Saudi Games update: medals in fencing, karting, women’s futsal

MS Stable team secured the gold medal, followed by Al-Shoumough with silver, and Al-Khayyala team with bronze.
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Updated 06 November 2022
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Saudi Games update: medals in fencing, karting, women’s futsal

  • The crowds of SAOC Complex were in for an amazing show as they attended the men’s volleyball finals
  • The KSU Arena hosted the men’s and women’s karate competitions, which included the men’s kumite -60 and -67 categories and the women’s kumite open category

RIYADH: Prince Fahd bin Jalawi bin Abdulaziz bin Musaed, vice-president of the Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee and director of the Saudi Games, on Saturday honored the athletics medalists and the men’s 10-meter air pistol medalists.

Princess Delayel Nahar Al-Saud, deputy director of the Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee and deputy director of the Saudi Games, honored the equestrian medalists who took part in the endurance category finals, as well as the women’s futsal medalists.

Meanwhile, Princess Rihem bint Saif Al-Islam bin Saud bin Abdulaziz honored the fencing medalists.

Finally, Prince Khalid bin Sultan Al-Abdullah Al-Faisal, chairman of the Saudi Motorsports Company and the Saudi Automobile and Motorcycle Federation, honored the karting event medalists.

ATHLETICS

The event took off at Al-Riyadh Club. Many categories concluded on Saturday, including the men’s 110-meter hurdles, 100 meters, javelin throw, long jump and shot put.

The star of the men’s 100 meters was Abdullah Mohammed, who placed first and won the gold medal, followed by Mahmoud Ibrahim, who earned a silver medal, and Ahmed Majrashi, who won the bronze.

As for the 110-meter hurdles, Atiah Al-Shamrani secured first place and won a gold medal, while Shaker Al-Salem won silver and Munier Al-Hashim received bronze.

In the shot put competition, Mohammed Tolo received a gold medal, followed by Ali Al-Mubarak with silver and Ameen Al-Aradi with bronze.

Moving on to the long jump event, Homoud Al-Wani earned a gold medal, while Ahmed Marzouq won silver and Abdurahman Sharaheli won bronze.

Lastly, in the javelin throw final, Ali Al-Abdulghani received a gold medal, followed by Waleed Al-Ahmad with silver and Murtada Al-Ahmad with bronze.

SHOOTING

The finals, which took place at the City Public Security Training Shooting Range, saw Atallah Al-Anazi take gold. The silver medal was awarded to Mohammed Al-Amri, while bronze was won by Ali Mohammed Al-Ghamdi.

EQUESTRIAN

The event concluded with the MS Stable team coming out on top and securing the gold medal, followed by Al-Shoumough with silver, and Al-Khayyala team with bronze.

FUTSAL

The games concluded at the KSU Arena with Al-Hilal winning gold after playing a tough match against Al-Yamamah and winning 3-2.

In the third-place match, Al-Shabab took bronze after beating Al-Nassr 4-3.

Turning to the men’s finals, Al-Eitifaq took gold after defeating Al-Nassr 3-1.

Winning bronze was Musadaa after beating Al-Ardh 3-2.

FENCING

The competitions carried on for a second day at Al-Riyadh Club.

In the women’s épée individual category, fencer Fawzia Al-Khibiri secured the gold medal, while Nada Abed received silver, followed by a joint bronze for Shooq Al-Jazzar and Dana Al-Qassem.

In the men’s foil individual, fencer Mohammed Al-Dakhil placed first and secured a gold medal. The silver medal was awarded to Mahdi Al-Qaros, followed by a joint bronze for Ali Al-Binali and Mohammed Al-Dalkhil.

KARTING

The competition’s finals took place at Dirab Park.

Securing the gold medal was racer Fahad Al-Mugla, followed by Fahad Al-Dhufairi with silver. The bronze medal was secured by Prince Saud bin Al-Musta’sim bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud.

BOXING

Continuing at the Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, the boxing semifinals determined who is heading to the finals tomorrow.

Kulthum Hantol faces Sarah Al-Sharani in the Women’s -50 kg category, while Khadeja Al-Mahi is set to meet Sarah Yahya in the Women’s -54 kg category.

Finally, Raghad Al-Nuami will take on Hadil Ashour in the Women’s -60 kg category.

Turning to the Men’s categories, Abdulaziz Al-Oteibi will compete with Mohammed Azebi in the Men’s -54 kg, while Mohammed Al-Keidis faces Zied Al-Majrashi in the Men’s -60 kg.

This will be followed by Rakan Al-Thaqafi and Mohammed Salem in the Men’s -67 kg category.

Finally, Mohammed Al-Subhi will go against Salman Hamada in the Men’s -80 kg category.

VOLLEYBALL

The crowds of SAOC Complex were in for an amazing show as they attended the men’s volleyball finals.

Al-Ahli won their final match against Al-Hilal and received a gold medal after scoring 3-2.

The champions were followed by Al-Hilal, who placed second and won the silver medal. Finally, after battling for third place, Al-Etihad won their match against Al-Ibtisam and were awarded the bronze medal after achieving a score of 3-0.

WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL

The paralympic court, located at the Prince Faisal Bin Fahd Stadium, witnessed two wheelchair basketball games, where Al-Jouf won against Al-Madinah with a score of 59-14, while Jeddah beat Jazan 67-27.

TABLE TENNIS

The table tennis event took off at the Leaders Development Institute in the Prince Faisal bin Fahd Olympic Complex.

KARATE

The KSU Arena hosted the men’s and women’s karate competitions, which included the men’s kumite -60 and -67 categories and the women’s kumite open category.


Al-Hilal’s woes continue as Blues drop points against Al-Taawoun

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Al-Hilal’s woes continue as Blues drop points against Al-Taawoun

  • Two penalties saw the game at Wolves Park end 1-1 between Al-Hilal and Al-Taawoun
  • Simone Inzaghi’s side drop to third place, one point behind Al-Ahli in first and level with Al-Nassr, who play on Wednesday

DAMMAM: As we head into the final third of the 2025/26 Saudi Pro League campaign, it’s looking more likely that the deciding factor won’t be team finances, star signings or managerial strategies. Ultimately, it will all boil down to the referees.

With the delayed Matchday 10 now fully underway, Al-Hilal made the short trip to Qassim to face one of the season’s early dark horses, Al-Taawoun. Under Péricles Chamusca, who returned for his second stint at the club last summer, they’ve firmly positioned themselves as an upper mid-table side in the league.

After dropping points to 10-man Al-Ittihad last weekend, Al-Hilal returned to their position in the first half of the season: chasing Al-Nassr. While just one point behind their city rivals, Al-Hilal have a more difficult set of games in the upcoming period. Al-Nassr face Al-Najma on Wednesday, a side which have won just once in 22 games this season and sit dead last.

Al-Hilal weren’t helped by the fact that Karim Benzema was unavailable for this game. Out for a several matches, according to L'Équipe, with an adductor injury, Simone Inzaghi decided to use Marcos Leonardo.

Frozen out of team training after expressing his disdain at the club’s decision to not include him in the league squad as a regular player, the Brazilian’s return to the starting XI highlighted just how fragile the current squad rules are. On one day, you can be out of the club. A knock to an important player means you’re back in.

It was a game to forget for Marcos Leonardo, however. Besides seemingly being pulled down in the box by Mailson in first-half stoppage time, he barely threatened his countryman’s goal. The referee decided not to award a penalty.

Had he awarded that penalty, it would have been the third in nine minutes. In the 36th minute, Théo Hernández put his foot out to grab a ball in front of Mohammed Mahzari. The Frenchman was brought down in the process, leading to a VAR review.

Al-Hilal won the penalty, and Rúben Neves coolly converted to open the scoring. The video of the VAR decision quickly made the rounds on social media, with fans especially incensed after decisions that allegedly went in favour of Al-Ahli on Monday. Their opponents on the day, Damac, released an official statement citing their disdain at the refereeing decisions which they felt led to their defeat.

The penalty decisions wouldn’t stop at Hernández’s fall. Four minutes later, a Roger Martinez free-kick looked like it was on its way to goal, only for Sergej Milinković-Savić’s arm to block the ball’s trajectory. Another VAR review followed, with another penalty given. Martinez slotted it home to equalise before half-time.

Usually, Al-Hilal would deal with challenging opposition like Al-Taawoun by upping the tempo after the interval. This occasion was different. Al-Hilal looked out of sorts. They were positionally weak and lacked a decisive touch. They created chances, but this was not the Blues at their strongest.

Al-Taawoun deserve their fair share of praise. Chamusca’s traditional 5-4-1 saw greater freedom in the press, with a slower build-up preferred as opposed to previous outings. When pressed back, though, it quickly formed into a compact shape of at least nine players blocking key central areas.

Whereas in the game against Al-Okhdood — the evening where Benzema netted a debut hat-trick — the visitors were much better at breaking down the opposition block’s compactness. This time, Al-Taawoun would not grant the same level of freedom.

In stoppage time, Al-Hilal missed a golden chance that they may come to regret at the end of the season. Leonardo was released in space down the right and delivered a cross to Salem Al-Dawsari, who seemed set for a clear strik at goal. The ball flew past him as the game ended 1-1, adding further worry to Al-Hilal’s title challenge.

Elsewhere, Al-Ittihad and Al-Hazem played out a 1-1 draw in a game that saw Sérgio Conceição’s side struggle to take control. Muhannad Al-Shanqiti, who started on the bench, came on at half-time and changed the game — for better and for worse.

In the 80th minute, he broke into the opposition half and delivered a cross to Roger Fernandes, who unleashed a shot from outside of the box to score the opener. Four minutes later, he was beaten by Nawaf Al-Habashi on the counter, as he released Abdulaziz Al-Dhuwayhi to finish past Predrag Rajković.

Meanwhile, Ramiro Enrique continued his stellar season for Al-Kholood by scoring a brace against Al-Khaleej to increase his tally to 13 goals for the campaign. His goals were sandwiched between an early Paolo Fernandes strike in the second minute and an 87th-minute equaliser from Saleh Al-Amri to finish 2-2.

Matchday 10 concludes on Wednesday, with Al-Fayha welcoming NEOM and Al-Najma hosting Al-Nassr at 10:00pm.