News Archives - Saudi Olympic & Paralympic Committee

September 25, 2024

Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee partners with ASICS as Official Kit Partner for Team Saudi

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 […]

September 10, 2024

Statement from Abdulrahman Alqurashi, Saudi Paralympic Gold Medalist

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. […]

July 12, 2024

IOC announces Olympic Esports Games to be hosted in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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 […]

March 21, 2024

SOPC holds a Sports Safeguarding Workshop

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 [...]

March 3, 2024

Secretary General of SOPC meets Japan’s Olympic, Paralympic sport officials

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 [...]

February 14, 2024

The Saudi and the French Olympic Committees signed an MOU today in Riyadh

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 [...]

January 10, 2024

HRH Reema Bandar Al-Saud Chairs the Women’s Sports Committee Meeting

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 [...]

December 9, 2023

Al-Faisal Receives President of the International Olympic Committee in Riyadh

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 […]

October 16, 2023

SOPC’s Women in Sports Committee held a seminar on Growing participation in women’s sportat Misk Schools in Riyadh

In collaboration with Sport and Federations Relations Department, the Women In Sports Committee organized a seminar titled "Growing participation in women’s sport" today at Misk schools in Riyadh, where Her Royal Highness Princess Reema bint Bandar, member of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Arabian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and the President of the [...]

September 7, 2023

International Olympic Committee Reveals Inclusion of Four Saudi Members

Dr. Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), has officially disclosed the names of individuals appointed to serve on various commissions within the organization. Notably, four distinguished Saudi figures have been welcomed into the fold, emphasizing the robust partnership between the Olympic movement and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: 1- His Royal Highness [...]