The camels at the start line growl and grunt before the gate goes up, then stretch out their long necks and gallop along the sandy track. "Yah! Yah! Yah!" shouts one camel owner from a car parked ...

Forget F1. Rapper Swizz Beatz is the proud owner of a camel-racing team—and a successful one at that. The Grammy winner, whose birth name is Kasseem Daoud Dean, is currently the first American to own ...

(CNN) — Straining every fiber to stay atop the 1,000 pound camel churning up sand two meters beneath her as it gallops at over 40 kilometers (24 miles) an hour, Taylor Dees is a long way from Texas.

The 9th Annual Al Bashayer Camel Racing Festival is set to begin on February 2, 2026, bringing six days of thrilling camel racing and cultural celebration to the Al Bashayer Camel Racetrack in the ...

Paul Pogba has invested in camel racing and become a shareholder for Saudi Arabian team Al Haboob. The 32-year-old former Manchester United midfielder said he became interested in the sport after ...

Grammy-winning rapper and producer Swizz Beatz has spent millions of dollars on camels since setting out in 2020 to become the first American to own a racing team in Saudi Arabia. Now, he’s hoping the ...

The moment I climbed into the saddle on the camel’s back, the giant, humped ungulate took off. It caught me by surprise, because the plan had been for a handler to lead my camel on a short, gentle ...

AlUla’s growing reputation as the home of diverse and exciting heritage sports from across the region and beyond will be further cemented when the city hosts two of the sector’s newest and most ...