[1][2] The General Presidency of Youth Welfare (GPYW) was established in 1974 by royal decree by the late King Faisal Bin Abdul-Aziz.

[1] In July 1987, the GPYW launched the Leadership Institute campus, the main Saudi entity accredited with training the youth to become expert trainers in sport.

[3] The GPYW became known as the General Sports Authority in May 2016, following a royal decree restructuring the entity and placing Prince Abdullah bin Musaad Al Saud as its chairman.

[4] Mohammed Al-Sheikh was appointed to the position of chairman of GSA in April 2017, replacing Prince Abdullah bin Musaad Al Saud.

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[15] After the appointment of Turki Al-Asheikh as chairman in 2017, a committee was formed to find local talent in Saudi Arabian youth, and develop them into professional footballers.

[17] Saudi Arabia is all set to host Supercopa de Espana for the first time and stage another huge sporting event in the kingdom with top teams like Barcelona F.C., Valencia F.C., and Real Madrid participating.

[20] In July 2017, the Saudi government announced physical education classes would be made available to girls in public state schools.