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 ...

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 ...

(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.

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 ...

Asharq Al Awsat The Janadriyah village, part of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Camel Festival, will open to visitors ...

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 ...

SUHAR: The three-day Sohar Camel Festival concluded on Saturday at the camel racing field in Al Batinah North Governorate, ...

Bahrain secured major victories at the King Salman Camel Festival 2026 in Riyadh, as camels owned by His Highness Shaikh ...

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 ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Camel racing is a favorite sport in the Middle East that dates back centuries, but female jockeys — especially American females — are a rarity. Until now. It's not exactly ...