Saudi powerbroker Turki Alalshikh confirmed on Wednesday that the pair would had signed to meet in April, following a two-year delay to the original plans for an October 2022 showdown.
Riath Al-Samarrai is the Chief Sports Feature Writer at the Daily Mail. He focuses on a range of competitive sports, including football, golf, boxing, athletics, tennis, and Olympic sports, while also leading investigations into doping and corruption within the industry. Al-Samarrai's work has been featured in MailOnline, and he was recognized as Sportswriter of the Year and Sports News Reporter of the Year at the British Sports Journalism Awards in 2023.