Saudi Arabia League

The massive spending spree that captured headlines around the world in 2023 may not have materialised this summer, but there is a familiar feel to the Saudi Pro League as the season kicks off on Thursday. Most of the big names are still…

Saudi Pro League side Al-Hilal have Manchester City defenders Kyle Walker and João Cancelo on a three-man shortlist to reinforce their defence. The third player of interest is City academy product and current Bayer Leverkusen defender…

Pep Guardiola has said Kevin De Bruyne will not leave Manchester City this summer. The Saudi Pro League club Al-Ittihad had the Belgian in their sights and De Bruyne, who has a year on his contract, last month admitted he could be…

Aston Villa are targeting an eye-catching move for João Félix after sanctioning the €60m (£50.5m) sale of their record signing, Moussa Diaby, to Al-Ittihad.Félix, who joined Atletico Madrid in a €126m deal from Benfica as a teenager in…

Clubs in the Saudi Pro League will pursue another wave of big-name transfers this summer in an attempt to increase its profile, with Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah and Alisson among the Premier League players being targeted. It is understood…

England kick off Euro 2024 against Serbia on 16 June and if Jordan Henderson is called up then the former Al-Ettifaq midfielder should be able to give Gareth Southgate an idea of the kind of form that Aleksandar Mitrovic and Sergej…

It’s not often that a football world record goes from Wales to Saudi Arabia only for Turkmenistan to also have a claim. In March, Al-Hilal surpassed the achievement of 27 consecutive top-tier wins set by The New Saints of Wales in 2016.…

Fans of The New Saints of Oswestry Town & Llansantffraid Football Club were surely supporting Al-Ittihad on Tuesday. The Jeddah team were TNS’s only hope of protecting their world record for the longest winning streak by a men’s…

Cristiano Ronaldo will serve a one-game suspension on Thursday after the Saudi Arabian Football Federation (Saff) disciplined him for an offensive gesture at opposition fans.Ronaldo must miss Al-Nassr’s Saudi Pro League game against…

Cristiano Ronaldo is supposed to be an ambassador for a modern and international Saudi Arabia and is not paid a reported annual salary of around £180m to produce articles that include words such as “crotch” or “genitals”.Yet it is…