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20 days remaining until Rally Dakar Saudi Arabia 2022 is flagged off
JEDDAH — Preparations for the third edition of the Dakar Saudi Arabia 2022 has entered the final stages and is geared for the launch of the biggest challenges in the motorsports and the most prestigious rally after 20 days in the desert of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the new homeland for the motorsport.The biggest rally in terms of the number of participants will be held between Jan. 1 and 14, 2022, with the participation of around 1,000 racers from 70 countries, during which participants will go through a challenge of their capabilities to bear the toughest experiences in the motorsports.Racers will have to drive their vehicles in the desert of Saudi Arabia and its tough terrains for a total distance of about 8,375 kilometers.The Saudi Motorsport Company (SMC), the promoting side for...
December 13, 2021

20 days remaining until Rally Dakar Saudi Arabia 2022 is flagged off

(l-r) Kurtis Clement, Faisal Salhab, Abdulaziz Al-Anezi & Mohammed Al-Issa.
Faisal Salhab wins sixth edition of the Saudi Open
RIYADH — Leading Saudi amateur golfer Faisal Salhab was this weekend crowned champion of the sixth edition of the Saudi Open. Collecting his trophy during a special prize giving ceremony organized by Golf Saudi, the Saudi Golf Federation and Riyadh Golf Club, Salhab finished head and shoulders ahead of his fellow competitors by posting an overall score of 205 (11 under par) over three rounds.The tournament was open to all professional and amateur golf players in the Middle East and North Africa who are registered with any golf club and saw 88 players from more than 27 countries compete over the weekend. A cut was held at the end of day two, from which 60 players went forward to qualify for the last round.With so much at stake and a Saudi National Team Player in the mix from the very...
December 13, 2021

Faisal Salhab wins sixth edition of the Saudi Open

File picture of Pele.
Pele returns to hospital after tumor removal
RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilian football legend Pele has returned to hospital to continue his treatment for a colon tumor. The 81-year-old underwent surgery to remove a tumor in September and doctors said upon his release that he would require chemotherapy. "The patient is in a stable condition and the forecast is that he will be discharged in the coming days," Sao Paulo's Albert Einstein hospital said in a statement on Wednesday, without providing details. Pele said last month that he was feeling "better every day", having been released from hospital on September 30. Doctors detected the tumor during routine medical tests. The three-time World Cup winner has rarely been seen in public since undergoing hip replacement surgery in 2012. He has since battled a series...
December 11, 2021

Pele returns to hospital after tumor removal

Nasser Al-Attiyah & Mathieu Baumel racing at Hail Rally during the stage 3 in Hail, Saudi Arabia.
Al-Attiyah seals fifth FIA World Cup title with victory in Hail
HAIL — Qatar’s Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah set the fastest time on the short final stage of the Hail Cross-Country Rally to secure a fifth FIA World Cup Drivers’ Championship title in emphatic style on Saturday.Mathematically, the Qatari had won the title after recording two stage wins earlier in the event, but he and French co-driver Matthieu Baumel pressed on regardless in their Toyota Hilux to record three stage wins and a winning margin of 21min 51sec over the Russian duo of Denis Krotov and Konstantin Zhiltsov.The success also marked their fourth FIA World Cup title together after three successive wins between 2015 and 2017.Al-Attiyah said: “It was a good last stage and completely different to the first three. It was all gravel through the mountains. It was fantastic and we are...
December 11, 2021

Al-Attiyah seals fifth FIA World Cup title with victory in Hail

Marek Goczal
Al-Attiyah fastest as Przygonski loses time on third Saudi desert stage
HAIL — Qatar’s Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah started second on the road and managed to pass Poland’s Jakub Przygonski to claim victory on the third 249km selective section of the Hail Cross-Country Rally on Friday.Assuming that the Qatari’s Toyota Hilux passes all post-event scrutineering checks, he has already done enough to secure a fifth FIA World Cup title. He and co-driver Matthieu Baumel managed to beat stage runner-up Vladimir Vasilyev by 3min 57sec and will take a lead of 18min 18sec over Russia’s Denis Krotov into the final day.Al-Attiyah said: “A good day for us and another stage win under our belts. Now we need to bring the car safely to the finish tomorrow.”Przygonski had been challenging Krotov for second place, but the Pole suffered a broken drive shaft on the day’s...
December 11, 2021

Al-Attiyah fastest as Przygonski loses time on third Saudi desert stage

Jakub Przygonski & Timo Gottschalk racing at Hail Rally during the shakedown in Hail, Saudi Arabia on Wednesday.
Przygonski fastest as Al-Attiyah closes in on FIA World Cup title
HAIL — Poland’s Jakub Przygonski beat Qatar’s Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah by 69 seconds to claim the fastest time on the second 314km selective section of the Hail Cross-Country Rally on Thursday morning.But the bonus point that the Qatari collected for setting the second quickest time, coupled with the 1.5 points he earned for being fastest on Wednesday, pushed him ever closer to the FIA World Cup title in the duel with Toyota teammate Lucio Alvarez.Al-Attiyah now leads the event by 7min 11sec, with his title rival down in sixth place, 24min 28sec behind.Al-Attiyah said: “I am quite happy. It was a good stage and we take good points yesterday and today. This is good towards the FIA World Cup. We opened all the way and it was not easy. But we lost only one minute. Tomorrow we start...
December 10, 2021

Przygonski fastest as Al-Attiyah closes in on FIA World Cup title

Nasser Al-Attiyah & Mathieu Baumel racing at Hail Rally during the stage 1 in Hail, Saudi Arabia on Wednesday.
Toyota’s Al-Attiyah cruises into comfortable lead after opening stage in Hail
HAIL — Qatar’s Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah and French navigator Matthieu Baumel comfortably won the opening 258.14km selective section of the Hail Cross-Country Rally on Wednesday morning.The Toyota Gazoo Racing duo steered their Toyota Hilux to a time of 3hr 20min 01sec and duly finished 6min 05sec in front of stage runner-up Denis Krotov.Al-Attiyah’s stage performance boosted his already overwhelming odds of clinching the FIA World Cup title and the Qatari found himself 22min 16sec ahead of Toyota teammate and title rival Lucio Alvarez heading into the night halt in Hail.Al-Attiyah’s co-driver Baumel said: “We started first of the T1 cars, but the T1 2022 specification cars started before us. We passed all three of them during the day and we opened the road half the way. It was not...
December 08, 2021

Toyota’s Al-Attiyah cruises into comfortable lead after opening stage in Hail

Sixth Edition of the Saudi Open gets under way
Sixth edition of the Saudi Open gets under way today
RIYADH — Prince Khalid Bin Saud Al-Faisal, advisor to the Saudi Golf Federation, and Mohammed Al-Issa, executive manager of the Saudi Golf Federation, both oversaw the launch of the sixth Saudi Open Golf Championship Wednesday.The tournament is due to get under way tomorrow (Dec. 9- 11) at Riyadh Golf Club. Participation in the tournament will be open to all professional and amateur golf players in the Middle East and North Africa who are registered with any golf club.The tournament is expected to receive wide interest from golf fans inside and outside the Kingdom. The Saudi Open will see the participation of the most prominent players from the GCC and Arab countries, in addition to Saudi Arabia’s growing home talents from the National Team.The National Talents have all gone from...
December 08, 2021

Sixth edition of the Saudi Open gets under way today

Jakub Przygonski & Timo Gottschalk racing at Hail Rally during the shakedown in Hail, Saudi Arabia on December 7, 2021.
Al-Attiyah, Aalvarez go head-to-head for FIA World Cup glory in Saudi desert
HAIL — Competitive action gets under way at the Hail Cross-Country Rally, the final round of the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies, on Wednesday morning.Qatar’s Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah and Argentina’s Lucio Alvarez both drive V8-engined Toyota Hiluxes, built in conjunction with Toyota Gazoo Racing and Overdrive Racing, and they will go head-to-head to decide the outcome of the 2021 FIA World Cup Drivers’ Championship.To win his first FIA World Cup title, Alvarez needs to overturn a 28-point deficit. The Argentine will need to win the rally outright and score at least three additional bonus points for daily stage performances and, even then, the outcome will depend on whether Al-Attiyah finishes lower than eighth overall and fails to secure a single bonus point.Al-Attiyah...
December 08, 2021

Al-Attiyah, Aalvarez go head-to-head for FIA World Cup glory in Saudi desert

Hani Al-Noumesi
Saudi and GCC entrants set to dominate motorcycle and quad battles in Hail
HAIL — Saudi Arabian and GCC riders dominate the motorcycle and quad entry for this week’s Hail Cross-Country Rally, the four-day finale to the world’s 2021 off-road season.While most attention this week in the north-central region of Saudi Arabia turns to the battle for FIA World Cup glory and the duel between Qatar’s Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah and Argentina’s Lucio Alvarez for the Drivers’ title, the two-wheel protagonists will be looking for their own success in the absence of the world’s top cross-country riders.Austria’s Matthias Walkner clinched the 2021 FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship on a works KTM and, as teams such as Honda, KTM, Sherco, Husqvarna, Yamaha and GasGas make their final preparations for the Dakar Rally, the stage is left open for regional...
December 06, 2021

Saudi and GCC entrants set to dominate motorcycle and quad battles in Hail

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