Lionel Messi is reportedly ready to resume his legendary footballing rivalry with Cristiano Ronaldo. The seven-time Ballon d’Or winner will leave Paris Saint-Germain this summer and will accept a proposal from Al Hilal to play in Saudi Arabia next season, Spanish football television program El Chiringuito reports.
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Oct 30, 2019 16:10
MUMBAI: WWE announced Wednesday at a press conference at King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh that the first-ever WWE women’s match in Saudi Arabia will take place Thursday as part of Riyadh Season, which includes more than 100 events over a two-month span featuring world-class entertainment and sports properties.
Oct 09, 2019 17:10
RIYADH: The Diriyah Tennis Cup, the first international tennis tournament to be held in Saudi Arabia, will be held between December 12 to December 14 on the outskirts of Riyadh.
Aug 01, 2019 15:08
FRANKFURT, Germany: The Saudi Arabian government's brazen stonewalling of long ongoing efforts to act against pirate network beoutQ's operations in the autocratic kingdom, has forced football's governing bodies and Europe's top leagues to declare Tuesday they would pursue a solution by "other means".
Jun 15, 2019 15:06
PARIS: A day after Saudi Arabia’s plans to host the next Supercoppa were thrown up in the air after Serie A took legal action over TV piracy (read beoutQ) in the kingdom, Qatari broadcaster beIN Sports scored a major legal victory. A French court ruled Thursday that Saudi-headquartered satellite distributor Arabsat was complicit in the beoutQ piracy operation.
Apr 16, 2019 16:04
PARIS: After 30 years in Africa and a decade in South America, a new chapter in the history of Dakar will be written as the world’s biggest rally makes its Middle East debut in Saudi Arabia next year.
The Dakar Rally will be held in Saudi Arabia from 2020, organisers Amaury Sport Organisation announced Monday, confirming a five-year deal with the Saudi government.
Mar 13, 2019 06:03
DOHA: In response to the extraordinary announcement by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Tuesday that it will live-stream matches featuring Saudi Arabian clubs in the AFC Asian Champions League for free into Saudi Arabia on the AFC’s own digital channels, Qatari broadcaster beIN Sports announced it would launch a major international legal dispute against the football's Asian governing body for material breach of its mu
Feb 09, 2019 16:02
DOHA: Qatar's BeIN Sports said Friday it had decided not to renew a contract for the rights to broadcast Formula One in the Middle East and North Africa, accusing the sport's owners Liberty Media of only “paying lip service” to BeIN's concerns in its ongoing fight against Saudi state backed pirate broadcaster beoutQ.
Jan 22, 2019 17:01
ZURICH: At the end of their collective tether literally and figuratively, world football's major governing bodies have come together in a united front to condemn Saudi Arabian pirate entity beoutQ, which has been operating with impunity due to the unequivocal support provided by the absolute monarchy's de-facto ruler Mohammed bin Salman.
Dec 19, 2018 19:12
GENEVA: The World Trade Organization has said it would investigate Qatar's allegations of intellectual property breaches against Saudi Arabia, dismissing Riyadh's objection over what it said were national security concerns.
A Geneva trade official said on Tuesday the WTO had agreed "to establish a panel to rule on Saudi Arabia's alleged failure to provide adequate protection of intellectual property rights".
Oct 31, 2018 13:10
NEW DELHI: In a development that came out of left field as it were, India and all six other members of the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) have pulled out of a Saudi Arabia-led new football bloc with immediate effect, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) confirmed late Tuesday.