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Saudi Football Federation Chairman Meets FIFA Global Football Development Chief

Saudi Football Federation Chairman Meets FIFA Global Football Development Chief
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Saudi Football Federation Chairman Meets FIFA Global Football Development Chief

Saudi Football Federation Chairman Meets FIFA Global Football Development Chief

Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF) Chairman Yasser bin Hassan Al-Misehal met with FIFA's Chief of Global Football Development Arsène Wenger in Riyadh.
The meeting focused on strengthening collaboration between SAFF's technical department and FIFA's football development division, SPA reported.

Their discussions centered on improving technical operations within the Saudi federation.
Wenger also toured SAFF's technical department, where he was briefed on national team strategies and current working procedures.
This meeting is part of SAFF's ongoing efforts to enhance cooperation with FIFA, aligning with its global influence strategy launched in September 2021.

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McLaren’s Lando Norris Wins Wet and Wild Australian Grand Prix

Lando Norris of McLaren celebrates winning the Australian Formula One Grand Prix at Albert Park in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 16 March 2025. (EPA)
Lando Norris of McLaren celebrates winning the Australian Formula One Grand Prix at Albert Park in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 16 March 2025. (EPA)
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McLaren’s Lando Norris Wins Wet and Wild Australian Grand Prix

Lando Norris of McLaren celebrates winning the Australian Formula One Grand Prix at Albert Park in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 16 March 2025. (EPA)
Lando Norris of McLaren celebrates winning the Australian Formula One Grand Prix at Albert Park in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 16 March 2025. (EPA)

McLaren’s Lando Norris has won a chaotic rain-affected Australian Grand Prix, his first at Albert Park, with the Brit just managing to stay ahead of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen following a third safety car late in Sunday's race.

Lewis Hamilton had a miserable Ferrari debut. The seven-time champion finished 10th and was annoyed by constant radio messages from his pit team.

Norris started the season-opening race, Melbourne’s first wet race since 2010, from pole position. But, while he initially came under increasing pressure from Piastri, who set a series of fastest laps until his papaya team told him to hold position, the Australian spun at the penultimate corner on lap 44 as the rain intensified and dropped down the order. A late race fightback helped Piastri recover to take ninth place and two championship points.

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen finished second — 0.895 of a second behind Norris — after starting from third on the grid, and took advantage of Piastri’s misfortune and the final safety car and stops. Mercedes’ George Russell closed out the top three.

The Melbourne race had a thrilling start with Racing Bull’s Isack Hadjar out on the formation lap, and Alpine’s Jack Doohan and Williams’ Carlos Sainz — who won here last year driving for Ferrari — crashing out on the opening lap.

There were just 14 finishers, after Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso hit the turn eight barriers on lap 34, while Red Bull’s Liam Lawson and Sauber’s Gabriel Bortoleto went into the barriers and out of the race 10 laps from home in treacherously wet conditions at the Albert Park circuit.