Tag: Saudi Arabia
E-sport: Africa conquering the world?
The International Olympic Committee will launch the first e-sports Olympic Games in Saudi Arabia in 2025. A competition separate from the traditional Summer and Winter Olympics. How is Africa preparing…
Saudi opposition leader on hunger strike in Bulgarian detention centre
For two weeks, a Saudi asylum seeker and opposition figure has been on hunger strike in Bulgaria. He has been detained for three years and is at risk of being…
With taekwondo, the first Saudi woman to qualify for the Olympics dreams of gold in Paris
As a child, taekwondo player Donia Abou Taleb trained in a boys’ club, due to a lack of alternatives. Having become the first Saudi woman to qualify for the Olympic…
Gulf countries competing to attract ever-increasing numbers of passengers
The World Air Transport Summit in Dubai which began on Sunday June 2 continues this Tuesday. Two years after Doha, in Qatar, the summit takes place in the United Arab…
Saudia airline orders 105 Airbus planes
This is very good news for Airbus: the airline Saudia, majority owned by Saudi Arabia, has announced a firm order for 105 aircraft. It is a historic agreement, according to…
‘King Salman’ alarm from Saudi Arabia: He was treated at the royal clinic
The complaints of Saudi Arabia’s 88-year-old King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of “high fever and joint pain” alarmed doctors. In the statement made by the official agency of Saudi…
the Tyson Fury-Oleksandr Usyk fight, a new example of Saudi sports diplomacy
In boxing, it is a highly anticipated face-to-face this Saturday evening, May 18, between the British Tyson Fury and the Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk. The winner would become undisputed champion of…
Oleksandr Usyk challenges Tyson Fury for a star fight
Oleksandr Usyk’s fight against Tyson Fury which takes place on Saturday May 18 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for the unification of the heavyweight belts will make the winner the first…
Boxing: 4 belts for a coronation
In Saudi Arabia, this Saturday, May 18, 2024, a new king will be crowned. A king of boxing. The Briton Tyson Fury faces the Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk, for the reunification…
Al Hilal, crowned Saudi Arabian champion, frustrates Ronaldo’s Al Nassr
Al Hilal won their fourth Saudi Arabian league title in five years on Saturday (May 11), extending Cristiano Ronaldo’s wait for a title in this big-budget competition. Al Hilal, who…