Al-Ittihad Ladies want to write history, says coach Myles Smith
LONDON: Myles Smith, Al-Ittihad Ladies’ irrepressible assistant manager, has always harbored grand dreams.
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Saudi driver Dania Akeel to participate in Morocco rally
JEDDAH: Saudi rally driver Dania Akeel will participate in the final round of the Morocco International Rally as part of her preparation for the 2024 Dakar Rally.
Saudi Women’s Premier League: what you need to know ahead of the start of second season
Excitement is building in Saudi Arabia ahead of this weekend’s opening round of the new Saudi Women’s Premier League season.
PepsiCo. subsidiary Lay’s unveiled as sponsor of Saudi Women’s Premier League
RIYADH: PepsiCo. and the Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF) have announced that the multinational’s subsidiary Lay’s potato chips will sponsor the 2023-24 Saudi Women’s Premier League.
Marc Leishman leads after 1st round of LIV Golf Jeddah
JEDDAH: Australian Marc Leishman, of team Ripper GC, leads the field by a single shot after the first round of LIV Golf Jeddah, presented by ROSHN, thanks to a bogey-free, five-under-par round of 65 in challenging, windy conditions at the Royal Greens Golf and Country Club on Friday. His closest challengers at the top of the leaderboard are Dustin Johnson (of 4Aces GC), Harold Varner III (RangeGoats GC), and Brooks Koepka (Smash GC), all on four-under. Among the season’s leading points scorers, the top two, Cameron Smith (Ripper GC) and Talor Gooch (RangeGoats GC), carded even-par opening rounds of 70, while third-place Bryson DeChambeau (Crushers GC) hit a one-under par 69, keeping all three firmly in contention for the individual players’ championship. In the team standings, Crushers GC, who sit second in the season rankings, and Ripper GC (seventh) lead the field in Jeddah on six-under par, one shot ahead of season-points leaders 4Aces GC and sixth-place Fireballs GC. “It was pretty tough,” Leishman said of his round and the conditions on the course. “A fair bit of wind, and it was nice to be finding the middle of the face.
IOC approves five sports for Los Angeles 2028
Five sports, including cricket and flag football, proposed for inclusion at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics were approved by the International Olympic Committee executive board on Friday, leaving them with one last hurdle to seal their Olympic spots. Organisers of the LA 2028 Games said this week they wanted cricket, flag football, lacrosse, squash and baseball-softball added to the event. Each host city, under IOC rules approved a few years ago, can request the inclusion of several sports for their edition of the Games. "These proposals have been accepted as a package by the IOC Executive Board," IOC president Thomas Bach told a press conference at the end of the executive board meeting. "Taking into consideration that these proposals and these sports are fully in line with the sports culture of our hosts in 2028, with the American sports culture, they will showcase iconic American sports to the world while bringing at the same time international sports to the United States." The IOC session, starting on Sunday, will now have to rubberstamp the board's recommendation.
International Olympic Committee executive board suspends Russian Olympic Committee
The Russian Olympic Committee has been suspended by the International Olympic Committee's executive board, but no decision has yet been taken on whether individual athletes from the country will be allowed to compete at next summer's Games in Paris.
Cricket among sports put forward for inclusion at the 2028 Olympics
Cricket is on the verge of returning to the Olympics for the first time in 128 years after the sport was put forward for inclusion at the 2028 Games.