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“My great-grandfather was the last military leader in the world to win his battles from the saddle. And my grandfather, who was in his twenties, rode alongside him.”

-Prince Bandar bin Khalid Al Faisal, chairman of the Jockey Club of Saudi Arabia, referencing Ibn Saud who founded Saudi Arabia in 1932 in his comments regarding Saudi Arabians’ love for horses and horse racing.  The Saudi Cup slate of races featuring an international field and a total of $29 million in purse money and will be run at the King Abdulaziz Racecourse in Riyadh on Saturday, February 29, 2020. [US Racing]

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New Saudi Ministers of Investment, Sports and Tourism Sworn In by King Salman

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The new Saudi ministers of sports, tourism and investment were sworn in on Wednesday before Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz. [more]

  

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Saudi Aramco signs agreements worth more than $21bn at localisation event

Via Jennifer Gnana in thenational.ae : The In-Kingdom Value Add (IKTVA), which refers to the local manufacturing component required by Aramco from its partners rose to 56 per cent in 2019, compared with 35 per cent in 2015.

Saudi Sports for All Federation inaugurates the official Women’s Football League at the community level in the Kingdom

in com.sa : Under the SFA initiative umbrella and fully funded by the Federation, the WFL is a nationwide community level league for women aged 17 and above that will be mainly staged in three cities for the first season – Riyadh, Jeddah, and Dammam – with the potential for more depending on registrations.

U.S. Forces Return to Saudi Arabia to Deter Attacks by Iran

Via Jared Malsin in wsj.com : Here in a base of tents in the desert about 60 miles southeast of Riyadh, some 2,500 U.S. military personnel are launching F-15 fighter jets in soaring arcs overhead and manning Patriot missile batteries in shifts. Or they play chess and video games to pass the hours, with an NFL-themed video game splashed on a flat-screen TV inside a recreation tent.
 

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