Top 10 Arab sportsmen to watch in 2025 - in pictures

  • Mohamed Salah enters a crucial 2025 with uncertainty surrounding his future at Liverpool. PA
    Mohamed Salah enters a crucial 2025 with uncertainty surrounding his future at Liverpool. PA
  • Omar Marmoush has been a revelation at Eintracht Frankfurt. Getty Images
    Omar Marmoush has been a revelation at Eintracht Frankfurt. Getty Images
  • Tunisia's Ahmed Jaouadi will be hoping to make a splash in 2025 as well. AFP
    Tunisia's Ahmed Jaouadi will be hoping to make a splash in 2025 as well. AFP
  • Lebanon's Hady Habib is making rapid strides in the world of tennis. AFP
    Lebanon's Hady Habib is making rapid strides in the world of tennis. AFP
  • Algeria's Djamel Sedjati celebrates his podium finish in the men's 800m final at the Paris Olympics. AFP
    Algeria's Djamel Sedjati celebrates his podium finish in the men's 800m final at the Paris Olympics. AFP
  • Mohammed Alakel during a lightweight fight at the Riyadh Season - IV. Getty Images
    Mohammed Alakel during a lightweight fight at the Riyadh Season - IV. Getty Images
  • Monaco's French Moroccan midfielder Eliesse Ben Seghir. AFP
    Monaco's French Moroccan midfielder Eliesse Ben Seghir. AFP
  • Emirati teenage driver Rashid Al Dhaheri is hoping to continue his rise in the world of motorsports. Chris Whiteoak / The National
    Emirati teenage driver Rashid Al Dhaheri is hoping to continue his rise in the world of motorsports. Chris Whiteoak / The National
  • Qatar's Nasser Al Attiyah will be keen to have a better year after a tough 2024. Getty Images
    Qatar's Nasser Al Attiyah will be keen to have a better year after a tough 2024. Getty Images
  • Moroccan surfer Ramzi Boukhiam. Getty Images
    Moroccan surfer Ramzi Boukhiam. Getty Images

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