RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s first winner Yazheed Al-Rajhi will try to defend his Dakar Rally title when the two-week event starts in the desert kingdom on Saturday, with Toyota’s 2025 runner-up Henk Lategan predicting the closest battle yet. The annual endurance challenge, run over 13 stages and some 8,000km entirely in Saudi Arabia for the seventh year in a row, kicks off with a short prologue around Yanbu on the Red Sea coast before a 305km special stage on Sunday.

JEDDAH: As the Dakar Rally returns for a seventh year to Saudi Arabia next week, what began in 2020 with a handful of local entrants from the host country among the international…

13 tappe: auto, Toyota favorita. In moto spicca la squadra KTM (ANSA)

13 tappe: auto, Toyota favorita. In moto spicca la squadra KTM (ANSA)

YANBU: Saudi rally star Yazeed Al-Rajhi is gearing up to defend his Dakar Rally title as the 2026 edition of the race kicks off in Yanbu on Jan. 3. Last year’s victory confirmed…

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s first winner Yazheed Al-Rajhi will try to defend his Dakar Rally title when the two-week event starts in the desert kingdom on Saturday, with Toyota’s 2025…

YANBU: Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud Al-Saud and Meshal Khalaf Al-Shammari were announced as the winners of the second season of the Saudi Next Gen program on Sunday, officially…