Sports | Thursday 10 May, 2018 12:18 am

Third Edition of Sharjah Ramadan Five-a-Side Tournament Offers AED 500,000 Prize Money

The Sharjah Ramadan Football Championship (SRFC), organised by Sharjah Sports Channel, has announced the competition will have prize money totalling half a million dirhams, as some of the emirate’s strongest five-a-side teams battle for the title in the event’s 3rdedition from May 18...

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Sports | Tuesday 8 May, 2018 2:10 pm

Sharjah Sports Family Award Launches Two New Categories to Enhance Emirati Participation

In a bid to further highlight the achievements of local families who pursue sports professionally and champion healthy lifestyles, the higher organising committee of the second edition of Sharjah Sports Family Award (SSFA) has introduced two new award categories, namely, ‘Hero/Heroine with...

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Sports | Sunday 6 May, 2018 10:04 am

Saudi Arabia's changing attitude to health and fitness

Saudi citizens are getting to their feet and beginning to embrace sports and exercise as new research shows increasing numbers are trying to get healthy.  In 2015 the General Sports Authority (GSA) conducted the first National Sports Survey and defined active people who participate in...

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Sports | Friday 4 May, 2018 2:53 am

GSA Launches First Pilot Programs for Sports Economy

  Globally the gaming industry will make more than $100 billion this year and Saudi Arabia is set to supercharge its efforts to capture a growing share of that through eSports in the Kingdom. As part of the General Sports Authority’s bold vision for the sports economy which aims to ...

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Sports | Wednesday 2 May, 2018 12:57 pm

Saudi Golf Federation and Royal Greens Golf and Country Club Sign Mou to Develop the Game

Representatives of the Saudi Arabian Golf Federation (SGF) and Royal Greens Golf and Country Club at King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) designed to support and safeguard the game’s development in the Kingdom.     SGF, the...

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Sports | Monday 30 April, 2018 4:36 am

Future of sport in Saudi Arabia ‘depends on the public’

The development of sport in the Kingdom requires a sustainable ecosystem that includes private-sector participation and the support of the population at large, said Prince Abdul Aziz bin Turki bin Faisal, deputy chairman of the General Sports Authority (GSA). The prince was speaking during an...

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Sports | Saturday 28 April, 2018 12:08 pm

First-ever WWE Greatest Royal Rumble wows 60,000 in Jeddah

The first televised World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) event in the region was a huge success, with 60,000 delighted fans cheering their heroes at the King Abdullah Stadium on Friday night. In another landmark moment for Saudi Arabia, women were free to attend and enjoy the show. WWE pulled...

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Sports | Friday 27 April, 2018 3:36 am

Saudi eSports History in the Making

One of the hardest journeys in life is going from amateur to elite let alone doing it in under eight months.  Since October of 2017, when The Saudi Arabian Federation for Electronic and Intellectual Sports was initiated, the federation had already held two major eSports events and now its...

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Sports | Thursday 26 April, 2018 3:13 pm

Mobil Sponsored JSC Youth Soccer League 2018

Mobil Sponsored the fifth season of JSC Youth Soccer League 2018 that took place over the period from March 29 to April 20 in Rawdaa soccer field in Jeddah. The league brought together more than 350 players from 12 international schools and academies from 30 different...

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Sports | Wednesday 25 April, 2018 4:04 pm

WWE Athletes Tell Saudi Children They Can ‘be a Star”

WWE Superstars are used to being the centre of attention, but it was the children of Al Oula, a not-for-profit organization which aims to lift youngsters out of poverty, who stole the show when they met in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.   Athletes Mark Henry and Mojo Rawley are both competing in...

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