Disclosure of the fact that the head of the Saudi victory submitted his resignation

In the past hours, news spread that confirmed that Musli Al Muammar, president of the Saudi Al-Nasr Club, submitted his resignation from his post after his team lost the Riyadh Derby to Al-Hilal in the local league.

Al-Hilal won the Riyadh derby by defeating Al-Nasr with a clean double, which carried the signature of Nigerian Odion Ighalo from two penalty kicks in the 42nd and 62nd minutes in the match that was held in the 25th round of the Roshen Professional League competitions.

And the sports journalist, Abdul Majeed bin Talib, published on his Twitter account, confirming that the resignation of Musli Al Muammar was not accepted, and that he continues in his position.

Sports journalist Abdel Aziz Al-Muraisel replied, “It is not true. Professor Musli Al-Muammar did not submit his resignation in the first place.”

This came after a campaign of anger on the part of the fans of Al-Nasr club against Al-Alamy management, after losing the Riyadh Derby match, and moving further away from Al-Ittihad, the leaders of the Roshen Professional League at the present time.

Al-Nasr’s balance stopped at 53 points in second place, with a match more than the leaders Jeddah Union with 56.

The expected punishment against Cristiano Ronaldo after the “immoral movement” scandal in the Saudi League

Criticism and demands poured in for the departure of the star of the Saudi Al-Nasr team, Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, after he directed a "disgraceful" signal to Al-Hilal fans after the end of the Riyadh derby.

The legal Ayman Al-Rifai revealed the penalty that might be imposed on the Portuguese star after his unsportsmanlike behavior, which he took while leaving the King Fahd International Stadium.

Al-Hilal was defeated by Al-Nasr with two free goals, in the match that was held between them on Tuesday, within the 25th round of the Roshen Professional League competitions.

A video clip was circulated showing Ronaldo directing an “outside movement” to the Al Hilal fans, who cheered in the stands, “Messi Messi”, in an attempt to provoke his anger after the match, while he was leaving the ground of the “King Fahd International” stadium. He sparked a wave of anger, and they demanded that the Saudi club punish the player.

Al-Rifai said on his Twitter account: "Such cases, if proven guilty, fall within the scope of the Disciplinary and Ethics Committee of the Saudi Football Association, pursuant to the provisions of Article (48), because they took place within a sports competition approved by the Federation and inside the stadium."

Al-Rifai published the list of penalties from the Saudi Football Association, where it says: In the event that any player performs disgraceful behavior or uses aggressive or insulting words or signs towards the opponent or any other person other than the match officials, he will be suspended for two matches and fined 20 thousand riyals.

A large segment of the Saudi football fans condemned Ronaldo's behavior after the Al-Hilal match, calling on the Disciplinary and Ethics Committee to impose a penalty on the Portuguese star similar to the penalty for the former Jeddah Union player, Al-Hassan Keita, who acted similarly to what the "Don" did, in the 2007- season. 2008, during the match between "Al-Ameed" and Al-Shabab.

After that incident, Prince Sultan bin Fahd bin Abdulaziz, General President of Youth Welfare and President of the Saudi Football Association at the time, took a decision to approve the recommendations of the Disciplinary Committee and the Professional Committee of the Saudi Football Association, which included canceling the Guinean player’s contract with Al-Ittihad Club, and not allowing Saudi clubs By contracting with him in the future, in addition to raising what the player has done to the International Federation of Football Associations.

FIBA bans men's national teams of Russia, Belarus from participating in Olympic qualifiers

Jakarta (ANTARA) - The men's basketball teams of Russia and Belarus have been banned from competing in the qualifying tournament for the 2024 Olympics, the international basketball federation FIBA ​​said in a statement on Wednesday.

"Following the recommendations of the IOC (International Olympic Committee) regarding the participation of athletes with Russian and Belarusian passports in international competitions published on March 28, the FIBA ​​Executive Committee has decided not to allow the registration of the Russian national basketball team in the FIBA ​​2023 Olympic Pre-Qualification Tournament. ," said the official FIBA ​​statement.

Russian and Belarusian athletes have been sanctioned by various world sports governing bodies since Russia invaded Ukraine in February last year.

After the invasion entered its second year, the IOC allowed athletes from Russia and Belarus to compete as neutral individuals in future international competitions, but not as teams.

Following this recommendation, FIBA ​​has also prevented the Russian and Belarusian national teams from participating in the qualifications for the basketball World Cup which will be participated in by 32 countries that will compete in the Philippines, Japan and Indonesia starting the 25th of August.

The 2023 FIBA ​​World Cup is the main qualifying event for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

In women's numbers, the national teams of Russia and Belarus were also banned from qualifying for the 16-team EuroBasket final tournament in June which serves as the main qualifying event for the Olympics on the continent.

For countries that failed to qualify for the 2023 FIBA ​​World Cup, a number of pre-qualifying tournaments that will begin on August 12 offer a chance to win tickets to the 12-team basketball Olympics in Paris later.

As many as 40 countries, including Indonesia, still have the opportunity to target tickets to Paris through a pre-qualification tournament which will select the five best teams from each region, namely Africa, America, Asia and Europe (two winners) to then be included in the Olympic qualification tournament.

The five teams will compete with 19 other teams to win four tickets to Paris via the qualifying route.