Riyadh (dpa) Portuguese Luis Castro, the coach of Al-Nasr, expressed his confidence in the team’s players and their ability to achieve victories, before participating in the Saudi Super Cup.Castro said in a press conference to discuss Thursday’s Al-Taawoun match in the Super Cup semi-finals, that he is happy to return to Saudi Arabia and compete … Read more
Paris (AFP) Ireland’s two-time Olympic medalist Daniel Whiffen has revealed he was “urgently rushed” to hospital in Paris with a stomach problem two days after taking part in the marathon ‘ swim in the River Seine.The 800-metre freestyle champion and 1,500-metre bronze medalist was due to carry the Irish flag at the closing ceremony, but … Read more
Doha (Al-Ittihad)The Portuguese coach of Al-Gharafa, Qatar, believed that Shabab Al-Ahly is a good team with many solutions, and said at the opening press conference for the clash that will bring the two teams together -tomorrow in the qualifying match for the group stage of the first edition of the AFC Champions League for the … Read more
Paris (dpa) Tony Estanje, President of the Paris 2024 Organizing Committee, said he was very satisfied with the Games held in the French capital.“I think it couldn’t be better,” Estanje told France Inter radio, a day after the closing ceremony.He said he felt relieved, happy and proud, saying that the Games exceeded all expectations, especially … Read more
The Paris 2024 Summer Olympics ended on Sunday afternoon, after 16 days of competition in various sports.The celebration began in the Tuileries Garden, where the French swimmer Léon Marchand, winner of four gold medals, removed the Olympic cauldron, one of the most visible symbols of the Games, to carry the flame in a lantern to … Read more
US President Joe Biden, in an interview with CBS News, warned of the escalation in the region becoming a regional war.Biden said, “I’m really working every day, with my entire team, to make sure things don’t escalate into a regional war.”“But things could easily escalate into a regional war,” he said. But the president emphasized … Read more
Dubai (Etihad) The Federal Tax Authority concluded a memorandum of understanding with the Mohammed bin Rashid Housing Foundation to strengthen the strategic partnership between the two sides, expand the spread of tax culture, and organize joint activities to improve and to continuously introduce mechanisms for the implementation of tax legislation and procedures in general, especially … Read more
An American agency refuses to approve a drug for post-traumatic stress disorder The US Food and Drug Administration has refused to approve a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder based on the drug MDMA, known as Ecstasy, according to a statement issued by Lycos Therapeutics, the company that developed it.The US agency indicated that it could … Read more
Paris (AFP) Dutchwoman Sifan Hassan won gold in the marathon on the final day of the 2024 Paris Olympics, making up for her dispute with bronze in the 5,000 and 10,000 meter races.The Dutch set an Olympic record of 2:22.55 hours on her way to gold, just 0.03 seconds ahead of Ethiopian Tegist Assefa, and … Read more
Al Dhaid (Al Ittihad) The competitions for the badge of Sheikh Tahnoun bin Mohammed Al Nahyan, soul, for the camel races of the tribes will continue, due to the Al Dhaid Camel Racing Field, organized and monitored by the Sharjah Camel Racing Club including holding 16 laps of the Laqaya race for a distance of … Read more