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AlUla to Host Saudi Arabian Equestrian Federation Endurance Cup on Saturday

Over 200 male and female riders will compete in the main race and accompanying events, covering a distance of 120 kilometers. - SPA
Over 200 male and female riders will compete in the main race and accompanying events, covering a distance of 120 kilometers. - SPA
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AlUla to Host Saudi Arabian Equestrian Federation Endurance Cup on Saturday

Over 200 male and female riders will compete in the main race and accompanying events, covering a distance of 120 kilometers. - SPA
Over 200 male and female riders will compete in the main race and accompanying events, covering a distance of 120 kilometers. - SPA

AlUla is set to host the Saudi Arabian Equestrian Federation Endurance Cup on Saturday at AlFursan Equestrian Village fields.

Over 200 male and female riders will compete in the main race and accompanying events, covering a distance of 120 kilometers.
The organizing committee, a collaboration between the Royal Commission for AlUla and the Saudi Arabian Equestrian Federation, has scheduled a veterinary examination for the participating horses today. The race will commence tomorrow, offering a total prize pool of SAR1.5 million, SPA reported.
This marks the fourth endurance race hosted by AlUla in the 2024-2025 season. AlUla will conclude its endurance racing season with the prestigious Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Cup in February 2025, widely recognized as the world's most expensive endurance race.

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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.