Saudi Gazette report

RIYADH — AS Roma and Riyadh Season have unveiled a groundbreaking partnership that can showcase one of many world’s largest annual leisure festivals on the entrance of AS Roma’s Serie A membership shirt for the following two seasons.

Below the settlement signed by Turki Al-Sheikh, chairman of Saudi Arabia’s Basic Leisure Authority, and the Italian Membership, the famend Giallorossi shirt will show Riyadh Season throughout its males, girls, and youth groups.

The collaboration extends past the jersey, that includes an annual pleasant match, with the inaugural match slated for the upcoming Riyadh Season. This marks AS Roma’s return to play in Saudi Arabia after greater than 4 a long time.

Topped the inaugural winners of the UEFA Europa Convention League in 2022, AS Roma stands as one of many giants of Italian soccer, boasting three Serie A titles, the latest in 2001, and 9 Coppa Italia trophies.

Below the management of two-time UEFA Champions League winner Jose Mourinho, the present squad features a hst f stars.

Notable names within the crew are Argentina worldwide FIFA 2022 World Cup winners Paulo Dybala and Leandro Paredes, Italy internationals Lorenzo Pellegrini, Bryan Cristante, Gianluca Mancini, and Leonardo Spinazzola, in addition to striker Romelu Lukaku, Belgium’s all-time main scorer.

Riyadh Season, now in its fourth version, commences on the finish of October and attracts guests from around the globe to Saudi Arabia’s capital in the course of the winter months.

The occasion gives a plethora of leisure experiences, together with concert events, exhibitions, eating experiences, and distinctive occasions that includes famend manufacturers and people.

This 12 months’s highlights embody a historic boxing bout between present WBC Heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and UFC Heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou, in addition to Fury’s later battle for the undisputed heavyweight championship towards Oleksandr Usyk.

Different sights function the Riyadh Season Cup with Saudi Professional League golf equipment Al-Hilal and Al-Nassr, the RS Males’s and Ladies’s Tennis Cup, Disney: The Fort, and World Wrestling Leisure’s Crown Jewel occasion.

GEA Chairman Al-Sheikh expressed satisfaction within the collaboration, saying: “The yellow and purple jersey is exclusive, synonymous with AS Roma around the globe, and we’re proud that Riyadh Season will now be related to such an iconic shirt.”

“Like soccer, Riyadh Season is geared toward bringing individuals along with its intensive vary of worldwide leisure occasions, and this collaboration will provide even better visibility by one of many world’s most supported golf equipment.”

Lina Souloukou, AS Roma’s chief government officer & common supervisor, echoed the joy, saying: “We’re thrilled to welcome Riyadh Season as the brand new major accomplice of AS Roma. Riyadh Season is without doubt one of the greatest winter leisure occasions on the earth, with sport at its coronary heart.”

“Our partnership is recognition of AS Roma as a worldwide model with strategic significance for the way forward for soccer in Saudi Arabia.

“This market is changing into more and more important for the world of soccer, and we consider our collaboration will generate many attention-grabbing and distinctive alternatives.

“To start with, we stay up for enjoying our pleasant matches there and experiencing firsthand the fervour this nation has for soccer.”