ADVERTISEMENT
Wednesday, August 10th 2022
Today's Paper
The Kashmir Monitor
  • Login
₹ Contribute
No Result
View All Result
  • LatestLive
  • News
  • Kashmir
  • India
  • World
  • Politics
  • Editorial
  • Business
  • Sports
  • Education
  • Health
  • Tech-Film
  • Auto
  • Crypto
  • Travel
The Kashmir Monitor
  • LatestLive
  • News
  • Kashmir
  • India
  • World
  • Politics
  • Editorial
  • Business
  • Sports
  • Education
  • Health
  • Tech-Film
  • Auto
  • Crypto
  • Travel
The Kashmir Monitor
No Result
View All Result
Home Latest News

After frowning female sports for decades, Saudi Arabia set to launch first women football League

Monitor News Desk by Monitor News Desk
Nov. 14, 2021 Updated 11:08 am. IST
A A
381985 1931057 updates

RIYADH: After investing $64 billion in its nascent entertainment industry, Saudi Arabia is launching the first edition of a women’s football league later this month.

ADVERTISEMENT

Women’s sport was long frowned upon in conservative Saudi Arabia.

But the November 22 launch is part of a programme set up by the Saudi Arabia Football Federation in 2017 to support women’s football.

According to the federation, the new women’s league will be playing in two phases within the regional league.

Sixteen teams will take part in the first phase with games played in three cities — the capital Riyadh, Jeddah, and Dammam.

ADVERTISEMENT

Six teams from each region will play in the matches, with the exception of Dammam where only four teams will play.

Those who qualify will be able to play in a knockout competition at the Kingdom Final Championship due to be held early next year in the Red Sea city of Jeddah.

Federation chairman Yasser Almisehal said the creation of a women’s league was “an important moment” for the federation.

This is part of the reforms by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Since taking day-to-day control in 2017, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has eased social restrictions and introduced the annual Riyadh Season extravaganza of concerts and events.

 Saudi Arabia is investing $64 billion in its nascent entertainment industry to make the kingdom film hub of the Middle East.

 The action flick ‘Desert Warrior’, starring Anthony Mackie (Marvel’s new Captain America), is being filmed entirely in Saudi Arabia.  Gerard Butler’s latest thriller ‘Kandahar’ is starting principal photography in the Al-Ula region this month — a first for the UNESCO  World Heritage Site opened last year as part of Saudi Arabia’s related push to introduce tourism.


Logo

© 2022 The Kashmir Monitor - The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of KM™

No Result
View All Result
  • Home Page
  • Latest News
  • Lead Stories
  • News
  • Kashmir
  • India
  • World
  • Politics
  • Education
  • Business
  • Environment
  • Health
  • Sports
  • Editors’ Picks
  • Videos
  • Lifestyle
  • Tech-Film
  • Today’s Paper

© 2022 The Kashmir Monitor - The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of KM™

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In