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Riyadh- Rain-soaked Riyadh hosted its first international half-marathon on Saturday with a top prize of one million riyals ($267,000), as the conservative kingdom seeks to boost sports and entertainment in a far-reaching liberalisation drive. Hundreds of male runners raced in three categories – 21, eight and four kilometres – in a contest that started and ended at the city’s King ...

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