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Saudi U-17 Football Team Continues Preparations for West Asian Championship in Oman

The Saudi team prepares for the 2023 West Asian Federation Junior Cup Championship.
The Saudi team prepares for the 2023 West Asian Federation Junior Cup Championship.
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Saudi U-17 Football Team Continues Preparations for West Asian Championship in Oman

The Saudi team prepares for the 2023 West Asian Federation Junior Cup Championship.
The Saudi team prepares for the 2023 West Asian Federation Junior Cup Championship.

The Saudi national under-17 football team continued its training on Sunday in Oman, preparing for the upcoming match against the Syrian national team on Tuesday, SPA reported.

The comes as part of the 2023 West Asian Federation Junior Cup Championship.

The Saudi national team, nicknamed the “Green”, conducted their training session, at Salalah Sports Complex, under the supervision of French coach Stephane Salient.

The draw for the 2023 West Asian Federation Junior Cup Championship placed the “Green” in the second group, along with the teams of the UAE, Syria, and Jordan.

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‘Flooding Rains’ Threaten to Dampen Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony

Paris 2024 Olympics - Opening Ceremony - Paris, France - July 26, 2024. Spectators are seen behind the Eiffel Tower ahead of the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics. (Reuters)
Paris 2024 Olympics - Opening Ceremony - Paris, France - July 26, 2024. Spectators are seen behind the Eiffel Tower ahead of the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics. (Reuters)
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‘Flooding Rains’ Threaten to Dampen Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony

Paris 2024 Olympics - Opening Ceremony - Paris, France - July 26, 2024. Spectators are seen behind the Eiffel Tower ahead of the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics. (Reuters)
Paris 2024 Olympics - Opening Ceremony - Paris, France - July 26, 2024. Spectators are seen behind the Eiffel Tower ahead of the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics. (Reuters)

The Paris Olympics look likely to get off to a soggy start.

Meteo-France, the French weather service, is predicting “flooding rains” Friday evening when the opening ceremony is set to unroll along the Seine River. But the show is set to go on as planned, starting at 1:30 p.m. EDT/7:30 p.m. CEST and should last more than three hours.

Already in the late afternoon, skies were gray with intermittent drizzle. There was a silver lining, though, with temperatures expected to stay relatively warm throughout the evening.

Instead of a traditional march into a stadium, about 6,800 athletes will parade on more than 90 boats on the Seine River for 6 kilometers (3.7 miles). Though 10,700 athletes are expected to compete at these Olympics, hundreds of soccer players are based outside Paris, surfers are in Tahiti and many have yet to arrive for their events in the second week, organizers said Thursday.

Hundreds of thousands of people, including 320,000 paying and invited ticket-holders, are expected to line the Seine’s banks as athletes are paraded along the river on boats.