Cricket: Zimbabwe thrash Afghanistan to level series
Brendan Taylor scored a majestic 125 as Zimbabwe thrashed Afghanistan by 154 runs in the second one-day international at Sharjah on Sunday to level...
Saudis get a taste of opera, jazz
Opera made its debut in Riyadh at the weekend with a classic Arabian love story, as bands from Beirut to New Orleans performed at...
Salah meeting with Chechen leader raises red flags
Mohamed Salah was relaxing in his hotel room in Grozny when he was informed an important guest dropped in unexpectedly and was waiting for...
Maradona leaving UAE team after missing automatic promotion
Diego Maradona has left his coaching job in the United Arab Emirates after the team he was in charge of failed to win...
Dubai-owned Godolphin stable claims 1st English Derby win
The Dubai-owned Godolphin stable celebrated its first victory in the English Derby on Saturday when Masar achieved a 16-1 upset victory in the 239th...
Facebook apologizes for the terrible translation of the Chinese President’s name
Facebook apologized Saturday for a distasteful mistranslation of Chinese President Xi Jinping's name from Burmese language posts during his visit to Myanmar.
As his name...
Into the gym: first Saudi female head of sports should get women exercising
By Heba Kanso
BEIRUT, Oct 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Saudi Arabia's appointment of its first female head of sports should attract more women into...
3D-printed face shields against Virus in Egypt
With the arrival of the virus, which has by now infected over 4,000 people and claimed 300 lives in Egypt, according to government data,...
Saudi Arabia donated $115 billion to help 90 countries
Faisal bin Hassan Trad, the permanent representative of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations Office in Geneva, said the Kingdom has been the most...
Vaccine in sight as new MERS cases reported
A prototype vaccine against Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) has shown promising results as the number of cases in the deadly outbreak in...
