Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia’s growing influence and massive spending in global sports ahead of being confirmed by FIFA as the 2034 World Cup host was detailed on Monday in a report.

Hajj is the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia. Here’s when it begins and ends, and why it’s important to Muslims.

Cristiano Ronaldo finished the Saudi Pro League by setting the season goal-scoring record on Monday, but rivals Al Hilal won the league title.

Displaying any religious symbols other than Islamic ones in Saudi Arabia remains criminalized despite changes in the kingdom.

At the dawn of 2023, the specter of Saudi Arabia’s growing influence on pro golf — and sports in general — served not only as a moral conundrum for players and their fans, but also, some argued, as an existential threat to the multibillion-dollar professional-sports industry itself.

Saudi Arabia has formally informed FIFA of its wish to host the men’s World Cup in 2034 in a bidding contest that increasingly looks designed for the country to win.

Oil prices are up, and that affects people far and wide. Russia is earning money that it can use to wage its war against Ukraine.

Some of the world’s biggest stars like Neymar, Karim Benzema and more have departed for Saudi Arabia this summer following Cristiano Ronaldo’s initial move to Al Nassr.

Neymar is set to complete a move to the Saudi Pro League after Al Hilal agreed to a reported $98 million transfer fee with Paris Saint-Germain.

Saudi Arabian side Al Hilal reportedly bid $332 million for Kylian Mbappe, but NBA star Giannis Antetokounmpo hilariously made his case.

The comments came after Al Nassr’s friendly on Monday, one day after Lionel Messi’s official unveiling with Inter Miami.

Tennis appears set to follow the path of golf and other sports by doing business with Saudi Arabia and its $650 billion sovereign wealth fund.

Millions of Muslims from all over the world will converge on Mecca in Saudi Arabia to partake in Islam’s annual hajj pilgrimage, one of the largest religious gatherings in the world.

The controversial mega merger between the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia’s LIV Golf is just one step in the kingdom’s pursuit of big-name sports.

Newcastle announced a shirt sponsor deal Friday with a Saudi Arabian company linked to the sovereign wealth fund that is the English soccer club’s majority owner.