Al Ettifaq opened their campaign with a 2-1 win over last year’s runners-up Al Nassr, who fielded a weakened team and were without Cristiano Ronaldo after he came off injured following his double in Saturday’s final.
Former Arsenal and Germany goalkeeper Jens Lehmann was fined €135,000 ($150,700) by a court in his hometown of Starnberg for damaging his neighbour’s garage with a chainsaw.
Brazil football great Ronaldo said that he was pulling out of the race to be president of his country’s football association (CBF) on Wednesday after failing to gather enough support from regional federations to present a candidacy.