Pride in outstanding Japanese results for world traveler Matsuda
RIYADH: Masafumi Matsuda is defending a perfect record in the Middle East as he prepares his colt Crown Pride for an attempt at the Saudi Cup.
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Iga Swiatek: A year since 37-match winning streak started, can world No. 1 go again as she bids to win WTA Dubai?
February 22, 2022 wasn’t the day where it all started for Iga Swiatek, but in many ways it was. This time last year, Swiatek was not the star name on the WTA Tour. Ad Sure, she had won the French Open in super impressive fashion in October 2020, won in Adelaide at the start of 2021, and dismantled former world No.
UAE Jiu-Jitsu and Mixed Martial Arts Federation wins best host award
ABU DHABI: The UAE Jiu-Jitsu and Mixed Martial Arts Federation has been named the 2022 winner of the Host Federation of the Year award by the International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF).
Team Abu Dhabi ready for World Championship opener in Indonesia
ABU DHABI: Shaun Torrente says Team Abu Dhabi are ready for another title battle intensified by a three-way UAE rivalry when the UIM F1H2O World Championship launches its new season on a volcanic lake in Indonesia at the weekend.
ICC Rankings: Jadeja enters top-10, Ashwin rises to second spot among bowlers
Ravindra Jadeja jumped seven rungs to be among the top-10 bowlers, while his compatriot Ravichandran Ashwin rose a place to be at the second spot in the latest ICC Men's Test Player Rankings issued in Dubai on Wednesday.This is the first time that Jadeja has broken in the top-10 since September 2019 progressing to the ninth position after his 10-wicket match haul in the second Test against Australia in New Delhi.Injured pacer Jasprit Bumrah is the other Indian bowler in top-10, as he occupies the fifth spot.Veteran England seamer James Anderson leads the list but Australia captain Pat Cummins has dropped two places to third.
Sania Mirza: The game-changing milestones of a glittering career
Sania Mirza walked into the sunset of her career when she and Madison Keys lost in the first round of the Dubai Duty Free Championship on Tuesday. Here are some of the game-changing milestones of Sania's glittering international career:BAPTISM BY FIRE: AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2005The 2004 season saw Sania win six ITF singles titles and her first WTA doubles title at the Hyderabad Open. Sania was a rising star going into her maiden Grand Slam – the 2005 Australian Open.
New friends CP Rizwan and Gerhard Erasmus turn foes again as they eye Cricket World Cup
When the captains of UAE and Namibia meet for the toss ahead of their vital Cricket World Cup League 2 encounter in Dubai on Thursday, they might shake hands and think: “Don’t I know you from somewhere?”
World No. 1 Swiatek urges WTA to push for pay equality
World number one Iga Swiatek said she hopes the governing body of the women's game can do more to boost the tour in 2023 and further reduce pay disparity between the sexes outside the sport's biggest tournaments. Tennis has sought to be a leader in the battle for equality in the last couple of decades with equal prize money offered to men and women at the four Grand Slams. WTA Tour events, however, still often offer less prize money than those on the men's tour which operates its own circuit.