عربي English Türkçe اردو فارسى
Logo
Latest News
Sports

Superstars to Take Part in Riyadh Season Tennis Cup in December

FILED - 22 April 2023, Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart: Tunisian tennis player Ons Jabeur in action against Poland's Iga Swiatek during their women's singles semi-final tennis match of the 2023 Stuttgart Open at Porsche Arena. Photo: Marijan Murat/dpa
FILED - 22 April 2023, Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart: Tunisian tennis player Ons Jabeur in action against Poland's Iga Swiatek during their women's singles semi-final tennis match of the 2023 Stuttgart Open at Porsche Arena. Photo: Marijan Murat/dpa
TT
TT

Superstars to Take Part in Riyadh Season Tennis Cup in December

FILED - 22 April 2023, Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart: Tunisian tennis player Ons Jabeur in action against Poland's Iga Swiatek during their women's singles semi-final tennis match of the 2023 Stuttgart Open at Porsche Arena. Photo: Marijan Murat/dpa
FILED - 22 April 2023, Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart: Tunisian tennis player Ons Jabeur in action against Poland's Iga Swiatek during their women's singles semi-final tennis match of the 2023 Stuttgart Open at Porsche Arena. Photo: Marijan Murat/dpa

Riyadh Season 2023 announced that Riyadh Season Tennis Cup will be held on December 26-27, and will bring together tennis champions from around the globe.

The female competition, which will be held on December 26, will feature Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka and Tunisian Ons Jabeur, African and Arab tennis stars, the best in the history of the International Tennis Federation and the Women's Tennis Association.

In the male competition, to be held on December 27, Serbian superstar Novak Djokovic, winner of 24 major championships, will compete against Spanish professional tennis player Carlos Alcaraz, who won two major titles.

The competitions will be held at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, which has a capacity of more than 40,000 spectators. The venue is designed to host other international events, including the International Boxing Bout, to be held on the opening night of Riyadh Season, on October 28.

Most Viewed

 
 
Sports

Bundesliga Straggler Bochum Fires Coach after 8 Games in Charge and No Wins

Bochum coach Peter Zeidler gestures on the sidelines, during a German Bundesliga soccer match between TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and VfL Bochum, in Sinsheim, Germany, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. (Uwe Anspach/dpa via AP)
Bochum coach Peter Zeidler gestures on the sidelines, during a German Bundesliga soccer match between TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and VfL Bochum, in Sinsheim, Germany, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. (Uwe Anspach/dpa via AP)
TT
TT

Bundesliga Straggler Bochum Fires Coach after 8 Games in Charge and No Wins

Bochum coach Peter Zeidler gestures on the sidelines, during a German Bundesliga soccer match between TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and VfL Bochum, in Sinsheim, Germany, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. (Uwe Anspach/dpa via AP)
Bochum coach Peter Zeidler gestures on the sidelines, during a German Bundesliga soccer match between TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and VfL Bochum, in Sinsheim, Germany, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. (Uwe Anspach/dpa via AP)

Last-place Bundesliga club Bochum has fired coach Peter Zeidler after he failed to win any of his first eight games in charge.

Bochum said late Sunday it was releasing Zeidler and sporting director Marc Lettau from their roles because “conviction is lacking” that the team could avoid relegation from the German top division under their management.

Zeidler, who was hired in June, lost six of the seven Bundesliga games during his tenure and his last game was a 3-1 loss at Hoffenheim on Saturday. Zeidler's only point came in a 2-2 draw with Holstein Kiel, the only other winless team in the league. Bochum also lost to second-division Jahn Regensburg in the German Cup.

Zeidler, who had never previously coached in the Bundesliga, had a tough task from the start with a team which only survived in the Bundesliga last season in a penalty shootout in last season's relegation-promotion playoff.

Bochum has yet to name a replacement for Zeidler. Whoever takes over is likely to have a tricky start as Bochum faces Bayern Munich on Sunday before games against Eintracht Frankfurt, Bayer Leverkusen and Stuttgart.