UAFA announces King Salman Cup name for Arab Club Champions Cup
RIYADH: The Union of Arab Football Associations announced the name of the Arab Club Champions Cup would be the King Salman Club Cup on Monday.
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Staab appointed director of football; Lappi-Seppala takes over as coach of Saudi women’s team
RIYADH: The Saudi Arabian Football Federation’s Women’s Football Department has announced the promotion of the country’s first-ever head coach Monika Staab to the newly created position of Women’s Football Technical Director.
Thai golf sensation Thitikul, LET Order of Merit winner Grant confirmed for Aramco Saudi Ladies International
RIYADH: The line-up for the 2023 Aramco Saudi Ladies International presented by Public Investment Fund has been further strengthened with world No. 4 Atthaya Thitikul and 2022 Ladies European Tour Order of Merit winner Linn Grant taking their place among 15 of the world’s top-30 female golfers.
Top-four finish for Leona Maguire as Caroline Hedwall wins in Spain
Leona Maguire managed a top-four finish at the Spanish Open after finishing with a closing 69 to take her to 16-under par.
'It was a roller coaster' - Linn Grant birdies final two holes to claim fourth win of season at Skafto Open
Linn Grant’s brilliant season continued with victory in front of her home Swedish fans at the Skafto Open. Grant, who won the Scandinavian Mixed on home soil earlier in the season, produced some brilliant play when the pressure was on to beat fellow Swede Lisa Pettersson by one shot. Ad The four-time winner this season did not have her best form for long spells of the day, but she birdied the closing two holes to secure the win.
Vani, Tvesa show the way as four Indians make cut in Sweden
Leading the Indians into the final round was Vani, who in a stretch of seven holes had five birdies on the front nine. She dropped one shot on the back nine to finish the day with a card of three-under 66.
Korda six clear and closing on Aramco Team Series double
Jessica Korda will take a commanding six-shot lead into the final round of the Aramco Team Series event in Sotogrande.
'The Swedish girls are very, very strong' - Alex Noren wants men to be inspired by Maja Stark, Linn Grant
Alex Noren has called on the men’s game in Sweden to take lessons from how the women are flying high in the sport. Noren is the highest-ranked Swede in the men’s game at 55 in the world, with Alexander Bjork being next on the list at 170. Ad Henrik Stenson won a major at the Open in 2016, but he remains the only Swedish man to have lifted one of the sport’s four big tournaments.