The Peace and Sport organization announced today, Tuesday, its recognition of Saudi Arabia’s sports sector with the prestigious “Peace and Sport Award” for its contributions to promoting the role of sports in fostering peace worldwide. The recognition also highlights the Kingdom’s efforts in implementing several sports initiatives, including hosting elite international sports events. The award [...]
The Saudi Olympic & Paralympic Committee (SOPC) has announced the signing of an official partnership agreement with ASICS, appointing them as the Official Kit Partner for Team Saudi from 2025 to 2028. Under this agreement, ASICS will provide Team Saudi with official sportswear for major international sporting events, which will include 24 multi-sport competitions from [...]
Following the recent celebration incident at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, Abdulrahman Alqurashi, the Saudi Paralympic Gold medalist in the T53 100m Wheelchair event, has issued the following statement: “To achieve my dream of becoming a Paralympic Champion and to hear the Saudi national anthem at the world’s largest Paralympic event is an indescribable honor. [...]
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today announced that it has partnered with the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Saudi Arabia to host the inaugural Olympic Esports Games 2025 in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This groundbreaking step follows the IOC’s recent announcement that the IOC Executive Board (EB) has established Olympic Esports Games. The proposal [...]
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has announced an exceptional delegation of athletes who will compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. The delegation will showcase the nation's remarkable progress in sports development. Leading the trailblazing team is Dunya Abu Taleb, a taekwondo athlete who has directly qualified for the prestigious international event through the [...]
The Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee recently hosted a sports Safeguarding workshop at its headquarters in Riyadh. The workshop was designed for administrators and representatives of sports federations, committees, and associations, coinciding with the upcoming 1st GCC Youth Games, to be hosted by the UAE in mid-April. During the workshop, attendees discussed measures, policies, and [...]
CEO and Secretary General of the Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee (SOPC) Abdulaziz bin Ahmed Baeshen headed an SOPC delegation in its visit to Japan, and had a meeting with Vice President of the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) YOCOI Yutaka at JOC headquarters in Tokyo. In the presence of JOC Secretary-General Mitsugi OGATA, the officials [...]
Aiming to foster the relationship between both Olympic Committees, the President of SOPC HRH Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki ALFAISAL ALSAUD and President of the French NOC Mr. David LAPPARTIENT at ALJANADRIA RACECOURSES signed a Memorandum of Understanding between both entities, where the vice president of SOPC Prince Fahad Bin Jalawi ALSAUD and the Secretary General [...]
As the work of this vital committee continues to ensure the speedy growth of women sports in Saudi Arabia, HRH Reema Bandar Al-Saud, member of Board of Directors at the Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee, chaired the third meeting of the current cycle of the Women's Sports Committee today in Prince Faisal bin Fahad’s Olympic [...]
HRH the Minister of Sports, Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al-Faisal, today received HE, the President of the International Olympic Committee, Dr. Thomas Bach, in the city of Riyadh upon his arrival in the Kingdom for an official visit. This marks his third visit since his election as the Committee's president in 2013. Dr Bach's visit [...]