John Catlin made some more Asian Tour history on Saturday, becoming the first player to win back-to-back events in five years with this triumph at the Saudi Open. And a month removed from the 59 he shot on his way to winning the International Series Macau, Catlin was a missed-putt away from becoming the first …
The season-ending WTA Finals will be held in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh from 2024-2026, the women’s tennis body said on Thursday, ending months of speculation and marking the Gulf country’s latest foray into the sport. Riyadh will host the season finale – which features the top eight singles players and doubles teams – from Nov. …
“To have a women’s tournament of this magnitude and profile is a defining moment for tennis in Saudi Arabia. The WTA Finals has the power to inspire far beyond the sport, especially for our young girls and women,” Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al-Faisal Al-Saud, the Saudi sports minister, said. Talk that the event could be …
Chinese heavyweight boxer Zhang Zhilei suffered a setback to his world title hopes as he lost to Joseph Parker on points in Saudi Arabia, before Anthony Joshua knocked out Francis Ngannou in the night’s main event. “Big Bang” Zhang knocked Parker down twice but did not do enough on the scorecards as the bout wore …
China’s Zhang Zhilei will fight Joseph Parker for the interim WBO heavyweight title in Saudi Arabia in March. The pair will compete on the undercard of Anthony Joshua’s showdown with ex-UFC fighter Francis Ngannou at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh on March 8. Zhang had previously been linked with a fight against Deontay Wilder, but …
SAN LUIS, Arizona: When Michele Pena ran as a Republican candidate for the Arizona state legislature in a heavily Hispanic and Democratic-leaning district on the Mexican border, few believed she could win. Pena, the daughter of a Mexican immigrant, was a school volunteer and single mother with no political experience. She began with a campaign …
Why Benjamin Netanyahu’s political fate is tightly entwined with the war in Gaza LONDON: Hopes for a peaceful resolution to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas are contingent upon a change of leadership at the top of the Knesset, as it seems incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is convinced peace is …
DUBAI: “Light is the new ink,” claims UK-based art expert Neville Wakefield, one of the curators of Noor Riyadh, billed as the world’s largest light art festival, which runs in the Saudi capital until Dec. 16. From fiber optics to artificial intelligence and mobile screens, light, in Wakefield’s opinion, has become a vital tool for …
DUBAI: “Shabab Al Bomb 11” was the top-trending Google search of 2023 in Saudi Arabia on a list of TV series, films, and programs. It was followed by “Oppenheimer movie,” “Jawan movie,” “Barbie movie,” and “The Last of Us series.” The tech giant’s annual survey, released on Monday, rounded up the most trending search queries …
Saudi Arabia’s Soudah Peaks: the luxury mountain destination at the Kingdom’s highest point RIYADH: Soudah Peaks, a sustainable luxury mountain destination under construction by the Public Investment Fund’s Soudah Development, lies in the southwest region of Saudi Arabia. It stands 3,015 meters above sea level — the highest point in the Kingdom — and will …