DUBAI: The focus to have a strong supply chain to make a world class all-Emirati rugby team received a shot in the arm when the UAE Rugby Association (UAERA) entered into a partnership with the Vocational Education Development Centre (VEDC), an accredited centre by the Ministry of Education and governed by Abu Dhabi Vocational Education [...]
Dubai: Dubai Sports World, a three-month indoor sports festival, returns for its second year at Dubai World Trade Centre from June 8 to August 31. In conjunction with Dubai Sports Council, Dubai Events and Promotion Establishment, and supported by the Roads & Transport Authority, the multi-sports complex at Shaikh Rashid Halls 1 to 3 will [...]
Story By: by NPR Staff At the U.S. Chess Championships under way in St. Louis, all eyes are on America’s top-ranked player, and the favorite going into the tournament, Hikaru Nakamura. During the past decade, Nakamura has made a name for himself as the new superstar of American chess, and with it, he’s become a [...]
Madrid: Spain defender Carles Puyol will almost certainly miss Euro 2012 after he sustained an injury to his right knee that his club Barcelona said requires arthroscopic surgery and will sideline him for around six weeks. The shaggy-haired centre back damaged the knee in Saturday’s La Liga match at home to Espanyol and will have [...]
Dubai: Dwayne Smith, the hero behind Mumbai’s thrilling last-ball victory over Chennai Super Kings on Sunday, showed an aggression that was once the trademark of ‘King’ Viv Richards. Very few know that it was Richards himself who spotted this talented player and recommended his inclusion in the West Indies team. Once while watching Smith bat [...]
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Three nights earlier, the arena down the road in Newark belonged to Bruce Springsteen. Saturday evening, the Izod Center here in the swamps of Jersey was rocking for another native of the Garden State. Jim Miller did not turn out to be The Boss of the octagon, however, as Nate Diaz [...]
Dubai: Diego Maradona has admitted that "change is imminent" at Al Wasl after it was this week revealed that the club were considering approaching Marcello Lippi or Gianfranco Zola should the Argentine go through with his recent threat to quit. Maradona has twice handed the club ultimatums saying he would quit at the end of [...]
Dubai: The UAE Rugby Association (UAE RA) has announced HSBC Bank will be the principal sponsor for the UAE Rugby Player Pathway programme (RPP), launched to provide opportunities for 4,000 children to play rugby and find undiscovered Emirati rugby stars along the way. The UAE RPP was launched last year to increase the number of [...]
Dubai: The UAE team stayed on course to progress in the Davis Cup after making it two wins out of two in Pool A of the Asia/Oceania Zone on Wednesday when they beat Bahrain 3-0. They will next take on winless Iraq and then face Pool A leaders Turkmenistan in their final encounter to decide [...]
Dubai: Al Nasr will meet Al Ahli in the semi-final of the inaugural UAE Beach Soccer League that is scheduled to conclude next weekend. Al Nasr got the better of Ittihad Kalba 5-3, while Al Ahli drubbed Al Hamriya Club 14-4 in the two quarter-finals played at the Al Mamzar Beach on Saturday. This will [...]