South Africa’s Henk Lategan leads Yazeed Al-Rajhi by 2 1/2 minutes going into the 11th and penultimate stage in the Empty Quarter dunes. The last stage is a ceremonial drive to the finish in Shubaytah ...

Wednesday’s 10th stage of the Dakar Rally offered the competitors a chance to frolic on the dunes of Saudi Arabia’s Empty ...

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

Just as the Qatari was getting back in the fight for Dakar victory, an error pushes him further away from the leaders ...

The Empty Quarter has to be earned. Dakar entrants had to wait until stage 10 to frolic on its dunes. The field rolled out of ...

Just as the Qatari was getting back in the fight for Dakar victory, an error pushes him further away from the leaders ...

The seventh stage of the Dakar Rally took the competitors out of Al Duwadimi for a wide loop to the southwest of the city, stretching for a shade over 410 km following a decision to cut some of ...

Henk Lategan’s lead of the Dakar Rally has melted to 21 seconds after a chaotic seventh stage for timings in the Saudi desert ...

Television loves the Dakar Rally with its crisp, dramatic images of cars, motorbikes and trucks ploughing through the blood-red sands and dunes of Saudi Arabia.

Dakar Rally participants know what they're signing up for: a gruelling two-week ordeal they have no guarantee of completing.

Vehicles are required to display a two-meter-high red flag atop their roofs, making it easier to locate them among the dunes and reducing the risk of accidents. The 2025 edition marks the end of an ...