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Saudi Arabia Receives Flag to Host FEI World Cup Finals 2024

Saudi Arabia on Sunday received the flag of hosting the FEI World Cup Finals 2024.
Saudi Arabia on Sunday received the flag of hosting the FEI World Cup Finals 2024.
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Saudi Arabia Receives Flag to Host FEI World Cup Finals 2024

Saudi Arabia on Sunday received the flag of hosting the FEI World Cup Finals 2024.
Saudi Arabia on Sunday received the flag of hosting the FEI World Cup Finals 2024.

Saudi Arabia on Sunday received the flag of hosting the FEI World Cup Finals 2024, during the World Cup Finals held in Omaha, Nebraska.

The FEI World Cup Finals 2024 will be held in Riyadh in April 2024, marking the first time the event will be held in the Middle East.

Prince Abdullah bin Fahd bin Abdullah, President of the Saudi Arabian Equestrian Federation, expressed his pride in hosting the championship for the first time in the region.

He stressed that hosting this global event is a result of unconditional support provided by the wise leadership and the follow-up of Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al-Faisal, the Minister of Sports.

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Five-time Grand Slam Champion Iga Swiatek Accepts One-month Suspension in Doping Case

Poland's Iga Swiatek returns the ball against Italy's Jasmine Paolini during the Billie Jean King Cup semi-final tennis match at Martin Carpena Sports Hall in Malaga, southern Spain, on Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
Poland's Iga Swiatek returns the ball against Italy's Jasmine Paolini during the Billie Jean King Cup semi-final tennis match at Martin Carpena Sports Hall in Malaga, southern Spain, on Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
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Five-time Grand Slam Champion Iga Swiatek Accepts One-month Suspension in Doping Case

Poland's Iga Swiatek returns the ball against Italy's Jasmine Paolini during the Billie Jean King Cup semi-final tennis match at Martin Carpena Sports Hall in Malaga, southern Spain, on Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
Poland's Iga Swiatek returns the ball against Italy's Jasmine Paolini during the Billie Jean King Cup semi-final tennis match at Martin Carpena Sports Hall in Malaga, southern Spain, on Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Five-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek accepted a one-month suspension after testing positive for the banned substance trimetazidine, a heart medication known as TMZ, the International Tennis Integrity Agency announced Thursday.

Swiatek failed an out-of-competition drug test in August, and the ITIA accepted her explanation that the result was unintentional and was caused by the contamination of a nonprescription medication, melatonin, that Swiatek was taking for issues with jet lag and sleeping, The AP reported.

It was determined her level of fault was “at the lowest end of the range for no significant fault or negligence,” the IATA said.

Swiatek is a 23-year-old from Poland who was ranked No. 1 most of the past two seasons but is now at No. 2. She won the French Open in June for her fifth major championship and took home a bronze medal at the Paris Olympics in early August.