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First women's football league in Saudi Arabia
27-2-2020
Saudi Arabia announced on February 24 the launch of the first Women’s Football League (WFL) planned to open the season next month in three cities, after the provision of football fields was completed. The league will reportedly be managed by fully organizational and technical teams. On this development, the president of the Saudi Sports for All Federation (SFA), Khaled bin Walid Al Saud, disclosed that three matches will take place in Riyadh, Dammam and Jedda, and will include preliminary rounds in each of these cities to the end of forming the teams before moving on to the semi-finals. For her part, SFA CEO, Chaimaa Husseini, pointed out that women’s empowerment is basically achieved through the implementation of similar programs, like the WFL which has constructive impact on women’s health and physical fitness. “In the SFA, we are committed to placing women as our priority mission with the aim to cultivate a healthy and active society in the Kingdom,” Husseini said, adding, “We shall continue to involve stakeholders in the public and private sectors to realize this goal together.” (An Nahar, February 27, 2020)
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