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Saudi Arabia will for the first time host a professional women’s golf event, with confirmation on Thursday that the Ladies European Tour will visit the kingdom next year. The new tournament, yet to be given a title, will be held at Royal Greens Golf & Country Club in King Abdullah …

Team Abu Dhabi’s Shaun Torrente and Faleh Al Mansoori will blank out off-race matters in the 2019 UIM XCAT World Championship and focus on securing a double race victory at this weekend’s decisive Dubai Grand Prix. The defending XCAT world champions, who opened the season with back-to-back race wins in …

Jiu Jitsu fever will take over Fujairah as the second round of the Vice President’s Cup kicks off on Friday, December 13, at the Zayed Sports Complex in Fujairah. The Vice President’s Cup is an important stop on the 2019-2020 Jiu-Jitsu calendar and has been organised by the UAE Jiu …

Representatives from the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi, DCT – Abu Dhabi, have arrived in Muscat to receive the award for World’s Leading Sports Tourism Destination at the 26th edition of the World Travel Awards, WTA, Grand Final Ceremony 2019. The award is the latest in several …

Bahrainis took to the streets around the capital of Manama to celebrate the team’s first-ever Gulf Cup title success. Mohamed Al Rohaimi’s goal on 69 minutes gave Bahrain a 1-0 win over Saudi Arabia at the Khalifa International Stadium on Sunday. Salman Al Faraj had the chance to give Saudi …

Abu Dhabi will see the attendance of more than 250 delegates from non-Muslim countries at the first International Youth Forum tomorrow. Hosted by the World Muslim Communities Council, WMCC, under the theme “Building Future Leaders: Commitment, Integrity and Innovation”, the forum will focus on tolerance. With this global academic initiative, the …

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, today announced its partnership with Mumbai City Football Club, that City Football Group, CFG, a valued partner of Etihad Airways for more than 10 years, agreed to acquire last week. Yasser Al Yousuf, Vice President Commercial Partnerships for Etihad Aviation …

Some of the world’s leading top-tier executives from the sports and entertainment industry, including the chief executive of World Rugby, will be in attendance as Dubai Sports Council hosts the iSportconnect Dubai Summit 2019 this week. Organised by iSportconnect, the largest global private network of sport business executives, the Summit, …

Lionel Messi beat Virgil van Dijk to the Ballon d’Or to win football’s most prestigious individual prize for a record sixth time. Megan Rapinoe won the women’s award, Alisson Becker won the best goalkeeper’s Yachine Award, and Matthijs de Ligt won the best young player’s Kopa Award. Messi is the …

The Grand Prix of Dhabi brings the 2019 UIM F2 World Championship to a conclusion next weekend at the start of an intriguing month for international powerboat racing which will see three world titles decided in the UAE. Team Abu Dhabi’s Rashed Al Qemzi, who has already secured the F2 …