Riyadh rivals Al-Nassr and Al-Hilal sign annual $26.7m strategic partnerships with Qiddiya
RIYADH: Qiddiya Investment Company has signed two historic strategic partnerships with Riyadh-based sports clubs Al-Nassr and Al-Hilal.
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Thanet's Taylor Lawrence helps Team GB bobsleigh team finish sixth at Winter Olympics in Beijing
Taylor Lawrence admitted he loved 'every single moment' of his first Winter Olympics experience in Beijing.
Elana Meyers Taylor: "This has been a dream of dreams."
"This has been a dream of dreams," Elana Meyers Taylor told Olympics.com in an exclusive interview on Sunday (20 February).
Winter Olympics 2022 - Curling saved Team GB’s blushes, but UK Sport must decide whether to stick or twist
As the Winter Olympics progressed, anxiety began to grow that Team GB might not return home from Beijing with a medal at all. Instead, we ended with the euphoria of a golden moment right at the end — one glorious moment to remind us what the Games are all about — and now it is down to UK Sport to decide whether it wants more of the same.
Al-Hilal and Al-Nasser clash in Saudi’s biggest game — and Argentina’s
The biggest game in Argentina this week is not in Buenos Aires or Cordoba but Riyadh. Al-Nassr against Al-Hilal is always a tasty encounter and one of the fiercest rivalries in Asian football, but their King’s Cup quarter-final on Monday should be almost as eagerly awaited in South America as in Saudi Arabia.
Beijing Winter Olympics End After Sporting Drama, Doping And Golden Eileen Gu
A Beijing Winter Olympics which saw sporting drama and milestones but was tarnished by a Russian doping scandal ended on Sunday with an uplifting closing ceremony. The Games will be remembered for new stars such as Eileen Gu but also for the doping controversy which engulfed 15-year-old figure skater Kamila Valieva and because they took place inside a vast Covid-secure "bubble". The "Bird's Nest" stadium, which also took centre stage when Beijing hosted the 2008 Summer Games, was the scene for a celebratory, snowflake-themed closing ceremony attended by President Xi Jinping and a socially distanced crowd seated among red lanterns.
The sporting weekend in pictures
Great Britain ended the Beijing Winter Olympics with two medals after Eve Muirhead’s women’s curling team took gold on the final day of competition, with Bruce Mouat’s men having claimed silver the previous day.
Beijing 2022 Olympics organiser reports zero new COVID-19 cases on Feb 20
BEIJING : The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Organizing Committee on Monday said zero new COVID-19 cases were detected among games-related personnel on Feb. 20, according to a notice on the Beijing 2022 official website.