{"id":1947,"date":"2018-06-18T09:34:22","date_gmt":"2018-06-18T09:34:22","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2018-06-18T09:34:22","modified_gmt":"2018-06-18T09:34:22","slug":"saudis-sports-chief-fifa-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/fifa-world-cup\/saudis-sports-chief-fifa-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi&#8217;s Sports Chief Has Slammed The Saudi National Team&#8217;s Performance At The World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"c-adunit c-adunit--mpu\">\n<div id=\"mpu\" class=\"c-adunit__container\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The head of Saudi&#8217;s sports authority, Turki al-Sheikh, has publicly apologised for the national team&#8217;s performance on Thursday night against Russia at the <a href=\"https:\/\/lovinsaudi.com\/fifa-world-cup\">FIFA World Cup<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Al-Sheikh shared a video to his Twitter, publicly apologising to Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, who was present for the game in Russia.<\/p>\n<p>He also slammed the team&#8217;s performance at Luzhniki Stadium, saying the team gave &#8216;less than five percent&#8217;.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EGZNsSPROw\">pic.twitter.com\/EGZNsSPROw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u062a\u0631\u0643\u064a \u0622\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0634\u064a\u062e (@Turki_alalshikh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Turki_alalshikh\/status\/1007386443688415232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 14, 2018<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Saudi&#8217;s next game will be on June 20 against Uruguay<\/h3>\n<p>Hopefully the team will do better then.<\/p>\n<p>Go Saudi!<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-adunit c-adunit--mpu_mid\">\n<div id=\"mpu_mid\" class=\"c-adunit__container\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The head of Saudi&#8217;s sports authority, Turki al-Sheikh, has publicly apologised for the national team&#8217;s performance on Thursday night against Russia at the FIFA World Cup. 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