Ladies in Saudi Arabia to go to football matches on Friday for first time

Its was officially said by Caro- Women in Saudi Arabia would be permitted to go to football matches on Friday without precedent, experts said on Monday.

Following 60 years, ladies would now be able to drive in Saudi Arabia

Female fans would be permitted to enter stadiums in the Kingdom to go to three different football matches including nearby sides as a feature of the Saudi Professional League competition, the administration run Center for International Communication said in an announcement.

The three fixtures are booked for Friday, Saturday and Jan. 18, the announcement included without additionally points of interest.

In October, the Saudi General Sports Authority, a state organization, said that starting at 2018 three stadiums, up to now male-only facilities, would be set up to be prepared for families, including designation of extraordinary spots for seating and passageways.

King Fahd International Stadium in the capital Riyadh, King Abdullah Sports City in the western city of Jeddah, and Prince Mohammed container Fahd Stadium in Dammam in eastern Saudi Arabia.

In September, Saudi King Salman Abdelaziz issued an imperial request enabling ladies to drive, breaking a longstanding custom as social changes in the traditionalist kingdom assemble pace.

Crown Prince Mohammed receptacle Salman is accepted to have championed lifting the boycott as he is looking to open up the nation and patch up its global picture.

Mohammed, 32, has promised that the kingdom would come back to "direct Islam'' as he deals with diminishing the impact of the hard-line religious foundation in the nation.