MENA

Saudi Arabia has announced that it will permit women to attend sports events for the first time in the country’s history.

The 2018 Drone Racing League World Championship will take place in Saudi Arabia, the kingdom’s General Sports Authority (GSA) announced today (Friday).

The General Sports Authority (GSA) of Saudi Arabia has signed strategic partnerships with LaLiga, which operates the top two divisions of Spanish football, and English Premier League club Manchester United.

Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, is to become the first city in the Middle East to stage the Race of Champions (ROC) after securing hosting rights for the motorsport event.

The World Boxing Super Series will stage the inaugural edition of its cruiserweight final in Jeddah, under a deal struck with the General Sports Authority of Saudi Arabia (GSA).

Sports and betting-related services company Sportradar has entered into a wide-ranging partnership with the Pro League Committee (PLC), the organising body of the top tier of club football in the United Arab Emirates.

The war of words in the Middle East over Qatar’s staging of the 2022 Fifa World Cup has continued with Doha describing desperate and “weak” calls from a senior United Arab Emirates politician for the hosting rights to the national team football tournament to be dependent on the country rejecting “extremism and terrorism”.

The Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) has today (Wednesday) unveiled a new brand and strategy as part of a “transformational” vision to support the future development of sport in the country.

Abu Dhabi serves as an irresistible draw to an increasing number of sports clubs, federations and organisations every year.

Abu Dhabi’s reputation as a host of stellar events across a wide variety of sports has attracted a broad range of international federations and sports governing bodies in recent years.

The combination of climate and accessibility means that the Emirate provides a convenient and attractive option for professional sports teams and individual athletes.

HE Aref Al Awani, General Secretary of the Abu Dhabi Sports Council explains how the Emirate’s continuing investment in a world class sports infrastructure serves the local population and the international community.

RCS Sport, organiser of the Giro d’Italia, has today (Monday) formally confirmed Israel as host for the ‘Big Start’ of the 2018 edition of the cycling race, revealing that the country saw off competition from a host of other candidates from Italy and elsewhere to secure hosting rights.

The Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy, the organising body of the 2022 Fifa World Cup national team football tournament in Qatar, has revealed the design for its latest venue, the Al Thumama Stadium in Doha.

Sebastian Coe, president of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), has maintained that Doha will host the 2019 World Athletics Championships after comments from Ed Warner, chairman of the London 2017 Championships, that the decision to stage the next edition of the event in Qatar was a “really strange choice”.

Israel is set to be confirmed as the destination for the ‘Big Start’ of the 2018 Giro d’Italia cycling race next month, according to the Cyclingnews website.