Emirates to sponsor IPL Franchise Deccan Chargers
Dubai: The Indian Premier League (IPL) got a major shot in the arm on Wednesday with Emirates airline becoming the team sponsors of Deccan Chargers, the Hyderabad team which emerged champions in the...
View ArticleAll-Emirati squad to face Afghanistan
Dubai : UAE Rugby has announced the all-Emirati ‘Shaheen' squad that will play Afghanistan in three seven-a-side developmental games tomorrow at The Sevens ground. The three games will be played at...
View ArticleBig boost to youth rugby programme
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...
View ArticleHall calls for UAE underdogs to rise to the occasion
Dubai: Every match bar Japan is winnable in the forthcoming HSBC Asian Five Nations, according to UAE national rugby team coach Duncan Hall. Having finished a record third in last year's tournament in...
View ArticleCamelot canters to Irish Derby
Dubai: Camelot, arguably the best three-year-old in business at the moment, won the fifth Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at the Curragh Racecourse on Saturday to hand trainer Aidan O’Brien his 10th Irish...
View ArticleUAE bruised and beaten but hold on to rugby goals
Dubai: The fledgling UAE squad was again at the receiving end when Brazil steamrolled them 66-3 on the second day of the three-day Emirates Airline Cup of Nations XV's rugby tournament at the Sevens...
View ArticleLe Meridien Hotel supports women's outfit
Abu Dhabi: This year's AGRFU women's team for the Dubai Sevens will be sponsored by Le Meridien Hotel, Mina Seyahi and EAS (Energy-Athletics-Strength) International. The team assembles today at their...
View ArticleDubai Tennis: live scores
Dubai: The Dubai Duty Free men's tennis tournament runs until Saturday, March 3, 2007. Readers wishing to keep up to date with the latest scores from the tournament can click on the button above for...
View ArticleArabian Ranches Golf Club inaugurated
Dubai: The 1991 Open Champion Ian Baker-Finch along with officials of Emaar Properties, inaugurated the new clubhouse as well as re-named the Club Arabian Ranches Golf Club (Formerly known as The...
View ArticleDubai Camels 1 win first water polo event
Dubai : Former New Zealand international Mark Casey led the Dubai Camels 1 to victory in the inaugural Dubai International Marine Club (DIMC) Water Polo tournament on Friday. Casey, deservedly named...
View ArticleMajor boost for UAE Rugby
Dubai: The UAE's Rugby Association has been given a major boost this week with the news that it has been granted associate member status by the International Rugby Board (IRB). Only formed from the...
View ArticleRed-letter day for Emirates Club
Abu Dhabi: The Emirates Club not only created history by winning the prestigious President's Cup as rank outsiders, but now they have also clinched one of the three confirmed berths in next year's AFC...
View ArticleDubai Convention Bureau sponsors Indian Association Congress
Dubai: The Dubai Convention Bureau (DCB), a division of the Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM), was a lead sponsor of the two-day Indian Association Congress (IAC) held recently in...
View ArticleWorld football stars to play in Dubai
Dubai: Some of the world's top footballers will play a match in Dubai next month, when star-studded Italian club AC Milan take on French rivals Paris Saint-Germain in the Dubai Football Challenge. The...
View ArticleEmirates to sponsor Montgomerie
Dubai: Emirates, the official airline and partner of the 2010 Ryder Cup, is to become the official sponsor of European Team Captain Colin Montgomerie. The announcement was made on the eve of the BMW...
View ArticleEmirates NBD plans to issue Renminbi bonds
Dubai: Emirates NBD, the largest bank in the UAE by assets, said on Monday that it has mandated Emirates NBD Capital Limited, HSBC and Standard Chartered Bank to arrange investor meetings in Hong Kong...
View ArticleUAE to field top talents from local, expatriate squads
Dubai: UAE Rugby Association team manager Wayne Marsters is said to be ‘closing in' on the selection of his final squad of 12 for the Dubai Sevens after third and eighth place finishes for his...
View Article‘Omar can pioneer change’
Dubai: Zesh Rahman, the first British Asian to start in an English Premier League match, believes the UAE’s Omar Abdul Rahman can help break down barriers with a successful trial at Manchester City...
View ArticleUAE finish distant 10th at Shanghai Sevens tournament
Dubai: The UAE finished tenth out of 12 teams at the Shanghai Sevens in China over the weekend, denting their own qualification hopes for The Emirates Airline Dubai Rugby Sevens tournament which runs...
View ArticleEmirates renews Hamburg deal
Dubai: Emirates airline yesterday announced that it has renewed their sponsorship with Hamburger SV for another three seasons until June 2015. "The renewal of our sponsorship with HSV underlines...
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