{"id":2707,"date":"2026-10-15T10:04:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T05:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2707"},"modified":"2026-10-15T10:04:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T05:04:20","slug":"sports-fifa-postpones-fifae-finals-in-saudi-arabia-following-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2707","title":{"rendered":"Sports-FIFA postpones FIFAe Finals in Saudi Arabia following attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>FIFA and the Saudi Esports Federation have postponed the FIFAe Finals 2026, scheduled to take place in Jeddah from October 16-25, organisers said on Thursday, following recent attacks on Saudi Arabia.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/loud-blast-heard-riyadh-airport-airlines-cancel-more-flights-2026-10-10\/\">strike on Riyadh\u2019s international airport<\/a> on Saturday killed at least 12 people \u200band wounded more than 300, with Yemen\u2019s \u200bIran-aligned Houthi movement claiming responsibility for the deadliest \u2060attack in Saudi Arabia in more than a \u200bdecade.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe decision follows an assessment of recent developments \u200bin the region and their impact on the logistical arrangements required to stage the tournament,\u201d organisers of the global video game \u200btournament said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFurther announcements on the FIFAe Finals will be \u200bcommunicated in due course.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Japan and Brazil withdrew their Esports teams on \u200cSaturday \u2060after assessing the situation in the host country.<\/p>\n<p>The security uncertainty has cast a shadow over sporting events in the kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>The Six Kings Slam exhibition tennis \u200btournament was <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/sports\/tennis\/six-kings-slam-tournament-saudi-arabia-postponed-december-2026-10-14\/\">moved \u200bfrom October to \u2060<\/a>December, while golf\u2019s Asian Tour said it is monitoring developments ahead of \u200bnext month\u2019s Saudi International in Riyadh.<\/p>\n<p>The Asian \u200bFootball \u2060Confederation said it remains open to delaying the Asian Cup until 2028 if necessary. The continental tournament is \u2060scheduled \u200bto kick off on January \u200b7 next year across venues in Riyadh, Jeddah and Al Khobar.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FIFA and the Saudi Esports Federation have postponed the FIFAe Finals 2026, scheduled to take place in Jeddah from October 16-25, organisers said on Thursday, following recent attacks on Saudi Arabia. A strike on Riyadh\u2019s international airport on Saturday killed at least 12 people \u200band wounded more than 300, with Yemen\u2019s \u200bIran-aligned Houthi movement claiming responsibility for the deadliest \u2060attack in Saudi Arabia in more than a \u200bdecade. \u201cThe decision follows an assessment of recent developments \u200bin the region and their impact on the logistical arrangements required to stage the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2707\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}