The official website of Sami al-Jaber has announced that the footballer has finally decided to retire, concluding a great career that lasted about 20 years in the beautiful game. The announcement was expected since the end of last season, in which al-Jaber has minimally contributed to his club al-Hilal who finished second in the race [...]
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Al-Hilal Signs Huge Sponsorship Deal with Mobily
Wednesday, August 22, 2007 – 7:16
Al-Hilal is one the leading and well-known football clubs, not only in Saudi Arabia but in the Middle East and Asia. The Riyadh-based club have announced yesterday that they have reached an agreement for a sponsorship deal with Mobily, the country’s second telecommunication company. Now this kind of sponsorship deals is common place for football [...]
Iraq Wins Asian Cup
Sunday, July 29, 2007 – 18:16
Iraq defeated Saudi Arabia to win their first AFC Asian Cup title. Congratulations to our Iraqi brothers, and thanks for our young side who beat all expectations and reached the final producing some unforgettable performances.
Finally…
Wednesday, July 25, 2007 – 19:07
Saudi Arabia join Iraq in the AFC Asian Cup final. Yassir scored first and then Malek, shown above, scored twice in the second half. I will be out celebrating. More later (or maybe not!)
Saudis in the Semi-finals
Sunday, July 22, 2007 – 20:47
Saudi Arabia have continued their successful Asian Cup campaign and reached the semi-finals with a tough win over Uzbekistan in Jakarta. Yassir al-Qahtani and Ahmed al-Mousa scored for Saudi Arabia while Pavel Solomin scored Uzbekistan’s only goal. Our team took the lead very early as the third minute saw Abdul-Rahman al-Qahtani makes a long run [...]
Saudi Arabia Outclass Bahrain
Wednesday, July 18, 2007 – 17:57
Saudi Arabia are through to the Asian Cup quarter-finals after they brushed aside Bahrain 4-0 in their last match in Group D. Korea also made it to the knock-out stage after they beat co-hosts Indonesia 1-0. Saudi Arabia and Korea will face Uzbekistan and Iran, respectively, in the next round. First let me say that [...]
Saudis Snatch Victory
Saturday, July 14, 2007 – 20:06
Saudi Arabia beat co-hosts Indonesia 2-1 on their second match in the Asian Cup. Yassir al-Qahtani scored first, before Indonesia equalized few minutes later. It wasn’t until the dying moments of the match that substitute Saad al-Harthi scored his team second goal with a powerful header. The teams played to a packed stadium with more [...]
Still Unbeaten
Friday, July 13, 2007 – 5:14
Saudi Arabia and Korea has drawn 1-1 in their opening match in the Asian Cup. The result was expected, though I thought the match would be goalless. Unfortunately, the first half did not live up to the reputation of two of Asia’s top teams. The Koreans were missing some of their players in Europe, while [...]
On the Asian Cup
Wednesday, July 11, 2007 – 0:19
The 14th Asian Cup started on Saturday in Thailand with an opening ceremony that had to be cut short due to bad weather conditions. You can find out the results of the first few days of the tournament here, but what I want to focus on in this post is the chances of the Saudi [...]
New Coach, Same Old Story
Tuesday, March 20, 2007 – 9:55
Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF) have announced earlier this week that they sacked Brazilian coach Marcos Paqueta from his position as manager of the national team, and subsequently signed a contract with his compatriot Helio Dos Angos to prepare our national team for the Asian Cup in July. Paqueta, who still had nine months left [...]
