preventing the Russian figure skater from competing would have caused her "irreparable harm"."The athlete should benefit from the following exceptional circumstances: She is under 16 and a protected person under the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) code," added Cas' Matthieu Reeb.Cas, which is sport's highest court, said "serious issues of untimely notification of the results" of the failed test - which came during the Games and nearly six weeks after she gave the sample - had also played a part in its decision."Such late...
February 14, 2022

Russian skater allowed to compete at Beijing after failed drug test

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