Russia have proved the doubters wrong -- for the moment.

World Cup hosts, Russia, yesterday defied FIFA’s ranking as the lowest-ranked side in the 2018 World Cup, getting off to a 5-0 emphatic opening Group A win against Saudi Arabia. Though, the Russians played against probably the weakest team in the tournament, the 5-0 scoreline was the biggest winning margin in the history of World…

Host nation Russia thrashed Saudi Arabia 5-0 in the opening match of the World Cup to start their tournament in style in Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium on Thursday. Iury Gazinsky opened the scoring with a header after 12 minutes, Denis Cheryshev added a second before Artem Dzyuba got the third in the 71st minute. Cheryshev added…

A Federal High Court in Kano yesterday declined application filed by former Minister of Education, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, seeking the release of his international passport to travel for lesser hajj in Saudi Arabia.

Coach Juan Antonio Pizzi took his place in the Saudi Arabia manager’s dugout for the first time in November 2017. He still has to wait for his his first competitive game in charge of the Green Falcons, that comes against Russia in the World Cup’s opening match. During his seven-month tenure the Argentine has been…

"The Message", Syrian-American director Moustafa Akkad's epic film about Prophet Mohammed, will be screened for the first time in Saudi cinemas on Thursday -- four decades after an initial ban. "Knowing that there were so many difficulties..., now that they're showing it in the theatres I couldn't be happier," Akkad's son told AFP. The 1976…

Saudi Arabia on Monday began issuing its first driving licences to women in decades, authorities said, just weeks before the historic lifting of the conservative kingdom's ban on female motorists. Ten Saudi women swapped their foreign licences for Saudi ones in multiple cities, including the capital Riyadh, as the kingdom prepares to end its ban…

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has warned Saudi Arabia's reformist Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over his "sinful projects", in a bulletin released Friday.

A Vogue cover photo of a Saudi princess behind the wheel of a red convertible has ignited heated debate, as it follows a slew of arrests of women driving activists.

Saudi Arabia has passed a new law to criminalise sexual harassment, state media said Wednesday, less than a month before the conservative kingdom lifts its decades-long ban on women driving.

Saudi authorities have arrested seven prominent women's rights advocates, just weeks before the kingdom's longstanding driving ban on women is set to be lifted, Human Rights Watch said Saturday.

Saudi Arabia said the Ramadan fasting will begin on Thursday across the globe, the official Saudi news agency SPA reported yesterday.