Take Two! Naples Gears up Again for Huge Title Party

Football - Serie A - Napoli v Salernitana - Naples, Italy - April 30, 2023 General view of a Napoli banner hung from an apartment building before the match. (Reuters)
Football - Serie A - Napoli v Salernitana - Naples, Italy - April 30, 2023 General view of a Napoli banner hung from an apartment building before the match. (Reuters)
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Take Two! Naples Gears up Again for Huge Title Party

Football - Serie A - Napoli v Salernitana - Naples, Italy - April 30, 2023 General view of a Napoli banner hung from an apartment building before the match. (Reuters)
Football - Serie A - Napoli v Salernitana - Naples, Italy - April 30, 2023 General view of a Napoli banner hung from an apartment building before the match. (Reuters)

Napoli will open up the Diego Armando Maradona stadium on Thursday night for a live screening of their away game with Udinese when they hope to clinch the league title, local authorities said on Tuesday.

Napoli also expect as many as 10,000 fans to make the long trek to northeast Italy for a match when a point will be enough to claim their first league title since Maradona was in his pomp in 1990.

Extra police will be on duty in Udine for the game, with Napoli supporters taking up around half of the capacity of the Stadio Friuli.

The result may even be academic: Napoli could be crowned champions the previous night if Lazio fail to win their Wednesday home match with Sassuolo. Lazio, who are in second spot, trail Napoli by 18 points with six games to play.

Hundreds of thousands of Napoli fans had flooded into the center of the southern Italian port city on Sunday expecting their team to beat local rivals Salernitana and secure the Serie A championship for only the third time in their history.

But a late equalizer by the visitors put one of the largest street parties Italy has seen in years on hold for a few days.



Saudi Junior Weightlifters Clinch First Place at Asian Championships 2024

File photo of Saudi Arabia's flag.
File photo of Saudi Arabia's flag.
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Saudi Junior Weightlifters Clinch First Place at Asian Championships 2024

File photo of Saudi Arabia's flag.
File photo of Saudi Arabia's flag.

The Saudi junior weightlifting team secured first place at the Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships 2024, held in the Qatari capital, Doha.
The championships featured over 290 male and female weightlifters from 22 countries. The green juniors dominated the event, scoring a total of 575 points and winning 10 medals, SPA reported.
Mohammed Al-Zouri stood out with a gold medal in the clean and jerk and a bronze in the total. Adding to the team’s feats, Aqeel Al-Jassim earned two silver medals and one bronze. Abdullah Al-Muhaimid contributed three bronze medals, while Youssef Al-Madarham and Mohammed Al-Helaiw each secured a bronze.
The Saudi youth team finished in third place with 594 points.