The Australian Grand Prix is back at Albert Park this weekend, featuring two local stars on the grid together for the first time in over a decade. McLaren’s Oscar Piastri and RB’s Daniel Ricciardo will be competing for points as the motorsports world turns its attention to Melbourne for the highly-anticipated third round of the … Read more
Another Brazilian club, Corinthians, were the inaugural winners of the FIFA Club World Cup in 2000. Another Manchester club, United, were competing that year as well. Alex Ferguson’s side, who claimed a domestic treble the year before, were eliminated at the group stage. Vasco de Gama finished top of their group to reach the final … Read more
By Declan Taylor SAUDI ARABIA are pressing ahead with a show on December 23 despite the delay on Tyson Fury’s undisputed clash with Oleksandr Usyk. The two heavyweights were supposed to finally meet on December 23 to decide who is the planet’s No.1 heavyweight but, after Fury’s bruising encounter with Francis Ngannou on Saturday, that … Read more
Saudi Arabia’s billion-dollar transfer market assault on football’s traditional order has gone to another level, with Al Ittihad making a bombshell play for Liverpool superstar Mohamed Salah. Al Ittihad, one of four clubs owned by the nation’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), have already signed Liverpool’s Fabinho for £40m this off-season, as well as French stars … Read more
In the days of the Roman Coliseum, they called it “Bread and Circuses” – leaders using the superficial appeal of entertainment to distract citizens from genuine problems. The term today: sportswashing: the use of games and teams and stadiums to cleanse an image and launder a reputation. A country that has never won an Olympic … Read more
Saudi Arabia plans to invest 142 billion riyals ($38 billion) to turn the kingdom into a hub for esports by 2030, part of plans to diversify the economy of the world’s biggest oil exporter. Savvy Games Group, a unit of the country’s sovereign wealth fund, will spend 50 billion riyals to acquire and develop a … Read more
RIYADH — Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Chairman of the Board of Savvy Games Group, unveiled on Thursday the group’s strategy. The Crown Prince said: “Savvy Games Group is one part of our ambitious strategy aiming to make Saudi Arabia the ultimate global hub for the games and esports sector by 2030. “We are … Read more
