Algeria’s Mohamed Younes Rabah will make his first appearance in ONE Championship this weekend after impressing hugely on the MENA Muay Thai and kickboxing circuit. The 26-year-old will face the fight of his life as he comes in as a late replacement to take on the bantamweight division’s number-three ranked fighter Saemapetch Fairtex at ONE Fight Night 17: Kryklia vs Roberts. A product of the famous Team Mehdi Zatout, Rabah takes in a professional record of 13-0 and a fearsome reputation in the Middle East, but will take a huge step when facing the explosive Saemapetch – who has 126 career win ..read more

Industry experts and inspirational leaders head to Jeddah this month for World Football Summit’s latest unmissable gathering. Since 2016, the organisation has brought football’s finest together across the globe. This unmatched networking event will be held in Saudi Arabia for the first time from December 12-13, providing unique insights about, and access into, the country’s rapid sporting development. More than 1,000 representatives and stakeholders are expected to hear 130+ speakers take part in panel discussions, while valuable business opportunities abound in The Expo Area. WFS Co-Founder a ..read more

Iraq’s Mustafa Al Tekreeti picked up his first win in ONE Championship with a stunning knockout of Chanajon at ONE Friday Fights 43. The 27-year old went into the clash at the Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok having lost his debut bout in February, and facing stiff opposition in the form of Chanajon who was unbeaten in his three ONE fights since his debut in May. However Al Taktreeti, who won gold at the World Combat Games in October, would prove his credentials in the ONE lightweight Muay Thai division – turning the lights out on his Thai opponent. He found a perfect right uppercut that pie ..read more

Iraqi Muay Thai ace Mustafa Al Tekreeti goes in search of his first ONE Championship win this week at Friday Fights 43. In October he won gold at the World Combat Games in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in the under-81kg elite Muay Thai class, and now returns to ONE looking to establish himself in the lightweight ranks. He debuted with the organisation back in February, when he suffered a points defeat to Rungrawee Sitsongpeenong, but is now back and looking for redemption. His opponent at the famed Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand will be Chanajon PK Saenchai. An experienced 35-year-old fr ..read more

After a stunning performance in his last outing, Algeria’s Nabil Anane will be looking to end the year on a high with another statement performance. In September the teenager picked up a second round TKO against Nakrob Fairtex to establish himself in ONE Championship’s Muay Thai class, after suffering a first round KO on debut. That was no ordinary debut however, and defeat to the established Superlek is by no means a disgrace, but it was important to get in the win column. He will now be looking to back that up at Friday Fights 46 at the Lumpinee Boxing Stadium, Bangkok on December 22 when he ..read more

Algeria’s Elias Mahmoudi will kick off 2024 with the opportunity of a lifetime – a shot at the ONE Championship flyweight kickboxing world title. The 25-year-old will take on Thai superstar Superlek on ONE Fight Night 18 at the Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand on January 13. The Algerian is 3-2 in ONE, but comes on the back of an impressive first round TKO of Edgar Tabares last time out. Well-versed in both kickboxing and Muay Thai he holds an overall professional record of 33-7, with a couple of world titles to his name including being a previous. WBC Muay Thai International Super ..read more

After 1 month of tough competition between the 10 teams of Division 1 & 2, Oryxes – Champs – Ballers Nation – AUD – JAM – Sharjah – Royal Brunei – Dubai Tribe – NBA Academy – Hangtime, Sports Mania WBL league reached its finals day. This championship was under the supervision of Dubai Sports Council and UAE Basketball Federation & sponsored by Al Wathba Insurance & supported by Sport360, Mai Dubai. Two Exciting finals where Oryxes met Champs in the finals of Division 1 & JAM faced NBA Academy in Division 2. In the first game, Oryxes team took the lead from the beginning of ..read more

An exciting round of semi-finals awaits in the inaugural Off-Premises Co-League Companies Basketball Championship in Riyadh, launched by Sport360 and Sports Mania. This tournament is organised under the supervision of the Saudi Basketball Federation, featuring eight teams divided into two groups: Group A: Smokey Beards – Kia Al Jabr – Man Enterprise – MENA BIG Group B: Unigaz – Nurve Partners – Reframe – SkillZ8 The teams competed within each group, and the match-ups for the quarter-finals were determined by the first-round standings. MENA BIG managed to defeat Nurve Partners, while on the oth ..read more

ONE Championship CEO Chatri Sityodtong has announced the organisation’s best-ever year in 2023, with revenues expected to double in 2024. ONE has seen a huge expansion over the course of 2023 which has seen more of a move into global markets from their traditionally strong base in the Far East. Fight cards geared around US prime time, an ever increasing global fighter base, and greater worldwide audience awareness have projected ONE into the top-ten of the world’s biggest sporting properties according to Nielsen.  Viewership has rocketed in the triple digit percentages, through the showpi ..read more

The eyes of fight fans in the Middle East will be on ONE Friday Fight 41 this week – with three regional fighters taking part. Meysam Adelniya, Morteza Noroozi and Milad Hosseini from Iran will all feature at the Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.  All three men will be making their promotional debuts with ONE Championship, at and event which will see the number-three ranked flyweight Muay Thai contender Dedduanglek Tded99 headline against Nakrob Fairtex.   Undefeated Hosseini (2-0) will be competing in the flyweight MMA division when he takes on Brazil’s Leandro Gome ..read more