Saudi boxer Ragad Al-Naimi shattering stereotypes in sweet science
With less than 10 amateur fights, 28-year-old Saudi boxer Ragad Al-Naimi took a giant leap into history when she agreed to fight on “The Truth” undercard in Diriyah on Feb. 26, 2023.
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Re-elected UEFA president Ceferin goes on offensive against Super League rebels
LISBON: Aleksander Ceferin railed against the rebel clubs backing a breakaway European Super League, likening the project to “Little Red Riding Hood,” as he was re-elected unopposed for a third term as UEFA president on Wednesday. The 55-year-old Slovenian lawyer, first elected in 2016 following the downfall of Frenchman Michel Platini, will now remain in the role until 2027. “I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your unanimous support.
Police probe Roma, Lazio and Salernitana over transfer dealings: media
MILAN, Italy: Police carried out searches at the offices of Serie A clubs Roma, Lazio and Salernitana on Wednesday as part of a probe into their past transfer dealings, according to Italian media reports.The investigation into Roma concerns transfers made between 2017-2019 and 2021, while the searches carried out on Lazio and Salernitana regard deals made between those two clubs between 2017 and 2021 when they were both owned by Lazio owner Claudio Lotito.Businessman Lotito was forced to relinquish Salernitana to trustees in June 2021 after promotion from Serie B as Italian FA rules banned him from owning two clubs in the same division.An end-of-year deadline for sale to new ownership was put in place, and the club would have been kicked out of the league had current owner Danilo Iervolino not had his bid accepted at the last minute.In a statement released on Wednesday, Salernitana said “the current ownership has nothing to do with the transfers being investigated as they relate to the seasons before the club changed hands.”News agency AGI reports that Lazio are being investigated for issuing invoices non-existent transactions and false accounting.Transfer trickery has become one of the major scandals in Italian football over the past year, with Juventus docked 15 points in January for using transfers to artificially boost their balance sheet.Juve are also embroiled in a criminal investigation over their finances, with the club and a raft of former directors including former chairman Andrea Agnelli accused of a variety of financial crimes.
Lukaku representative requests action after racist incident
MILAN, Italy: Romelu Lukaku’s management company reacted with outrage after the Inter Milan forward was shown a second yellow card and then sent off for a gesture toward Juventus fans who directed racist chants at him. The incident occurred after Lukaku converted a penalty in stoppage time to earn Inter a 1-1 draw in the Italian Cup semifinals on Tuesday. Lukaku held his finger to his lips as if to silence the crowd after scoring.
Al-Nassr to face Regional Training Center, Al-Ittihad take on Al-Yamamah in Women’s Futsal Tournament semi-finals
RIYADH: The last four teams at the Women’s Futsal Tournament taking place during Ramadan were confirmed on Tuesday night after the quarter-finals were completed at the Green Halls and Riyadh Club Hall in the Saudi capital.
Open champion Cam Smith returns to ‘happy place’ of Augusta National Golf Course
AUGUSTA: Like a perfect goodwill ambassador, Australia’s reigning Open champion Cam Smith never once dissed the PGA Tour, and he never once questioned his own decision to join the Saudi Arabia-funded LIV Golf.
Embiid tosses in 52 as Sixers hold off Celtics, Bucks near top spot in East
LOS ANGELES: Joel Embiid enhanced his MVP credentials with a 52-point masterclass as the Philadelphia 76ers held off a furious late rally from the Boston Celtics to win a hard-fought battle of the Eastern Conference heavyweights on Tuesday.
Haller on scoresheet after cancer battle as Union knock Bayern off top
BERLIN: Sebastien Haller crowned his recent return from testicular cancer with an emotional goal for Borussia Dortmund Saturday, as Union Berlin knocked Bayern Munich off the top of the Bundesliga with a dramatic late win over Mainz. Six months after a shock diagnosis which saw him miss the entire first half of the season, Haller finally opened his account for the club he joined last summer.