Saudi Arabia News » Riyadh News Saudi Arabia » Riyadh » Sports: Saudia Joins Esports World Cup 2026 as Official Airline, Unveils Branded EWC Aircraft
The Esports Foundation (EF) and Saudia, the national air carrier of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, today announced an expanded partnership naming the airline the Official Airline of the Esports World ...
News Saudi Arabia » Riyadh » Sports: WTA Finals Heads To Indian Wells After Controversial Saudi Arabia Tenure
The event has been held in several locations in the past, including Singapore (2014-18), China (2019) and Mexico (2021).
News Saudi Arabia » Riyadh » Sports: 2026 WTA Tour Finals will be held at Indian Wells as deal with Saudi Arabia ends
After two years in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the marquee, season-ending event in women’s tennis will take place in one of the sport’s most prestigious venues this year. The 2026 WTA Tour Finals will take ...
News Saudi Arabia » Riyadh » Sports: WTA Finals: Indian Wells to host 2026 showpiece after women's tour ends deal with Saudi Arabia
WTA Tour announced it had ended its agreement to play the WTA Finals in Saudi Arabia; decision to host showpiece in Riyadh drew criticism from Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert; watch ATP and WTA ...
News Saudi Arabia » Riyadh » Sports: WTA Finals moving from Saudi Arabia to Indian Wells in November
The WTA Finals, the elite season-ending event in women’s tennis, is moving from Saudi Arabia to Indian Wells, California, this year. The women’s professional tennis tour and Saudi Arabia had signed a ...
News Saudi Arabia » Riyadh » Sports: Is Saudi Arabia's sports revolution unravelling?
The decision by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund to stop bankrolling LIV Golf at the end of the season has plunged the future of the breakaway series into doubt. It has also posed questions over ...
News Saudi Arabia » Riyadh » Sports: LIV Golf is scrambling amid Saudi funding questions. Will the kingdom’s stake in other sports last?
A montage of Saudi-owned sports teams, with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the middle. Illustration: Will Tullos / The Athletic; Alex Broadway, Richard Pelham, Anni Graf, Stu Forster, ...
News Saudi Arabia » Riyadh » Sports: The new global sport conference returns to Riyadh in October, with a first-ever Paris edition coming during EWC 2026
The Esports Foundation is taking its flagship business conference international for the first time. The New Global Sport Conference (NGSC) returns to Riyadh from October 30 to November 1, 2026, held ...
News Saudi Arabia » Riyadh » Sports: WTA Finals calls time on three-year Saudi Arabia deal and heads for California
The season-ending tournament will now be based at Indian Wells with the move coming a year before the Saudi contract ends ...
News Saudi Arabia » Riyadh » Sports: Sports Boulevard appoints OVG Middle East to operate Global Sports Tower in Riyadh
RIYADH — The Sports Boulevard Foundation has appointed OVG Middle East as the operating partner for the Global Sports Tower, marking a strategic step toward delivering one of Riyadh’s most ambitious ...
News Saudi Arabia » Riyadh » Sports: The Esports World Cup will reportedly move to Paris from Riyadh
This summer's Esports World Cup will be held in Paris, France, rather than its originally scheduled location of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, due to the war in the Middle East, GamesBeat reports. According to ...