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4 days ago | 
english.alarabiya.net | Mark Lomas
The Saudi Pro League is now home to some of football’s most recognizable names, with the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, Riyad Mahrez and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang putting the competition on the global football map. Each week, Al Arabiya English brings you the key storylines and highlights in the race for the 2024-25 Saudi Pro League title.
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1 week ago | 
english.alarabiya.net | Mark Lomas
The Saudi Pro League is now home to some of football’s most recognizable names, with the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, Riyad Mahrez and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang putting the competition on the global football map. Each week, Al Arabiya English brings you the key storylines and highlights in the race for the 2024-25 Saudi Pro League title.
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1 week ago | 
english.alarabiya.net | Mark Lomas
It was a tough weekend for Al Hilal as the four-time AFC Champions League winner parted company with popular coach Jorge Jesus, before watching on – having been eliminated in the semi-finals – as Jeddah rival Al Ahli won its first ACL Elite title. While it may be scant consolation for a player who is both fiercely competitive and already incredibly decorated, Salem al-Dawsari did receive a silver lining of sorts for Al Hilal.
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1 week ago | 
english.alarabiya.net | Mark Lomas
Amid all the fervent team celebrations after Al Ahli won its first AFC Champions League Elite on Saturday night, two of the club’s players were also individually honored. Edouard Mendy was named the ACL Elite’s Best Goalkeeper, while Al Ahli captain Roberto Firmino – who provided assists for both of Al Ahli’s goals in the 2-0 victory over Kawasaki Frontale – was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player.
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1 week ago | 
english.alarabiya.net | Mark Lomas
Saudi Arabia’s Al Ahli won the AFC Champions League Elite title on Saturday with a 2-0 victory over Japanese side Kawasaki Frontale. It was an historic achievement for Al Ahli as it claimed its first ever triumph in the competition – becoming only the third Saudi club to win Asia’s biggest club prize. The road to AFC Champions League Elite glory began last September with eight games in the West Asian group stage.
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1 week ago | 
english.alarabiya.net | Mark Lomas
Al Hilal announced on Friday that coach Jorge Jesus’ second spell at the club had ended, just four days after the club lost to eventual winner Al Ahli in the AFC Champions League Elite semi-final. It was the second year in a row that Jesus and Al Hilal fell short of continental glory at the semi-final stage; the biggest prize in Asian club football has been the only trophy to elude the Portuguese coach in a hugely successful two years in charge of the Riyadh giant.
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1 week ago | 
english.alarabiya.net | Mark Lomas
History was made on Saturday night as Al Ahli secured its first ever AFC Champions League Elite title – winning the first edition of the rebranded tournament. It ended a long wait for the club from Jeddah, which had lost two previous finals in 1986 and 2012. But first-half goals from winger Galeno and midfielder Franck Kessis saw Al Ahli beat Japan’s Kawasaki Frontale 2-0 to finally lift Asia’s biggest club prize.
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1 week ago | 
english.alarabiya.net | Mark Lomas
Al Ahli was crowned Asia’s best club on Saturday night as Matthias Jaissle’s team beat Kawasaki Frontale of Japan 2-0 at King Abdullah Sports City to win the AFC Champions League Elite. Having lost its previous two finals in the competition, Al Ahli laid its demons to rest with a convincing victory in front of a partisan home crowd in Jeddah.
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2 weeks ago | 
english.alarabiya.net | Mark Lomas
The eyes of the boxing world will return to Riyadh again on Saturday as Saudi Arabia’s capital city hosts another historic night for the sport, with Mexican superstar Saúl ‘Canelo’ Álvarez making his first appearance outside of the Americas. Canelo will face Cuban-born IBF champion William Scull in a blockbuster title unification bout at the ANB Arena; with all four major super middleweight titles on the line, the bout will crown an undisputed champion in the 168-pound division.
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2 weeks ago | 
english.alarabiya.net | Mark Lomas
When Al Ahli takes to the field in the AFC Champions League Elite final against Japan’s Kawasaki Frontale on Saturday, it will be the 17th time a club from Saudi Arabia has made it to the final of Asia’s biggest club competition. Al Ahli was the first club from the Kingdom to reach a final, back in 1986 when the competition was still called the Asian Club Championship. It lost to Daewoo Royals and was defeated by South Korean opposition again in 2012; now it is aiming to make it third-time lucky.
