Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia is to launch a female football league, two years after women were first allowed into stadiums in the Gulf kingdom. The league will play its matches in the capital, Riyadh, and two other cities. The creation of the league…

Unbeaten Deontay Wilder landed a devastating right hand to knock out Luis Ortiz in the seventh round and retain his World Boxing Council heavyweight title. The 34-year-old Wilder remains on course to achieve his goal of unifying all four…

Egypt goalkeeper Essam El-Hadary has become the oldest player in World Cup history after starting against Saudi Arabia on Monday. He has the rather unique record of being older than the trophy at stake in the tournament. El-Hadary, who…

Liverpool star Mohamed Salah will be rewarded for winning the PFA Player of the Year award with a piece of land in the holy city of Mecca. Fahd Al-Rowky, the vice president of the local municipality in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, told national…