RIYADH: Team Saudi returned home to the Kingdom after collecting a record 24 medals at the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Turkey, from Aug. 9-18. They won two gold, 12 silver, and 10 bronze medals. The previous record was 11 medals at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku. The competition saw the participation of 54 countries and 4,000 athletes. The Saudi team
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
Saudi weightlifter Ali Al-Othman has won two gold medals and one silver medal in the Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships being held in Tashkent, capital of Uzbekistan.