A few weeks ago I came across a study done by a leading Australian research firm – Roy Morgan Research that revealed football as the most popular sport…
Four years ago I took an opportunity to head out to the UAE and left my native North east England on a grand adventure. Not quite like TE…
Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) based Al-Ahli SC went into this international break in 2nd place behind Al-Hilal with 14 points as opposed to the league leaders’ 15. The achievement…
Originally published in TheseFootballTimes. The Crimean War of 1850’s, the World War II and the Arab-Israel Wars in the mid 1900’s resulted in many Palestinians taking refuge in…
Similar to any other football culture which exists globally, Saudi Arabia has its own set of legends, jokes, clichés, stereotypes, memes, and of course stories. Most notably of…
Greek legend has it Chronos, a God in a serpentine shape with three heads—those of a man, a bull and a lion, that could warp time. Time exists…
As Al Ahli set to host Fujairah at the Rashid Stadium tomorrow, the confirmation that all Arabian Gulf League (AGL) matches will be encrypted moving forward raises a…
A problem associated with being an AS Roma fan is that come every season, you get excited and whisper to yourself “I feel this year is going to…