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The U-18 UAE Girls Football Team will travel today to Bahrain to participate in the West Asian Football Championship, which will be held from 29th December, 2019, to 6th January, 2020. The draw placed the Emirati team in Group 1 with Jordan, Iraq and Lebanon while Group 2 includes host …

H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, and Chairman of Dubai Sports Council, has said that the emirate pays special attention to its sports sector. This attention, he explained, is reflected in the growing number of local and international …

Karting fans from all around the world recently elected young Emirati karting star, Rashid Al Dhaheri, as the best Mini driver of the 2019 season. The result took into consideration two distinctive parameters: first, the ranking points based on the results obtained during the season, and second, the votes of …

 Etisalat has signed on as the exclusive partner for the Arab Women Sports Tournament, AWST, for the fifth time, reaffirming its role as a diligent and committed promoter of sports in the region, especially sports involving women. The Supreme Organising Committee, SOC, of the AWST recently signed an agreement with …

afael Nadal marked his 10th Mubadala World Tennis Championship anniversary by picking up a record fifth Abu Dhabi title with victory over the in-form Stefanos Tsitsipas in a scintillating final at a sold-out Abu Dhabi International Tennis Centre, Zayed Sports City on Saturday night. Three days of high-intensity on-court action …

Sheikh Rashid bin Humaid Al Nuaimi, Chairman of the Transitional Committee of the UAE Football Association, today announced the launch of the ‘UAE FA Retreat’ initiative. The initiative aims to plan for the Association’s next stages by taking advantage of the local and international sports expertise to form an integrated, …

El Clasico, the biggest match in the Spanish football calendar, is set to go ahead tonight after the highly anticipated contest between Barcelona and Real Madrid was postponed back in October amid security concerns. While in football terms the stakes couldn’t be higher, with the fierce rivals neck and neck …

Liverpool have confirmed their 20-man squad for this week’s Fifa Club World Cup, with Georginio Wijnaldum making the final list. The Dutch midfielder was substituted during the second half of Saturday’s 2-0 victory against Watford at Anfield, with his muscle injury expected to keep him out of the continental competition. …

Manchester United and Ajax legend Edwin van der Sar has been confirmed as one of the speakers for the 14th Dubai International Sports Conference, DISC, which will be held on 28th December. One of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives, DISC has been organised under the patronage of …

The focus of Barcelona and Real Madrid is most likely to be on the December 18 Clasico but they first have to tackle the weekend La Liga matches before they can start dreaming about the big match. Barcelona are away at fourth-placed Real Sociedad on Saturday while Real take on …