Author: Alan Conde

In the region of Middle East and South Asia, Dubai plans to host three major spectacle related to baseball. Baseball United on 1st of August said the city will be hosting a string of elite baseball championships as the sport returns in style to Dubai after featuring in the last November series. The first event will be the Arab classic for eight national teams where there supremacy in the Arab region will be determined. The biggest baseball national team event in the region is set to be witnessed by audience with the competition featuring teams from United Arab Emirates India,…

New images have been revealed for Al Marjan Island Resort and Casino in Wynn in Ras Al Khaimah which will be the first casino in the UAE. This project is set to launch early 2027 as part of the region’s ventures in the tourism and entertainment category. The Wynn Al Marjan Island Resort and Casino has proved to be a big investment of about 1. 5 billion US dollars. It will comprise 1,500 opulent rooms, a magnificent theatre for live show, and 24 eateries and bars. The facilities include entertainment for the evenings in terms of laser and light show…

Padel is quickly becoming one of the most popular sports worldwide; now is the time to pick up a racket and join the fun in Dubai. Giving the features of tennis and squash, padel is a versatile and rather fast sport which takes place at the smaller court without strings on the racket. Below is a list of the best place to play padel courts in Dubai where you can make your booking. Central Padel Dubai Central Padel Dubai currently has 7 courts and it can be customized by age and gender; additionally, lessons are taught by professionals – ladies-only…

France’s Leon Marchand, in what can be described as a display of sheer athleticism in the water, emerged winner in the 400m individual medley event at the just concluded Paris Olympics beating Michael Phelps own record of the event by clocking 4:02. 95. This was perhaps one of the biggest achievements for Marchand who had been reigning the World Championships but was still lacking the Olympics gold. Marchand was simply brilliant and wonderful all at the same time. Since the formation of the race, he initially raced ahead and the opponents did not have a chance of ever getting closer…

Paris Olympics are underway now and the world is expectancy and enthusiasm to see and participate in the contest. However, the opening ceremony has raised a lot of controversy and got different reception, especially in the UAE. The event was criticized rampantly especially after drag queens and tranvestites graced the occasion through their performances. Some of the externals and, in particular, costumes and dances were viewed by many as an attempt to be vulgar and the depiction of ‘Last Supper’ in any way could be considered blasphemous to an extent. The backlash also saw the removal of the ceremony video…

First, it was hailed ‘Cook ‘N Bacon,’ Kassidy Cook and Sarah Bacon seal the Team USA’s first Olympic medal at the Olympic Games Paris 2024. Jade, the spectacular synchronized diver took the silver medal in the women’s synchronized 3-meter springboard event on Saturday at the Aquatics Centre. The two got a total of 314. 64 points in doubles and thereby winning silver; the title of world champions went to three-time winners China Chang Yani and Chen Yiwen, who scored 337 points. 68 points. Yasmin Harper and Scarlett Mew Jensen of Great Britain completed the medalists line-up with a total of…

Football lovers are once again in for a fix as Spain is scheduled to lock horns with the Dominican Republic in the Paris 2024 Olympic Football Group stage on Saturday, July 27th. The FIFa Referees Committee has revealed that the match with the highest expectation of the Men’s Group C will be incoming to the Emirati referee Adel Al Naqbi for appointment. He will be aided by other Iraqis Ahmed Al Rashidi as the First Assistant Referee and Sabit Obeid as the Second Assistant Referee. There will be 89 match officials including 45 countries conferred by the FIFA Referees Committee…

The campaign masterminds that promote the city globally under the Brand Dubai, an entity of the Government of Dubai Media Office, has recently launched a new guide for indoor sports facilities in collaboration with the Dubai Sports Council. #DubaiDestinations is a campaign launched to encourage residents and visitors of the emirate to engage in numerous indoor sports activities during summer This guide is the newest part of the #DubaiDestinations campaign. May Al Naqbi of Brand Dubai, Senior Executive of Creative Projects, said in relation to the guide on Indoor Sports Destinations in Dubai that the guide presents a range of…

UAE national team and Sharjah Cultural Chess Club’s Grandmaster Salem Abdul Rahman Saleh won the gold medal in the first edition of the Challengers Triathlon in the 2024 Biel International Chess Festival. Saleh performed great in 22 games; in total he got 35. 5 points, 9 points in Blitz, 6 in the Rapid, and 20. 5 in Classical. The event was the Challengers Triathlon and had two segments. In Section A there were five classical games, five games with the colors reversed, and ten blitz games played in double round-robin. In Section B, the first four players from Section A…

They officially speak about the Games of the Future 2025 in Dubai, after the UAE was chosen at the ceremony in Istanbul last month. Planned for the year 2025, this highly contested event places Dubai on the global map of innovation, technology, and sports. Ghanim Mubarak Al Hajeri, Director-General of the General Authority of Sports, UAE, expressed his excitement: Given Dubai’s position as a pioneer in sports and technology, it is suited to host the Games of the Future 2025 Indeed, the Games will unveil the emirate’s capacity in setting up and staging international sporting events, will demonstrate its commitments…