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PARIS: Saudi side Al-Ahli on Friday named Matthias Jaissle as their new coach, the young German moving from Austrian champions RB Salzburg. The 35-year-old, regarded as one of the most promising managers of his generation, joins the posse of high profile players like Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema lured to the Saudi Pro League by enormous pay cheques.
There can’t have ever been a substitute bench in Saudi Arabian football with the collective talent of Cristiano Ronaldo, Seko Fofana, Anderson Talisca, Alex Telles and Abdulrahman Ghareeb but there they were sat on Friday as Al-Nassr drew 0-0 with Al-Shahab in their opening game of the King Salman Club Cup. The result means that both sides from Riyadh are still very much in this 16-team tournament, known in the past as the Arab Club Champions Cup, but the team in yellow will surely be more satisfied given the team that started the game in the south-western city of Abha.
Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium: Carlos Sainz topped the times for Ferrari but Formula One was left facing a problematic challenge on Friday as heavy rain curtailed the only free practice session for the Belgian Grand Prix. The Spanish driver clocked a best lap time of two minutes and 3.207 seconds to finish ahead of the McLarens of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris with Charles Leclerc fourth for Ferrari.
GENEVA: Juventus were removed from European competition next season and Chelsea were fined $11 million in separate UEFA rulings over financial rules breaches on Friday. The expulsion of Juventus from the third-tier Europa Conference League was expected because of a false accounting case that already saw the two-time European champion deducted 10 points in Serie A. That penalty dropped Juventus out of Champions League qualification places.
LONDON: A new car developed by Formula E and Saudi Arabia’s Basic Industries Corp., a global leader in diversified chemicals, is the new holder of the Guinness World Record title for the fastest speed achieved by a vehicle indoors and will be on display at the 2023 Hankook London E-Prix from July 29-30. The GENBETA car was pushed to the limit by ABB FIA Formula E World Championship drivers Jake Hughes of the NEOM McLaren Formula E Team and Lucas di Grassi of Mahindra Racing in the Duals format used to qualify for Formula E races.
Manchester City forward Riyad Mahrez has joined Saudi side Al-Ahli, the two clubs announced on Friday, becoming the latest big-name player to be lured to the cash-rich league in the Gulf state. The 32-year-old Algerian winger joined Pep Guardiola's team in 2018 from Leicester, winning 11 major trophies at the club. "The wait is over: Riyad is real," the Saudi Pro League club said in a social media post. City agreed a fee understood to be worth up to £30 million ($38.6 million) with Al-Ahli last week. "To play for Manchester City has been an honour and privilege," Mahrez told City's website. "I came to City to win trophies and enjoy my football and I achieved all that and so much more.
Riyad Mahrez has completed his move from Manchester City to Saudi Arabian club Al-Ahli.
Riyad Mahrez says that Manchester City will forever be part of his life, as the Algerian was confirmed as an Al-Ahli player.