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.
Saudi Arabia
Oct 27, 2018 14:10
MUMBAI: World Wrestling Entertainment's (WWE) upcoming Crown Jewel event will be staged in Saudi Arabia despite the pre-meditated murder of Jamal Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist and critic of de facto Saudi ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Oct 17, 2018 12:10
BARCELONA: La Liga champions FC Barcelona have renewed their contact with Samba Financial Group, one of the top financial services companies in the Middle East, till June 2023.
In 2013, Samba FG became the club’s first sponsor in Saudi Arabia, and since then, the relationship between the two organizations has been profitable for both, paving the way for a five-season extension of the agreement.
Oct 16, 2018 17:10
MUMBAI: Premier League giants Manchester United have dismissed reports linking the club with a potential takeover from Saudi Arabia.
Shares in the club surged by over 5% Monday following a report published by UK's The Sun tabloid that crown prince Mohammed bin Salman and de facto ruler of the autocratic state was considering a bid of around £3 billion for the club.
Oct 15, 2018 16:10
NEW YORK: WWE has removed the "Crown Jewel" pay-per-view show, scheduled for November 2 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from its calendar of events, as the disappearance of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a former insider turned dissident, continues to unravel.
The WWE has not made a formal announcement or statement in regard to the event, however.
Oct 02, 2018 11:10
DOHA: Qatar's global sports and entertainment media group, beIN Corporation (beIN), Monday launched an international investment arbitration against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for damages totalling more than $1 billion, over not just “state-sponsored broadcast piracy” of sporting events but also for "having been unlawfully driven out of the Saudi market".
Sep 26, 2018 13:09
LONDON: Ahead of its fifth season, Formula E announced on Tuesday that Saudia (formerly known as Saudi Arabian Airlines) will be its official airline partner as per a new long-term partnership deal. Saudia is owned by the government of Saudi Arabia, the country in which the first race of the new season will be held on 15 December this year.
Aug 18, 2018 15:08
LONDON: Close on the heels of beIN SPORTS providing damning third party evidence of how Riyadh-based pirate TV channel beoutQ was acting in consort with state owned satellite provider Arabsat to steal and rebroadcast signals beamed by the Qatari sportscaster into the kingdom, the legal fight to protect intellectual property has intensified.
Jul 13, 2018 17:07
DUBAI: The World Cup is all but over so one could question the point of the exercise but FIFA has "engaged counsel to take legal action in Saudi Arabia" against BeOutQ for illegally broadcasting World Cup matches in the Middle East, as other sports federations have joined a chorus of calls for the pirate operator's closure.
Jun 23, 2018 14:06
MUMBAI: To the chorus of condemnation against Saudi Arabia headquartered pirate streaming service BeOutQ, which has with state backing been illegally broadcasting the ongoing FIFA World Cup in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), the rights for which are with Doha-based beIN Sports, add world football's financial powerhouse UEFA.
Jun 16, 2018 11:06
MUMBAI: The Saudi government is in the crosshairs of football's governing body FIFA for what can only be termed state sponsored piracy in the light of its open support to bootlegging network “BeOutQ”, which is headquartered in the kingdom.