Rally Qassim Toyota 2023 set for Thursday start
BURAYDAH: Rally Qassim Toyota 2023 is set to get underway at Al-Qassim National Park, Osseilan, in Buraydah on Thursday afternoon.
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Baseball United inaugural All-Star Showcase in Dubai to be broadcast in over 120 countries
DUBAI: Baseball United, the first-ever professional baseball league focused on the Middle East and Indian Subcontinent, has announced that its All-Star Showcase on Nov. 24-25 will be broadcast in 127 countries, reaching nearly 200 million households.
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.
Olympic organizers to release more than 400,000 new tickets for the Paris Games and Paralympics
PARIS: Olympic organizers will release 400,000 extra tickets for next year’s Paris Games and the Paralympics at the end of the month. Organizers said Wednesday the sale will start on Nov. 30 at 10 a.m. on the official ticketing website, with seats available for all sports except surfing, in all price categories.
What a year: How Saudi football has flourished since World Cup win over Argentina
On Nov. 22, 2022, Saudi Arabia’s footballers pulled off a sporting miracle.
Dubai-based entrepreneur reimagining live sports on sea and land
There are few elite live sports that have failed to become even more popular in the virtual world of esports.
English soccer club Barnsley removed from the FA Cup after fielding an ineligible player
LONDON: English soccer club Barnsley were kicked out of this season’s FA Cup on Wednesday for fielding an ineligible player. The third-division team said an “administrative error” was to blame for fielding the unnamed player in their first round replay against Horsham on Nov. 14.
Portuguese hacker in Football Leaks scandal handed 6-month suspended sentence by French court
PARIS: A Portuguese hacker whose bombshell revelations on the “FootballLeaks” website rocked European soccer was convicted Wednesday by a Paris court and given a suspended prison sentence of six months. Rui Pinto accepted the sentence proposed by the public prosecutor for hacking into Paris Saint-Germain executives, French media reported. He was also ordered to pay one euro in damages to PSG, which had sued as a civil party, as well as 4,000 euros ($4,360) in legal costs. The 35-year-old Pinto reportedly expressed his desire to cooperate with justice authorities in Europe and France’s financial prosecutor. The Paris court ruling followed Pinto’s conviction in September by a Lisbon court of nine crimes.