Camel racing is an ancient sport that remains highly popular among the Arabs of the Persian Gulf, but it's been criticized by human rights groups because of the jockeys: young boys secured to 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 ...

Organised under the Saudi Camel Racing Federation as part of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Camel Festival, 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 ...

Paul Pogba is once again making quite colorful headlines. The 32-year-old is now a co-owner and ambassador of the Saudi camel racing team Al Haboob. Yes, you read that right: camel racing. Pogba has ...

Camel racing is now gaining huge attention, and plans to move forward and create the first professional camel racing league. The sport has a long history in the Middle East, but it is now seeing fresh ...

In the expanse of wind-carved sand just outside of the air-conditioned metropolis of Dubai, is the first officially licensed school in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) dedicated to teaching camel riding ...

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

The soccer world has descended on Qatar, but there’s a sport that long predates FIFA’s spectacle—and it comes with its own set of history, complexity and rights issues. ASH-SHAHANIYAH, QATAR – Just ...

Robots are replacing young boys as jockeys in the ancient sport of camel racing, which is still popular among Arabs in the Persian Gulf. The... Robot Jockeys Give Camel Racing a Modern Twist Camel ...