Saudi Vision 2030 and Women in Sports

Credit Vogue Arabia

The Vision 2030 of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia incorporates reforms permitting Saudi women to participate in international sports events both in the Kingdom and abroad.

Credit Middle East Monitor

The Saudi national women football team played their first international match last year against Seychelles in the Maldives.

Tennis in Vogue

Credit Arab News

At an International Tennis Federation event in Sri Lanka Saudi women players participated marking a distinct break from the Kingdom’s conservative past.

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Credit Arab News

The Saudi tennis star Yara Al-Hogbani is the first Saudi girl to turn professional . She overcame an Israeli player in the semi finals of a Tennis Tournament in Bahrain.