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Saudi Arabia won the West Asian Football Federation U-23 Championship for the first time after defeating Qatar 3-1 in the final of the competition at King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in Jeddah on Tuesday night. Saudi took a two-goal lead in the first 20 minutes thanks to goals from Ahmed Al-Ghamdi and Saad Al-Nasser. Qatar hit back four minutes into the second half with a
Saudi Arabia have qualified for the semifinals of the 2022 West Asian Football Federation U-23 Championship after beating Bahrain 2-0 at King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in Jeddah on Wednesday night. The victory saw the Green Falcons top Group B on goal difference after they finished level on three points with Syria, who took second place and the other semifinal spot. Bahrain
KONYA: The Saudi national under-23 team qualified for the final of the football competition at the fifth Islamic Solidarity Games after beating Algeria 2-1 on Sunday night. The young Green Falcons started the match in dominant manner and took a two-goal lead thanks to strikes by Haitham Asiri in the 14th minute, and Ahmed Al-Ghamdi in the 20th. Algeria reduced the deficit to