LIV unveils 2024 schedule with 12 events in eight nations
MIAMI: The LIV Golf League released its 2024 regular-season schedule on Wednesday even as merger talks continue between LIV’s Saudi backers and the PGA Tour over a framework agreement.
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Countdown begins to Saudi Games 2023
RIYADH: This year’s Saudi Games gets underway on Thursday, with a busy program of volleyball and kiteboarding. The volleyball competition will be held in the Green Hall at the Prince Faisal bin Fahad Olympic Complex in Riyadh, while Lagoona Beach in Jeddah will play host to the kiteboarding events. Some of the Kingdom’s best women volleyball players will be on show at this year’s Games, which sees eight teams competing in two groups of four. Al-Nassr take on Al-Hilal in the opener at 9 a.m., followed by Manjam Al-Mawaheb against Al-Riyadh, Al-Ittihad versus Al-Zulfi and Al-Anqaa against Al-Ahly. The men’s competition features three groups of four, with the opening match being between Al-Ahly and Damaq. That starts at 3 p.m.
Pavan, McBain earn beach volleyball bronze for 1st international medal as partners
Canada's Sarah Pavan and Molly McBain won the bronze medal at the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Challenge with a 2-1 victory over China's Jie Dong and Fan Wang on Sunday in the third-place game.
Canada's women's sitting volleyball team punches ticket to Paris Paralympics
Canada's women's sitting volleyball team is headed back to the Paralympics.
Canadian women's sitting volleyball team 1 win away from spot at Paralympics
A spot in Paris is within grasp for Canada's women's sitting volleyball team.
Canadian women undefeated in sitting volleyball entering Paralympic qualifier quarterfinals
Canada has yet to taste defeat through group play in the women's tournament at the sitting volleyball World Cup.
Ahmed Al-Ghamdi ‘does the math’ for late-career 2034 World Cup in Saudi Arabia
RIYADH: Ahmed Al-Ghamdi has always dreamed big, but after news that Saudi Arabia was the sole bidder for the 2034 FIFA World Cup, all but guaranteeing the 48-team extravaganza will be played in the Kingdom for the first time, he is now aiming for the stars.
Israeli airstrike in Gaza kills 2 volleyball players from Palestinian national team
BEIRUT: Two Palestinian volleyball players, who turned out for the national team and Al-Sadaka Club, have been killed in an Israeli attack that targeted Jabalia Camp in the Gaza Strip. The West Asian Volleyball Association mourned Hassan Abu Zuaiter and Ibrahim Qusaya’a on its Facebook page on Monday, shortly after Palestinian media reported the news of the tragedy. The two players were killed in an airstrike in the northern part of Gaza, according to the Palestine News Agency. Qusaya’a had won a bronze medal at the West Asian Beach Soccer Championship in 2021.