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Arab News Editor in Chief Faisal J. Abbas and SACF Chairman Prince Saud bin Mishaal Al-Saud unveil the design of the cricket national team’s shirt. (AN photo)
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Updated 04 April 2021
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Arab News official media partner for Saudi National Cricket Team

  • More coverage to be allocated for cricket in bid to promote sport, activity and healthy living
Updated 04 April 2021
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RIYADH: Arab News, Saudi Arabia’s leading English language daily, has been selected by the Saudi cricket federation to be the national team’s official media partner.
The partnership will see Arab News allocating more coverage for cricket events locally and internationally in a bid to promote sport, activity and healthy living among the Kingdom’s citizens and expat communities.
“We are happy to announce this cooperation with Arab News, which has established itself since 1975 as the newspaper of record for the Kingdom’s English speakers,” said Prince Saud bin Mishaal Al-Saud, chairman of the Saudi Arabian Cricket Federation (SACF). “Given Arab News’ success in its digital transformation and international expansion in recent years, we are confident that they are a perfect partner in providing international exposure for Saudi cricket.”
He added: “While the sport itself is not new to the Kingdom, cricket enthusiasts will witness a revival and impressive investment projects in its infrastructure due to the high level, official support the federation is receiving thanks to Vision 2030 and the Quality of Life Program.”
Arab News Editor in Chief Faisal J. Abbas, commenting on the partnership, said: “Cricket is an internationally followed sport and has a deeply rooted history in the Kingdom and among our readers. We thank Prince Saud and the cricket federation for choosing us as their media partner. It is a true badge of honor for Arab News to be on the Saudi national team jersey. Through this partnership, we will expand our coverage of this great sport, introduce it to a new generation of readers, and shed light on the federation’s exciting projects.”

Given Arab News’ success in its digital transformation and international expansion in recent years, we are confident that they are a perfect partner in providing international exposure for Saudi cricket.

Prince Saud bin Mishaal Al-Saud, Chairman of the Saudi Arabian Cricket Federation (SACF)

The partnership will also extend to the Pakistan edition of Arab News (www.arabnews.pk), which was launched in 2018. Cricket is massively popular in Pakistan.
The SACF was established in 2020, while the Saudi Arabia National Cricket Team became an International Cricket Council affiliate member in 2003 and an associate member in 2016.
Saudi Arabia debuted at the 2004 Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Trophy, a 50-over format tournament, and after that took part in other one-day ACC competitions.
In February the SACF announced the launch of the National Cricket Championship 2021, with more than 7,000 players competing in the Kingdom’s largest-ever tournament.
Cricketers from 369 teams, representing 15 local associations, are taking part in the T20-format competition across 11 cities: Riyadh, Dammam, Jubail, Jeddah, Madinah, Yanbu, Tabuk, Abha, Jazan, Qassim and Najran.

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Formula 1 champion Norris hungry for more glory

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Formula 1 champion Norris hungry for more glory

  • The McLaren driver said that claiming the drivers’ crown had not changed his work ethic or his desire to be regarded a “hunter” rather than “the hunted“
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MELBOURNE: Lando Norris said on ‌Thursday that winning his first Formula One championship had only made him hungry for more as he gears up to launch his title defense at the Australian ​Grand Prix.
The McLaren driver said that claiming the drivers’ crown had not changed his work ethic or his desire to be regarded a “hunter” rather than “the hunted.”
“I’ve probably done the most training and things during the course of the off-season than I’ve ever done,” the Briton told reporters at Albert Park.
“So it’s certainly not the case that I was relaxing more or partying more or whatever it might have been. It ‌was quite ‌the opposite, in fact.
“No, I’m still just as ​hungry. ‌I ⁠think ​it made ⁠me want it more, in a way, because you get that feeling.
“The same as when you have one win, you want another one in a race.
“For me, it was the same feeling as a championship; that one is amazing, but then you definitely want to achieve two.”
Norris won last year’s race from pole after arriving in Melbourne raving about the ⁠car’s performance during winter testing.
The constructors champions are less ‌bullish about the MCL40 car’s off-season performance ‌this year, with team boss Andrea Stella saying ​they were a step behind ‌Ferrari and Mercedes.
Norris’s teammate Oscar Piastri, who led last year’s championship ‌before finishing third, was similarly reserved about their early-season prospects, saying on Wednesday they should not be considered favorites to win in Melbourne.
Norris was more upbeat.
“Even if you’re second, third, or fourth quickest, I don’t think that’s on the back ‌foot,” he said.
“I think that’s still a very good position to start in. And I think in ⁠previous years where ⁠it’s been harder to improve over the course of a season, we’ve certainly proved that you could.”
This year’s championship has plenty of unknowns due to F1’s major overhaul to chassis and engine regulations.
Ferrari’s seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton said drivers faced their most challenging season ever as they grappled with the power management demands of the more electrified engines.
Norris said he was still adapting to the changes and would probably continue to well into the season.
“(It will) probably (be) at least a third of the way through this year until we drive different tracks, ​different tires, different tarmacs, different ​weather conditions until I can get close to that level of accuracy that I was requiring last year,” he said.

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