Yuichi Fukunaga prepares for emotional new chapter
Yuichi Fukunaga, one of Japan’s premier jockeys, will be making a final farewell from the saddle when he competes at the King Abdulaziz Racecourse on Saturday.
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Saudi Arabia send first female team to ITF event
COLOMBO: Women’s sport in Saudi Arabia reached a new milestone this week as the kingdom sent their first female team to an International Tennis Federation (ITF) event. The Asia/Oceania pre-qualifying event of Billie Jean King Cup Juniors, hosted this week in Colombo, Sri Lanka, is the first time Saudi Arabia has been represented by a female team at an ITF event.
Al-Hilal, Al-Shabab carry Saudi hopes into AFC Champions League quarterfinals
There have been plenty of big days in Saudi Arabian football in recent months and Thursday will be no different. Two teams from Riyadh are in action in the quarterfinals of the Asian Champions League and, if Al-Shabab and Al-Hilal can overcome their opponents, then they will meet in what would be an epic all-Saudi Arabian semifinal clash on Sunday.
Verstappen wins Dutch Grand Prix
ZANDVOORT: World champion Max Verstappen won a fourth straight race at his home Dutch Grand Prix with Mercedes’ George Russell in second at Zandvoort on Sunday. Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc took third with Lewis Hamilton in the other Mercedes fourth.
Sports For All launches second edition of Summer Camps Program
RIYADH: The Saudi Sports for All Federation (SFA) is set to launch the second edition of its Summer Camps Program, after its success last year, to ensure schoolchildren keep fit and healthy during the holidays.
Al-Ittihad and Al-Hilal enter penultimate round of Saudi Pro League season with title up for grabs
Back in February when Al-Ittihad were 16 points clear of Al-Hilal, not even the most optimistic fans of the team from Riyadh and their most pessimistic counterparts in Jeddah would have imagined that there would be a genuine title race, let alone a battle that had them neck and neck with two games to go.
Al-Hilal self-destruct to lose 4-0 to Al-Ahly in Club World Cup third-place play-off
Al-Ahly defeated nine-man Al-Hilal 4-0 on Saturday to take third place at the FIFA Club World Cup, as the Saudi Arabian champions self-destructed in the “Arab Classico” in Abu Dhabi.