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Al Hilal SC (El Daba'a)
Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club (), simply known as Al-Hilal, is a professional multi-sports club based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Their Association football, football team competes in the Saudi Pro League. In Arabic, Al-Hilal means "the Crescent Moon". Founded on 16 October 1957, Al-Hilal are one of three teams to have List of unrelegated association football clubs#Never relegated, participated in all seasons of the Saudi Pro League since its establishment in 1976. They are List of football clubs by competitive honours won, the most decorated club in Asia, winning 70 official trophies. In domestic competitions, Al-Hilal have won a record 19 league titles, a record 13 Saudi Crown Prince Cup, Crown Prince Cup titles, a record seven Saudi Federation Cup titles, eleven Kings Cup (Saudi Arabia), King Cup titles, a record five Saudi Super Cup, Super Cup titles, as well as the Saudi Founder's Cup. Continentally, Al-Hilal have won a record eight Asian Football Confederation trophies — the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Investment Fund
The Public Investment Fund (PIF; ) is the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia. It is among the largest sovereign wealth funds in the world with total estimated assets of billion. It was created in 1971 for the purpose of investing funds on behalf of the Government of Saudi Arabia. The wealth fund is controlled by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia's ''de facto'' ruler since 2015. More than 60% of the fund's activities are within Saudi Arabia. Within Saudi Arabia, the fund's investments primarily go to private conglomerates owned by prominent Saudi business families who have close ties to the Saudi ruling family. Outside Saudi Arabia the fund's investments into prominent foreign assets such as Premier League football club 2021 takeover of Newcastle United F.C., Newcastle United have generated controversy due to the fund's lack of transparency and close control by the Saudi government, which has itself faced significant criticism around the Human rights in Saudi Arab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
