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Cristiano Ronaldo's Al Nassr was knocked of the Saudi Super Cup on Thursday after a 3-1 semi-final loss to Al Ittihad in Riyadh. The 37-year-old Portugal international, five-times Ballon d'Or winner, had a couple of chances to score but was well shackled by the Al Ittihad defence for most of the match. Anderson Talisca's goal for Al Nassr in the 67th minute was not enough to turn around the deficit from two first-half goals for Al Ittihad from Romarinho and Abderrazak Hamdallah. Muhannad

RIYADH: Singapore fell to another World Cup qualifying defeat on Monday (Jun 7) after a 5-0 loss to Uzbekistan in the Saudi Arabian capital, Riyadh. Singapore’s joint qualification campaign for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and the 2023 Asian Cup in China, delayed due to the COVD-19 pandemic, had resumed last week with the Lions’ 4-0 defeat to Palestine. The latest result leaves them out of the running for the next World Cup. Monday’s penultimate Group D match at the King Fahd

The Evaluation Committee for 2030 Asian Games ended their three-day visit to the Qatari capital Doha on Friday by visiting various sports venues. Two cities Doha in Qatar and Riyadh in Saudi Arabia, logger heads on the diplomacy front on account of the Gulf blockade, are bidding to host the multi-sport continental event in ten years’ time. The team which reached Doha on Tuesday, got themselves acquainted with the sports infrastructure projects that Qatar has mentioned in the bid document submitted to the