DUBAI: Arsenal first team players Mesut Ozil, Bernd Leno, Ainsley Maitland-Niles and Shkodran Mustafi were treated to a tour of Dubai, visiting the city’s latest attractions and legendary landmarks, and taking in the striking architecture and impressive skyline.  The players were picked up on a hop on hop off City Sightseeing bus, making their first stop at the Dubai Frame. …

By Rafiq Vayani KARACHI: Standard Chartered announced the launch of the Standard Chartered Belt & Road Relay, the first-ever global running event spanning the Belt and Road initiative, with the aim of highlighting the Bank’s continued commitment to Belt and Road, and the positive impact of the initiative to communities and businesses globally. The Relay will be led by eight …

KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and Hisense have joined hands as associate sponsors for the upcoming Pakistan and Australia series which is scheduled to be played in Sharjah, Abu Dhabi and Dubai from March 22-31, 2019. Hisense already has a prominent global presence on the field of football; with the latest being the FIFA World Cup 2018 in Russia, where …

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: Please find below the fiends for the nine races of Dubai World Cup Day 2019. RACE 9 : US$12,000,000 DUBAI WORLD CUP (GROUP 1) RACE 6 : US$2,500,000 DUBAI GOLDEN SHAHEEN (GROUP 1) Post Time :  8:40pm 2,000m (a10 furlongs) Dirt Post Time :  6:40pm   1,200m (a6 furlongs) Dirt     Sponsored by Emirates Airline   …

By Rafiq Vayanu DUBAI: Emirates today revealed its ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 themed Emirates A380 livery in the build up to one of the world’s most anticipated sporting events this year. Former India cricketer and ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2011 winner, Virender Sehwag, and Emirates sponsored Lancashire team players Saqib Mahmood and Tom Bailey helped to marshal the newly …

Dubai World Cup: Seeking the Soul, Stewart Set Sail Doubt Dallas Stewart’s chances at your own risk. Too many times has the equal parts charismatic-and-capable conditioner brought a horse into a big race who seemed a cut below the best and proceeded to take home a considerable chunk of the purse. The names have been written about ad nauseam—Lemons Forever (47-1, …

By Muhammad Rafiq DUBAI: UAE’s Mohammed Ahmed Ghanim Al Marri aboard 9-year-old horse Fagor was crowned champion of the Dubai Crown Prince Endurance Cup 2019 sponsored by Emirates Airline at the 11th running of the prestigious event which is a highlight on the UAE and Arab endurance riding calendar. Ranked 20th in the FEI Endurance Open Riders World Ranking, this …

ABU DHABI: Etihad Airways, official airline partner of the Special Olympics and national airline of the UAE, and the Al Fursan aerobatic stunt team performed a spectacular show in the sky to mark the Opening Ceremony of the Special Olympics World Games Abu Dhabi 2019. Etihad’s flagship Airbus A380 performed a low-level flight above Zayed Sports City Stadium at 6pm …

GUANGZHOU: A superb final round 64 (-6) saw Chieh Po Lee of Chinese Taipei win the Guangzhou Nansha International Qualifying event by two shots today (Friday) and clinch his place in the 2019 Volvo China Open. Lee’s 36-hole total of ten-under-par (130) over the Valley Course earned him an invite to compete in the 25th anniversary of China’s National Open Golf …

DUBAI: Racing at Meydan on Thursday was highlighted by a quality 1600m handicap, the CNN Travel, in which Doug Watson-trained Thegreatcollection, despite conceding weight to his 10 rivals, was able to take full advantage of a drop in class to win easily. One race earlier, the defending UAE champion trainer won the other co-feature in impressive fashion with Lytham St Annes. Sporting …