hilal. a volley of fireworks followed by a drone show projecting the player s face in the sky as the star was unveiled in front of thousands of ecstatic supporters. al hilal is one of asia s most successful clubs, but for many fans, neymar s arrival marks the beginning of a new era. it means a lot for us. neymar is a megastar player. brazilian leader and he will bring a lot of fans for like al hilal. translation: we are so happy that stars like christiano and others that stars like christiano and others play here. the ambitious ro ect to others play here. the ambitious project to make others play here. the ambitious project to make saudi others play here. the ambitious project to make saudi arabia . others play here. the ambitious project to make saudi arabia a i project to make saudi arabia a football powerhouse started with the arrival of cristiano ronaldo last year. this was followed by another record deal when benzeman moved from real madrid injune. since then,
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a brazilian leader, and he will bring a lot of fans to al hilal. translation: we are so happy that stars like cristiano and neymar are playing here in saudi. we hope that the saudi league will become as good as the other leagues in europe. the ambitious project to make saudi arabia a football powerhouse started with the arrival of cristiano ronaldo at al nassr last year. this was followed by another record deal when karim benzema moved to al ittihad from real madrid injune. since then, there has been an influx of foreign players. a couple of months ago the top four saudi clubs were bought over by the pif, which is the country s sovereign wealth fund. what it has done is, it has enabled clubs like al hilal to offer eye watering salaries to attract some of the biggest names in global football. sports is one of the main pillars
we hope that the saudi league will become as good as the other leagues in europe. the ambitious project to make saudi arabia a football powerhouse started with the arrival of cristiano ronaldo at al nasr last year. this was followed by another record deal when karim benzema moved to al ittihad from real madrid injune. since then, there has been an influx of foreign players. a couple of months ago. the top four saudi clubs were bought over by the piff, which is the country s cash rich sovereign wealth fund. now, what it s done is that it has enabled clubs like al hilal to offer eyewatering salaries to attract some of the biggest names in global football. sports is one of the main pillars of the country s vision 2030 economic diversification programme, which aims to reduce saudi arabia s reliance on oil revenues by building new industries and attracting foreign companies in line with that objective. the saudi pro league plans to continue spending big to sign more international players.
meet the mets, beat the mets, you know, this is not a franchise that s had a storied history. let s bring in a member of the new york times editorial board, mara gay if you want to talk basketball, the new york mets, whatever, the floor is open. good morning. did you fill out a bracket? oh, no, that is not my land i m just here to observe michigan, they re more of a football powerhouse. i m a fan in every way. i ll watch the gymnastics. i ll watch football, basketball. michigan gymnastics, is that a thing? of course. of course it s a thing. i m asking a question i don t know about michigan gymnastics sorry. just asking the question. i mean, let me tell you, i mean, i don t fill out the march madness, but mara and i always call each other. for the gymnastics finals, we fill out the brackets for gymnastics finals. that s in april.