The Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee was formed in Riyadh in 1964 and gained the approbation of the International Olympic Committee in 1965 after that the Saudi Arabian Federations for Gymnastics, Football, Basketball, Volleyball and Bicycles joined their related international federations. It is a higher sports authority having an independent legal personality and which is always supported and helped by the government to achieve its goals. It is the one and only authority that represents the Kingdom in all the Olympic activities in addition to the international, continental, Arabic and regional activities in collaboration with the national sports federations