Gold medals awarded across events on penultimate day of Saudi Games action
RIYADH: Gold medals in events including equestrian endurance, beach volleyball and golf were awarded on Saturday during the penultimate day’s competition of the Saudi Games.
Football Sport News
Eddie Howe hints Newcastle squad depth inadequate after Tottenham hammering
LONDON: Newcastle United head coach Eddie Howe has for the first time hinted that the Magpies’ squad is not equipped to fight on three fronts.
Kingdom’s Olympic committee VP announces third edition of Saudi Games for 2024
RIYADH: Prince Fahd bin Jalawi bin Abdulaziz, vice president of the Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee and director of the Saudi Games, on Sunday announced the third edition of the games would be held in 2024.
Henrik Stenson, Kevin Na to play at season-ending Saudi Open in Riyadh
RIYADH: Golfers Henrik Stenson and Kevin Na are to participate in the Saudi Open championship.
IOC president attends Saudi Games events
With the Saudi Games set to conclude, the International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach paid an official visit to the Kingdom, where he met Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al-Faisal, president of the Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee, as well as leadership staff of the Saudi Olympic movement.
Isthmian League round-up as Margate lose manager Mark Stimson’s first match in charge while Sheppey United and Phoenix Sports win in Isthmian South East
New manager Mark Stimson saw his Margate side suffer an Isthmian Premier defeat at home to Carshalton on Saturday.
Dimitar Berbatov explains why he gets 'p****d off' watching Manchester United
Manchester United fan favourite Dimitar Berbatov has admitted he's 'p***** off' with the club's inconsistent performances.
Man City beat Luton without Haaland to end 4-match winless run as Tottenham thrash Newcastle 4-1
LONDON: Without the injured Erling Haaland and trailing 1-0 to Luton at halftime, Manchester City were in danger of plunging into a full-blown crisis approaching the halfway point of their Premier League title defense. The defending champions managed to turn it round, though, as goals by Bernardo Silva and Jack Grealish in a three-minute span earned a 2-1 victory Sunday that ended their four-match winless run and trimmed the gap to first-place Liverpool to four points. If it wasn’t for the recovery in the second half, City manager Pep Guardiola would have stumbled into the worst streak of results in his coaching career, having never gone five matches without a win. That was the bleak scenario facing Guardiola and City after striker Elijah Adebayo headed in Andros Townsend’s cross at the back post in the second minute of first-half stoppage time to give Luton the lead at Kenilworth Road — five days after the promoted hosts blew a 3-2 lead against Arsenal to lose 4-3. Haaland was sidelined because of a foot injury so City was without the league’s top scorer in its bid to produce a fightback. Still, Rodri was back from suspension and when the Spain midfielder’s surge into the area was stopped by a timely challenge, Silva was there to pounce on the loose ball and curl a finish into the bottom corner in the 62nd. Grealish then converted a cross by Julian Alvarez in the 65th. City stayed in fourth place, with Guardiola saying Haaland will be assessed ahead of the home game against Crystal Palace on Saturday.NEWCASTLE SUFFERING The injuries are piling up for Newcastle, and so are the losses. With the 4-1 thrashing at Tottenham, Newcastle have lost more games in the Premier League — six — than the team had in the whole of the