Fulham’s South Korea forward Seol Ki-hyeon has signed a six-month loan deal with Saudi Arabia League champions Al Hilal after passing a medical today.

West Ham striker Carlton Cole has been named in a 20-man squad by Nigeria to face South Africa in a joint 2010 World Cup and African Nations Cup qualifier early next month.

MANCHESTER UNITED’S Saudi adventure ended in defeat last night as a missed injury-time penalty by teenager Danny Welbeck, combined with some rather unusual refereeing, secured a 3-2 victory for Al Hilal in Riyadh.

Asian Player of the Year Yasser Al Qahtani claims he has turned down an offer to join Manchester City.

Asian Player of the Year and Saudi Arabia captain Yasser Al Qahtani will have a trial with Manchester City.

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To Wolves fans the name of Sami Al-Jaber has probably long been forgotten, but to fanatical Saudi Arabia supporters he is just as big a hero to them as Steve Bull was at Molineux.