The Dakar Rally has been held in several countries since its inaugural edition in 1979, but no driver had managed to lift the Touareg trophy on home soil until Yazeed Al-Rajhi this year.

It was a historic day for Saudi Arabia motor racing. Saudi Arabian racer Yazeed Al-Rajhi won the 2025 Dakar Rally on Friday, capping off the two-week event in style. Al-Rajhi became the first ...

Dakar Rally is done, and it was one for the record books. The race had its fair share of amazing performances, very unexpected outcomes, and enervating ...

For the first time since 1994, the overall Dakar winner won on home soil as Yazeed Al Rajhi became the first Saudi Arabian to win the desert rally. The only other competitor to win at home was ...

Saudi driver Yazeed Al Rajhi (R) and co-driver Edouard Boulanger (L) celebrate after winning the Dakar Rally — Valery HACHE Yazeed al-Rajhi made history on Friday by becoming the first driver from ...

The 2025 Dakar Rally witnessed an outstanding victory for Toyota, with Saudi Arabia’s Yazeed Al Rajhi and co-driver Timo ...

SHUBAYTAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Yazeed Al-Rajhi became the first Saudi to win the Dakar Rally when he completed the race on home sand on Friday. After 13 days of desert racing and more than 5,000 ...

RIYADH, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's local hero Yazeed Al-Rajhi is in the overall lead for the first time at this year's Dakar Rally after finishing third in stage nine on Tuesday ...

Henk Lategan and Yazeed Al-Rajhi will duel in the Saudi sand for their first Dakar Rally title after swapping the lead for a second straight day SHUBAYTAH, Saudi Arabia -- Henk Lategan and Yazeed ...