Ronaldo Among Three Saudi Matches Postponed Following Houthi Attacks

Saudi Pro League postponed three matches after Houthi attacks, one of which involved Al Nassr and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Following the sharp escalation of the threat of missile attacks by the Yemeni Houthis, the Saudi Football League postponed three games, including one of the Al-Nasr team led by Cristiano Ronaldo.

Saudi Premier League (SPL) Week 9 fixtures have been postponed in the calendar due to "logistical considerations, taking into account the mandatory minimum rest time between matches," according to a statement posted on the SPL website late Tuesday.

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The end of the schedule for Al-Hilal and Al-Riyadh, league leaders and Al-Ittihad-Al-Shabaab match was postponed to December 19, while the match between Al-Ahli and Nasr Ronaldo was postponed to March 6, 2027.

The SPL added, however, that the other games in Week 9 "will be played as per the previously announced schedule unchanged".

On Monday, Al-Nasr's AFC Champions League match against Uzbekistan's Fergana Oiler in Riyadh was delayed by an hour after the coalition said it had intercepted a missile fired by the Houthis towards the Saudi capital.

In recent days, the Yemeni government forces supported by Saudi Arabia launched a counter-attack in Yemen to retake the coastal lands from the Houthis with missile attacks on airports and energy facilities across the country.

The latest round of fighting comes after two separate attacks hit Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport, killing 14 and wounding hundreds, and operations were suspended in the worst attack since 2015.

Any notion that the Saudi-led coalition could contain the conflict in Yemen has been shattered over the past 10 days, which have seen several sites in Saudi Arabia targeted, said Al Jazeera correspondent Zain Basrawi, reporting from Qatar's capital, Doha.

Saudi Arabia's Civil Defense Agency announced on Wednesday that one person was injured by falling debris after the Houthis shot down a ballistic missile towards Riyadh.

Yemen's Houthis threaten to continue targeting Saudi airports and oil sites in the coming days, and their attacks on Saudi Aramco facilities in Dhahran and Riyadh add to the attack on King Khalid International Airport.