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King Abdullah Sports City
King Abdullah Sports City Stadium (), known as Alinma Bank, Alinma Stadium due to sponsorship reasons, also nicknamed The Shining Jewel () or simply The Jewel, is a Multi-purpose stadium and the main stadium of the sports city located 30 kilometers north of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Overview The city was named after Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah, King of Saudi Arabia when the stadium opened. The main stadium (King Abdullah International Stadium) is used for association football, football, reaching a full capacity of 62,241 spectators. It is the biggest stadium in Jeddah, and the second biggest in Saudi Arabia, after Riyadh's King Fahd International Stadium, King Fahd Stadium. Additionally, it is the 10th biggest stadium in the Arab world, and List of Asian stadiums by capacity, one of the biggest stadiums in Asia. Surrounding the main stadium are smaller sports venues. It also hosts Athletics (sport), athletics and indoor sporting events in indoor arenas. The stadium also hoste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jeddah
Jeddah ( ), alternatively transliterated as Jedda, Jiddah or Jidda ( ; , ), is a List of governorates of Saudi Arabia, governorate and the largest city in Mecca Province, Saudi Arabia, and the country's second largest city after Riyadh, located along the Red Sea coast in the Hejaz region. Jeddah is the commercial center of the country. It is not known when Jeddah was founded, but Jeddah's prominence grew in 647 when the Caliphate, Caliph Uthman made it a travel hub serving Muslims, Muslim travelers going to the holy city of Mecca for Islamic pilgrimage. Since those times, Jeddah has served as the gateway for millions of pilgrims who have arrived in Saudi Arabia, traditionally by sea and recently King Abdulaziz International Airport, by air. With a population of about 3,751,722 people as of 2022, Jeddah is the largest city in Mecca Province, the largest city in Hejaz, the List of cities in Saudi Arabia by population, second-largest city in Saudi Arabia (after the capital Riyadh), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Alinma Bank
Alinma Bank () is a Saudi joint stock company formed in accordance with Royal Decree No. M/15 dated 28 March 2006 and Ministerial Resolution No. 42 dated 27 March 2007. The bank was established with share capital of SAR 20 billion, consisting of 1.5 billion shares with a nominal value of SAR 10 per share. The company has more than 2,658 employees. Ownership structure Alinma Bank’s founding shareholders are as follows: The Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund (PIF), the Saudi Arabian Public Pension Agency (PPA) and the Saudi Arabian General Organization for Social Insurance (GOSI). Together they represent 30% of the bank’s share capital, all with equal shares. The remaining 70% of the bank’s shares were offered for public subscription in April 2008. Bank activities Alinma provides a comprehensive range of Shariah-compliant retail and corporate banking and investment services. The bank serves its clients through a nationwide network of branches and ATMs, as well as through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2014 King Cup Of Champions
The 2014 King Cup, or The Custodian of The Two Holy Mosques Cup, was the 39th season of King Cup since its establishment in 1957, and the 7th under the current edition. Al-Ittihad was the defending champion but was eliminated by Al-Ahli in semi-finals. Unlike the previous seasons where only eight teams participated, this season's competition featured a total of 32 teams. soccerway.com 14 teams of Pro league and 16 teams of 1st Division, and 2 teams qualifying from preliminary stage. The final was held at the |
Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium
Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City Stadium known as Al-Faisal Stadium () is a football stadium in the port city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. History The stadium is located in the south east of Jeddah, between King Abdulaziz University and the industrial city (Al Waziriah District). It is bound in the east by the Jeddah-Makkah expressway and in the south, Stadium street. The stadium was constructed in 1970, and has a capacity of around 27,000 spectators, and is part of a municipal sports complex that includes an indoor arena and an aquatics center. The stadium consists of two main stands. The covered west stand, is fully seated and has an enclosed VIP box and media suites in a central tribune. The arch shaped east stand is terraced, and curves along the running track. A single large scoreboard is located on the northern edge of the east stand. The stadium's capacity was reduced to 20,000 spectators by removing non-seating places in 2009. Al-Ittihad and Al-Ahli both use the ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
BESIX
BESIX Group is a Belgium, Belgian construction group based in Brussels, one of the world's leading international contractors according to the Engineering News-Record, ENR ranking. Active since 1909, BESIX operates in Europe, the Middle East, Oceania, Africa, North America and Asia. Its achievements include Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, the List of tallest buildings, world's tallest tower, buildings of the European Parliament in Brussels, and the Grand Egyptian Museum on the Giza pyramid complex, Giza pyramids plateau. In 2021 and 2022, it was announced that BESIX had been chosen to build the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, Guggenheim Museum in Abu Dhabi, the Tour Triangle, Triangle Tower, Paris' third highest tower, and the Kangaroo Point Bridge, Kangaroo Point Green Bridge in Brisbane, one of the world's longest span cable stay pedestrian bridges. In 2020, BESIX had a Sales turnover, turnover of 3.8 billion dollars and 12,000 employees worldwide. General information * Activities: Besix opera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Saudi Aramco
Saudi Aramco ( ') or Aramco (formerly Arabian-American Oil Company), officially the Saudi Arabian Oil Company, is a majority state-owned petroleum and natural gas company that is the national oil company of Saudi Arabia. , it is the fourth- largest company in the world by revenue and is headquartered in Dhahran. Saudi Aramco has both the world's second-largest proven crude oil reserves, at more than , and largest daily oil production of all oil-producing companies. Saudi Aramco operates the world's largest single hydrocarbon network, the Master Gas System. In 2024, its oil production total was 12.7 million barrels of oil equivalent per day, and it manages over one hundred oil and gas fields in Saudi Arabia, including 288.4 trillion standard cubic feet (scf) of natural gas reserves. Along the Eastern Province, Saudi Aramco most notably operates the Ghawar Field (the world's largest onshore oil field) and the Safaniya Field (the world's largest offshore oil field). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite
The 2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite (ACL Elite) was the 43rd edition of Asia's premier club football tournament, organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the first since it was rebranded as the AFC Champions League Elite. The revamped format, along with the rebranding, saw 24 teams playing eight games against different opponents in the brand new league phase. The finals was played in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia from 25 April to 3 May 2025. The tournament winner, Al-Ahli, qualified for the 2025 FIFA Intercontinental Cup and the 2029 FIFA Club World Cup. Additionally, they entered the league stage of the 2025–26 AFC Champions League Elite, as they had not qualified through domestic performance. Al-Ain were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the league stage. Association team allocation The associations were allocated slots according to their club competitions ranking which was published after the 2022 competitions were completed. Teams ''In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Indoor Arena
An arena is a large enclosed venue, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theatre, Music, musical performances or Sport, sporting events. It comprises a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for spectators, and may be covered by a roof. The key feature of an arena is that the event space is the lowest point, allowing maximum visibility. Arenas are usually designed to accommodate a multitude of spectators. Background The word derives from Latin ', a particularly fine-grained sand that covered the floor of ancient arenas such as the Colosseum in Rome, Italy, to absorb blood.. The term ''arena'' is sometimes used as a synonym for a very large venue such as Pasadena's Rose Bowl stadium, Rose Bowl, but such a facility is typically called a ''stadium''. The use of one term over the other has mostly to do with the type of event. Football (be it Association football, association, Rugby football, rugby, Gridiron football, gridiron, Australian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Athletics (sport)
Athletics is a group of sporting events that involves competitive running, jumping and throwing. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, cross-country running, and racewalking. The results of racing events are decided by finishing position (or time, where measured), while the jumps and throws are won by the athlete that achieves the highest or furthest measurement from a series of attempts. The simplicity of the competitions, and the lack of a need for expensive equipment, makes athletics one of the most common types of sports in the world. Athletics is mostly an individual sport, with the exception of relay (athletics), relay races and competitions which combine athletes' performances for a team score, such as cross country. Organized athletics are traced back to the ancient Olympic Games from 776 BC. The rules and format of the modern athletics events, events in athletics were defined in Western Europe an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
List Of Asian Stadiums By Capacity
The following is a complete list of sports stadiums in Central Asia, North Asia, East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and West Asia. They are ordered by their capacity. Stadiums with a capacity of 30,000 or more are included. Most large stadiums in the continent of Asia are used for association football, football, cricket, Sport of athletics, athletics, or baseball, depending on the regions. Seating capacity, Capacity, that is the maximum number of spectators the stadium can normally accommodate, therefore excluding temporary extra accommodations. Current stadiums {{row counter, {, class{{="wikitable sortable" , - !Rank !Stadium !Capacity !City !Country !Region !Images !Tenants , - , _row_count , , Narendra Modi Stadium {{lang, gu, નરેન્દ્ર મોદી સ્ટેડિયમ , 132,000, , Ahmedabad, , {{flag, India, , South Asia , , Gujarat Titans, Gujarat cricket team, Gujarat women's cricket team, Indian cricket team, India women's national cricket team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Arab World
The Arab world ( '), formally the Arab homeland ( '), also known as the Arab nation ( '), the Arabsphere, or the Arab states, comprises a large group of countries, mainly located in West Asia and North Africa. While the majority of people in the Arab world are ethnically Arabs, Arab, there are also significant populations of other ethnic groups such as Berbers, Kurds, Somalis and Nubians, among other Demographics of the Arab world, groups. Arabic is used as the lingua franca throughout the Arab world. The Arab world is at its minimum defined as the 19 states where Arabs form at least a wiktionary:plurality, plurality of the population. At its maximum it consists of the 22 member states of the Arab League, members of the Arab League, an international organization, which on top of the 19 plurality Arab states also includes the Bantu peoples, Bantu-speaking Comoros, and the Cushitic-speaking peoples, Cushitic-speaking Djibouti and Somalia. The region stretches from the Atlantic O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
King Fahd International Stadium
King Fahd Sports City Stadium (), also nicknamed "The Tent" ( ) or "Pearl of Stadiums" ( ), is a Multi-purpose stadium and the main Stadium of the sports city in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the stadium is currently closed for reconstruction that will expand it to approximately 70,200 seats by 2026. Overview The stadium was built in 1987, with Majed Abdullah scoring the first goal there. It hosted matches of the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship, including the final. In September 2017, as part of Saudi Vision 2030, there was a celebration of the 87th anniversary of the foundation of Saudi Arabia with concerts and performances. For the first time, women were allowed into the stadium. The stadium has been included in the FIFA series of video games since the 2013 edition, when the Saudi Pro League began featuring in the game, while a modified version with two tiers all around was featured in the Pro Evolution Soccer series during the PlayStation 2 era under the name "Nakhon Ratchasi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
