Loeb takes Dakar Rally stage after Sainz caught speeding
Sebastien Loeb grabbed victory Sunday in the eighth stage of the Dakar Rally after Carlos Sainz was hit with a five-minute penalty.
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Branch wins Dakar stage as Howes retains bike lead
Ross Branch made amends for running out of fuel in the previous two stages by firing his bike to a welcome win on the eighth stage of the Dakar Rally on Sunday.
Saudi mom-of-2 aiming high as Kingdom’s 1st female skier
Riyadh: A Saudi mom-of-two has been getting a piste of the action as the first woman to represent the Kingdom in skiing.
Valencia FC ‘honored’ to be first club to stage women’s football camp in Saudi Arabia: Academy technical coordinator
RIYADH: Valencia FC will hold a training camp, which will include women’s football, in the run up to the Spanish Super Cup tournament, which will be played by the first team.
Tears of joy as Basra puts on memorable Arabian Gulf Cup opening ceremony
BASRA: After hours of anticipation, the lights of the majestic Basra International Stadium switched off, stunning the audience into silence. Collectively, they held their breath in suspense for the opening ceremony of the 25th Arabian Gulf Cup in Iraq.
Much-changed Newcastle dumped out of FA Cup by third-tier Sheffield Wednesday
SHEFFIELD: Even having club soccer’s richest owners cannot improve Newcastle's pitiful record in the FA Cup. Newcastle were humbled by a lower-league opponent in the third round of the famous old competition for the second straight year, losing at third-tier Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 on Saturday. At the same stage last year, Newcastle were beaten at home by another third-tier club, Cambridge United.
Saudi Yazeed Al-Rajhi rebounds from crash to win Dakar Rally 7th stage
RIYADH: Yazeed Al Rajhi rebounded from a costly mishap to win the seventh stage of the Dakar Rally after starting 40th on Saturday.Nasser Al-Attiyah took it easy and finished 19 minutes behind, and retained his overall lead by more than an hour.Al Rajhi crashed on Friday and lost five hours making repairs to his Toyota. He tumbled from third overall to 35th, effectively ending the Saudi’s chances of a podium finish for a second straight year.But he was fast throughout the 333-kilometer special from Riyadh north to Al Duwadimi, that tracked through stony canyons and valleys and finished in dunes.“It wasn’t easy to start from the back and overtake all the little cars, often going left and right in the wadis, but we did a great job,” Al Rajhi said after his fourth career stage win.Vaidotas Zala of Lithuania was second on the stage, nine minutes behind, and Guerlain Chicherit was third.
Pakistan football team gears up for Saudi Arabia’s first international women’s tournament
LAHORE: Pakistan’s national women’s football team are gearing up for Saudi Arabia’s first international women’s football tournament next week, a competition they hope will gain them more international exposure.