Saudi women allowed to attend first stadium game

Saturday, January 13, 2018

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Saudi women were allowed into a sports stadium for the first time Friday to watch a soccer match between two local teams -- though they were segregated in the stands from the male-only crowd with designated seating in the so-called "family section."

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