Saudi Arabia submits official bid to host 2029 Asian Winter Games in NEOM’s Trojena
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has submitted an official bid to host the 2019 Asian Winter Games in NEOM’s Trojena, Saudi Press Agency reported on Wednesday.
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Saudi Arabia storm into final of 2022 Arab Cup U-20
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia are through to the final of the 2022 Arab Cup U-20 after a comprehensive 5-0 defeat of Palestine at Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium in Abha on Wednesday.
Chelsea’s Koulibaly says no one can stop him representing Senegal
LONDON: New Chelsea signing Kalidou Koulibaly has insisted he will never let anyone stop him playing football for Senegal.The Senegal captain said African nations deserved more respect after the president of his former club, Napoli, said he would only sign African or South American players willing to miss competitions with their national teams.“Don’t talk to me about Africans anymore,” Napoli president Aurelio de Laurentiis told business website Wall Street Italia.“I wish them well, but either they sign a waiver for the African Cup or else...”“Between that tournament and the World Cup qualifiers in South America, these players are never available!“But Senegal captain Koulibaly, who led his country to the Africa Cup of Nations title earlier this year before joining Chelsea in a reported £34 million ($41 million) move from Serie A side Napoli was unimpressed.“Nobody ever told me not to go to AFCON or something like this,” said Koulibaly during a news conference Wednesday.“Maybe sometimes they try to ask my manager or something like this.“But me, now as captain of Senegal, when AFCON comes I have to be the first one there, the first one in Senegal.”Koulibaly, who has signed a four-year contract with Chelsea following the purchase of the club by US businessman Todd Boehly’s consortium, added: “Nobody can tell me not to go to my national team. I have a lot of love for my national team, the team that I play for.“So, if someone told me to do that, it would be the only time that I can fight with somebody.“The way we feel all the time with my national team, we are all respectful, we wait for players to come from the Premier League, and everybody is happy to be here.“Everybody thinks the same as me in the national team.
Pakistan bolster pace attack after Hasan Ali dropped from Asia Cup squad
Pakistan have added extra ammunition to their fast bowling attack after dropping out-of-form seamer Hasan Ali from their squad for the Asia Cup, which will be held in the UAE later this month.
Stage set for renewal of Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup at Ascot
RIYADH: The stage is set for the 2022 renewal of the Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup and Concert at Ascot Racecourse on Aug. 6.
UIBL expands world baseball footprint with investment in BSB Sports
DUBAI: The United International Baseball League, the first-ever professional baseball league created to serve India, Pakistan, and the Middle East, on Wednesday expanded its sports marketing and brand sponsorship infrastructure by purchasing a stake in BSB Sports.
Naseem replaces Hasan in Pakistan's Asia Cup squad
LAHORE, Pakistan : Pakistan have dropped seamer Hasan Ali and replaced him with teenage fast bowler Naseem Shah in their Twenty20 squad for the Asia Cup, which begins in Dubai on Aug. 27.
Brit dad, 35, dies after 'being knelt on by police and beaten by bouncers' in Magaluf
A father-of-two has died on holiday after allegedly being knelt on by police and beaten up by bouncers in Spain. Tobias White-Sansom, 35, from Nottingham, died in hospital five days after the deadly incident on the Magaluf Strip in Majorca.