Author: Alan Conde

Abu Dhabi’s annual weapons and hunting show for 2024, the Abu Dhabi International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition (ADIHEX) has linked with Britain’s highly popular annual country and rural sports event, The Game Fair, hosted every year at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire. This exhibition, which has been sponsored by H. H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Ruler, Representative of Al Dhafra Region and the Chairman, the Emirates Falconers’ Club supports the traditional essence of UAE with the modern day, cutting edge, entrepreneurial and sporting outdoor pursuits. Hosted and organized by the ADNEC Group and supported by the Emirates Falconers’ Club,…

In the men’s 100m T34 event at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, Qatar’s Ali Arshad had the best run of his life of 15. 20 seconds and joined the final. Arshad’s race took place at the Stade de France where he was able to finish third in his heat and behind Chaiwat Rattana of Thailand and Walid Ktila of Tunisia in a time of 14. 81secs and 15. 09secs, respectively. The young man who was 20 years of age confidently gave his word as an athlete. Athfoil Arshad, the bronze medallist said in a interview that ‘I am very happy…

However, there is ample potential for future development in Dubai’s gaming industry which has a vision to generate 30,000 new employment opportunities and a billion dollar boost to the gaming industry of Dubai by the year 2033. The expansion of the sector is due to Dubai’s attempts at exploiting new opportunities while strengthening its digital economy. Under this large comprehensive plan, Dubai Chambers alongside the Dubai Future Foundation has held a workshop that sought to review on how Dubai can move to the list of the top 10 gaming cities by the year 2033. The session will involved all the…

The UAE shooting team has been formally included in the team of the national paralympic delegation for the much anticipated Paris 2024 Paralympic Games that will be held from 28 th august to 8 th September. This year’s event will be attended by 4,400 athletes from 23 sports this year; The UAE boasts of having 14 athletes in shooting, athletics, weightlifting, judo as well as in cycling. The shooting squad comprised of Abdullah Sultan Al Aryani, Saif Al Nuaimi, Obaid Al Dahmani, Aisha Al Shamsi and Aisha Al Muhairi will finalise their training at Chateauroux shooting centre in central France…

The second tournament of the Binos Classic Bodybuilding Championship will be held in Dubai in the DWTC on September 7th and 8th, 2024. Huge attention is expected to be paid to this global event, as it has got the highest prize pool in its category, and the total of AED 1. 2 million in cash prizes is to be won. The championship will gather 700 men and women bodybuilders from different corners of the world to perform the most popular sport for musclemen. EBFF and Binous Gym unveiled details of the two-day event at the press conference held at the…

One official who will represent the Emirates for the latest international duty is International Assistant Referee Amal Jamal whom FIFA has selected for the FIFA U-17 Women World Cup. This championship is planned to be held in the Dominican Republic from 16-10-2024 to 03-11-2024. The UAE Football Association was delighted to confirm the news of Jamal’s appointment pointing to her profile as a talented and experienced international referee.

The current sponsorship link between the two organizations will continue to the next five seasons, making the duration of the partnership 2029. This renewal, therefore, represents a new chapter and a major achievement in their partnership which has been outstanding based on commitment to excellence dating back over a decade the partnership has been running. The partnership between Emirates and SL Benfica began in 2014 when the airline became the Official Airline Partner of the club and by 2015 the airline branding was worshipped on the shirt of Benfica. The new contract is the longest and most important contract in…

Arshad Nadeem claimed the gold today at Paris 2024 Olympics to clinch the men’s javelin final defeating the former record of setting a new Olympic record by launching his javelin at a distance of 92. 97 meters. This win is Pakistan’s first Olympic individual title and the nation’s first athletics medal having to wait three decades for Olympic triumph. The last once again witnessed a fierce battle between Nadeem and Neeraj Chopra of India who was the defending champion this time secured a silver position with a throw of 89. 45m. Grenada’s Anderson Peters took the bronze after throwing the…

Another mind-blowing UFC show is expected to be held in Abu Dhabi as UFC 308 is scheduled for October 26 at the Etihad Arena. After the dazzling UFC Fight Night that was recently staged in the capital, the audience still can count on hot fights and intensive actions. Main Event Highlights Featherweight Championship: Ilia Topuria v/s Max Holloway The main event has a very interesting featherweight title fight with the incumbent Ilia Topuria and the second featherweight in the rating Max Holloway. The bout will be an action-packed one because both fighters are big hitters and both are think-skinned. Co-Main…

UFC Fight Night is scheduled to happen at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi this Saturday with a list of great fights. Before the celebration, several of the best fighters spoke out and ponder what they are going to do. Cory Sandhagen is the next opponent for Umar Nurmagomedov. Asked about his training with the Khabib Nurmagomedov Hall of Famer, Umar noted that he, he understands what he wants and is ready for all the pressure, stressing that Khabib was very tough in training them and this would help him immensely to push their future legacies. Mackenzie Dern, who will…