by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 5, 2016 | Sports
The carnival capital of Rio de Janeiro will host a glittering Olympics opening ceremony party on Friday, hoping to draw a line under a turbulent seven-year build-up dogged by recession, drugs scandals, crime and infrastructure stumbles. The iconic Maracana Stadium...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 2, 2016 | Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia’s Cabinet has appointed Princess Reema bint Bandar bin Sultan Al-Saud to head a new department for women in the kingdom’s General Authority for Sports. Princess Reema has become the first Saudi woman to have been appointed president’s...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 19, 2016 | Sports
Change is taking place at Shanghai’s leading Children’s Sports School Pudong New Area, a small cog in a state-run machine that has stirred out Chinese Olympic champions for three and a half decades. China’s sports system has been extremely prosperous...
