The general supervisor of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief), Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah, met with Enzo Amendola, Italian minister of European affairs, in Rome on Sunday, as well as with the president of the Italian Senate’s foreign affairs committee, Vito Rosario Petrocelli, and Pier Ferdinando Casini, honorary president of the Italian Inter-Parliamentary Union, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
The meeting was attended by the chair of the Saudi-Italian Parliamentary Friendship Committee, Elena Morelli.
During the meeting, Al-Rabeeah stressed the Kingdom’s devotion to supporting those in need and helping affected communities in different countries.
He pointed out that the Kingdom was at the forefront of countries supporting humanitarian action in the world.
“Through KSRelief, the Kingdom has reached 45 countries, including Yemen, where 60 percent of our projects are being implemented,” he said. “During the past four years, the Kingdom supported Yemen’s central bank and carried out humanitarian and development projects exceeding $16 billion, which reflects the Kingdom’s devotion to Yemen.”
Al-Rabeeah added Riyadh wished to reach a peaceful political solution, highlighting that it counted on the international community and the EU to support all initiatives aimed at achieving peace in Yemen, and preserving the security and stability of the region.
KSA relief center chief meets Italian minister of European affairs
KSA relief center chief meets Italian minister of European affairs
- “During the past four years, Saudi Arabia supported Yemen’s central bank and carried out humanitarian and development projects exceeding $16 billion, which reflects the Kingdom’s devotion to Yemen”
Saudi Arabia’s KAUST named FIFA’s first research institute in MENA
- KAUST President Prof. Sir Edward Byrne said that the university’s selection as the fifth FIFA Research Institute in the world — and the first in the region — marks a significant achievement, reflecting Kingdom’s growing presence in international football
RIYADH: FIFA has designated the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology as its first research institute in the Middle East and Asia to support the development of innovative football research, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Tuesday.
The recognition highlights KAUST’s commitment to integrating sports, academic research and industry through advanced, high-level initiatives grounded in rigorous scientific methodologies, contributing to the advancement of football studies.
KAUST President Prof. Sir Edward Byrne said that the university’s selection as the fifth FIFA Research Institute in the world — and the first in the region — marks a significant achievement, reflecting Saudi Arabia’s growing presence in international football.
The accreditation aligns with national efforts to invest in research and development and promote the knowledge economy, supporting Saudi Vision 2030’s goals of building an advanced sports system based on innovation and sustainability.
The collaboration’s first project focuses on developing advanced AI algorithms to analyze historical FIFA World Cup broadcast footage, transforming decades of match videos into structured, searchable data, according to the KAUST website.
This work opens new opportunities to apply state-of-the-art computer vision techniques and deepen understanding of how football has evolved over time.
The second project uses player and ball tracking data from the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar and the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 in Australia and New Zealand to compile comprehensive datasets capturing in-game dynamics.
These datasets provide deeper insights into human movement, playing techniques and performance dynamics through AI-driven analysis.
