Bahrain

Motor-racing series the World Endurance Championship (WEC) has confirmed today (Friday) that it will return to Bahrain and Brazil after revealing its provisional calendar for the 2019-20 season

Organisers of the Gulf Cup of Nations have given Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain until November 13 to decide on whether they will compete in the national team football tournament amid their ongoing diplomatic dispute with host country, Qatar.

The club crest of Real Madrid will be altered under a new retail partnership the Spanish LaLiga football club has signed for the Middle East market.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach has dismissed the prospect of a joint Olympic Games bid from Saudi Arabia and Bahrain that would see men’s and women’s events staged in separate countries.

The International Handball Federation (IHF) has barred Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates from retaking their places at the 2015 Men’s World Championship in Qatar.

The Handball Federation of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has opted to follow its Bahrain counterpart in withdrawing from the 2015 Men’s Handball World Championship, which is being hosted by Qatar.

The Bahrain International Circuit (BIC) celebrates its Formula One 10-year hosting anniversary in April by switching to a night race. Elisha Chauhan finds out the rationale and commercial implications.

Organisers of Formula One’s Bahrain grand prix plan to host the event as a night race from next season onwards.

Bahrain International Circuit chairman Zayed Alzayani has claimed the staging of this year’s Formula One grand prix is proof that officials made the correct call in pushing for the event to happen.

International Motorsport Federation (FIA) president Jean Todt has insisted Formula One will not suffer any long-term damage to its brand following the Bahrain Grand Prix, while commercial rights-holder Bernie Ecclestone has maintained that the event has a solid future.

Formula One’s decision to give the green light to the Bahrain Grand Prix has come under further scrutiny after a group of British lawmakers called on sponsors to “curtail” their backing of the race, while the Force India team found itself caught in the middle of protests.

The organisers of this weekend’s inaugural Bahrain Invitational golf tournament have insisted that the event will go ahead as planned, as Formula One’s Bahrain Grand Prix continues to come under scrutiny.

Formula One’s commercial rights holder Bernie Ecclestone has claimed the sport’s teams will have the final say over whether they compete in the Bahrain Grand Prix after local organisers hit out at “scaremongering” surrounding the race.

Formula One’s teams have called on the sport’s stakeholders to cancel, or at least postpone, the forthcoming Bahrain Grand Prix amid continuing concerns over security in the country, according to a report.

Bahrain Grand Prix organisers have gained important backing in their bid to bring Formula One back to the country after receiving support from Cherif Bassiouni, the chairman of the independent commission which has monitored the fractious situation in the Gulf state over the past year.

The International Motorsport Federation (FIA) and Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone have maintained that the sport is committed to returning to Bahrain this year, despite continued violence in the Gulf Kingdom a year on from its supressed uprising.