River Plate (Argentina)
How they qualified: Best team in the Conmebol four-year ranking.
Manager: Marcelo Gallardo. Club legend who returned for his second spell as coach in 2024, having previously been in charge from 2014 to 2022. Such is his standing at River Plate, there is a bronze statue of Gallardo outside the club’s Estadio Monumental of him holding aloft the Copa Libertadores trophy, which he won once as a player there and twice as a manager.
Star player: Franco Mastantuono. Latest wunderkind off the River Plate production line, the 17-year-old winger is one of the most in-demand players in world football. Looks set to join Real Madrid after the tournament. Has seven goals and four assists in 19 games this season.
One to watch: Miguel Borja. The experienced Colombian striker has struggled at times this season but retains the faith of Gallardo. The 32-year-old will be hoping to regain the form of last season when he scored 31 goals across competitions.
Domestic season record: Currently second in the Argentine Primera Division Group B, four points behind leaders Rosario Central.
Fixtures:
- June 17 (11pm kick-off UAE): Urawa Red Diamonds at Lumen Field, Seattle.
- June 22 (5am KO): Monterray at Rose Bowl, Passedena.
- June 26 (5am KO): Inter Milan at Lumen Field, Seattle.
Urawa Red Diamonds (Japan)
How they qualified: 2022 AFC Champions League winners.
Manager: Maciej Skorza. Polish coach led Urawa to their third AFC Champions League crown after beating Saudi side and title holders Al Hilal 2-1 over two legs, but left the club in December 2023 only to be reappointed eight months later.
Star player: Matheus Savio. Former Brazil Under-20 international started his career in his home country with Flamengo before joining Japanese side Kashiwa Reysol in 2020. Switched to Urawa in 2024 and will be a key cog in their attack in the US, operating mainly on the left flank.
One to watch: Ryoma Watanabe. Japanese attacking midfielder is Urawa's top scorer so far this season with six goals in 17 J1 League games. The 28-year-old joined from Tokyo FC in January 2024.
Domestic season record: Currently third in the J1 League, six points behind leaders Kashima Antlers, having played two games more.
Fixtures:
- June 17 (11pm kick-off UAE): River Plate at Lumen Field, Seattle.
- June 21 (11pm KO): Inter Milan at Lumen Field, Seattle.
- June 26 (5am KO): Monterray at Rose Bowl, Passedena.
Monterrey (Mexico)
How they qualified: 2021 Concacaf Champions League winners.
Manager: Domenec Torrent. A former assistant coach to Pep Guardiola at Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Manchester City. The Spaniard has since been the main man at New York City FC, Flamengo and Galatasaray, before moving to Mexican side Atletico San Luis. Only took over at Monterrey on May 21.
Star player: Sergio Canales. Attacking Spanish midfielder has previously played for Real Madrid, Valencia, Real Sociedad and Real Betis. Joined Monterrey in 2023 where he has scored 31 goals and provided 16 assists in 80 games. Was involved in a training ground incident with former coach Martin Demichelis in April that left Canales with leg injuries after he kicked a glass door.
One to watch: Lucas Ocampos. Versatile Argentine forward who started his career at River Plate before moving to Europe, playing for the likes of Monaco, Marseille and Sevilla - where he won two Europa League titles - before moving to Mexico in a €7 million deal in 2024. Missed the start of the current season due to injury but has provided four assists in 10 Liga MX matches since returning to action.
Domestic season record: Currently seventh in Liga MX, nine points behind leaders Toluca.
Fixtures:
- June 18 (5am kick-off UAE): Inter Milan at Rose Bowl, Passedena.
- June 22 (5am KO): River Plate at Rose Bowl, Passedena.
- June 26 (5am KO): Urawa Red Diamonds at Rose Bowl, Passedena.
Inter Milan (Italy)
How they qualified: Fourth-best team in the Uefa four-year coefficient rankings.
Manager: Cristian Chivu. Romanian has been rushed into the role ahead of the tournament after Simone Inzaghi left the club following their Uefa Champions League final drubbing by PSG. Chivu, a former Inter defender and youth-team coach, helped Parma avoid relegation from Serie A this season in his first managerial role, which he left after just four months to rejoin Inter.
Star player: Lautaro Martinez. Prolific Argentine striker scored 22 goals across competitions last season as Inter finished runners-up in Serie A and the Champions League. Has 151 goals in 331 games for Inter, helping the Nerazzurri win two Serie A titles, two Italian Cups and three Italian Supercups. Helped his country win the 2022 World Cup and two Copa Americas, scoring 32 goals in 70 appearances.
One to watch: Marcus Thuram. France forward was Inter's top scorer in Serie A last season with 14 goals, while his total of seven assists was only bettered by Federico Dimarco. Inter will be hoping he is fighting fit in the US after suffering from thigh injuries in the second half of the campaign.
Domestic season record: Finished second in Serie A, one point behind champions Napoli.
Fixtures:
- June 18 (5am kick-off UAE): Monterrey at Rose Bowl, Passedena.
- June 21 (11pm KO): Urawa Red Diamonds at Lumen Field, Seattle.
- June 26 (5am KO): Inter Milan at Lumen Field, Seattle.
Read more:
Group A guide: Al Ahly, Porto, Palmerias, Inter Miami
Group B guide: Atletico Madrid, Seattle Sounders, Botafogo, PSG
Group C guide: Benfica, Auckland City, Boca Juniors, Bayern Munich
Group D guide: Flamengo, Esperance, Chelsea, Los Angeles FC
Group E guide: River Plate, Urawa Red Diamonds, Monterrey, Inter Milan
Group F guide: Fluminense, Borussia Dortmund, Ulsan HD, Mamelodi Sundowns
Group G guide: Manchester City, Wydad, Al Ain, Juventus
Group H guide: Real Madrid, Al Hilal, Pachuca, RB Salzburg
We Weren’t Supposed to Survive But We Did
We weren’t supposed to survive but we did.
We weren’t supposed to remember but we did.
We weren’t supposed to write but we did.
We weren’t supposed to fight but we did.
We weren’t supposed to organise but we did.
We weren’t supposed to rap but we did.
We weren’t supposed to find allies but we did.
We weren’t supposed to grow communities but we did.
We weren’t supposed to return but WE ARE.
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Indoor cricket World Cup:
Insportz, Dubai, September 16-23
UAE fixtures:
Men
Saturday, September 16 – 1.45pm, v New Zealand
Sunday, September 17 – 10.30am, v Australia; 3.45pm, v South Africa
Monday, September 18 – 2pm, v England; 7.15pm, v India
Tuesday, September 19 – 12.15pm, v Singapore; 5.30pm, v Sri Lanka
Thursday, September 21 – 2pm v Malaysia
Friday, September 22 – 3.30pm, semi-final
Saturday, September 23 – 3pm, grand final
Women
Saturday, September 16 – 5.15pm, v Australia
Sunday, September 17 – 2pm, v South Africa; 7.15pm, v New Zealand
Monday, September 18 – 5.30pm, v England
Tuesday, September 19 – 10.30am, v New Zealand; 3.45pm, v South Africa
Thursday, September 21 – 12.15pm, v Australia
Friday, September 22 – 1.30pm, semi-final
Saturday, September 23 – 1pm, grand final
MATCH INFO
AC Milan v Inter, Sunday, 6pm (UAE), match live on BeIN Sports
Moral education needed in a 'rapidly changing world'
Moral education lessons for young people is needed in a rapidly changing world, the head of the programme said.
Alanood Al Kaabi, head of programmes at the Education Affairs Office of the Crown Price Court - Abu Dhabi, said: "The Crown Price Court is fully behind this initiative and have already seen the curriculum succeed in empowering young people and providing them with the necessary tools to succeed in building the future of the nation at all levels.
"Moral education touches on every aspect and subject that children engage in.
"It is not just limited to science or maths but it is involved in all subjects and it is helping children to adapt to integral moral practises.
"The moral education programme has been designed to develop children holistically in a world being rapidly transformed by technology and globalisation."
Quarter-finals
Saturday (all times UAE)
England v Australia, 11.15am
New Zealand v Ireland, 2.15pm
Sunday
Wales v France, 11.15am
Japan v South Africa, 2.15pm
The schedule
December 5 - 23: Shooting competition, Al Dhafra Shooting Club
December 9 - 24: Handicrafts competition, from 4pm until 10pm, Heritage Souq
December 11 - 20: Dates competition, from 4pm
December 12 - 20: Sour milk competition
December 13: Falcon beauty competition
December 14 and 20: Saluki races
December 15: Arabian horse races, from 4pm
December 16 - 19: Falconry competition
December 18: Camel milk competition, from 7.30 - 9.30 am
December 20 and 21: Sheep beauty competition, from 10am
December 22: The best herd of 30 camels
Sole survivors
- Cecelia Crocker was on board Northwest Airlines Flight 255 in 1987 when it crashed in Detroit, killing 154 people, including her parents and brother. The plane had hit a light pole on take off
- George Lamson Jr, from Minnesota, was on a Galaxy Airlines flight that crashed in Reno in 1985, killing 68 people. His entire seat was launched out of the plane
- Bahia Bakari, then 12, survived when a Yemenia Airways flight crashed near the Comoros in 2009, killing 152. She was found clinging to wreckage after floating in the ocean for 13 hours.
- Jim Polehinke was the co-pilot and sole survivor of a 2006 Comair flight that crashed in Lexington, Kentucky, killing 49.
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Power: 150hp
Torque: 250Nm
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The specs: Rolls-Royce Cullinan
Price, base: Dh1 million (estimate)
Engine: 6.75-litre twin-turbo V12
Transmission: Eight-speed automatic
Power: 563hp @ 5,000rpm
Torque: 850Nm @ 1,600rpm
Fuel economy, combined: 15L / 100km
The specs
- Engine: 3.9-litre twin-turbo V8
- Power: 640hp
- Torque: 760nm
- On sale: 2026
- Price: Not announced yet
Ferrari 12Cilindri specs
Engine: naturally aspirated 6.5-liter V12
Power: 819hp
Torque: 678Nm at 7,250rpm
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How much sugar is in chocolate Easter eggs?
- The 169g Crunchie egg has 15.9g of sugar per 25g serving, working out at around 107g of sugar per egg
- The 190g Maltesers Teasers egg contains 58g of sugar per 100g for the egg and 19.6g of sugar in each of the two Teasers bars that come with it
- The 188g Smarties egg has 113g of sugar per egg and 22.8g in the tube of Smarties it contains
- The Milky Bar white chocolate Egg Hunt Pack contains eight eggs at 7.7g of sugar per egg
- The Cadbury Creme Egg contains 26g of sugar per 40g egg
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The five pillars of Islam
1. Fasting
2. Prayer
3. Hajj
4. Shahada
5. Zakat
Yemen's Bahais and the charges they often face
The Baha'i faith was made known in Yemen in the 19th century, first introduced by an Iranian man named Ali Muhammad Al Shirazi, considered the Herald of the Baha'i faith in 1844.
The Baha'i faith has had a growing number of followers in recent years despite persecution in Yemen and Iran.
Today, some 2,000 Baha'is reside in Yemen, according to Insaf.
"The 24 defendants represented by the House of Justice, which has intelligence outfits from the uS and the UK working to carry out an espionage scheme in Yemen under the guise of religion.. aimed to impant and found the Bahai sect on Yemeni soil by bringing foreign Bahais from abroad and homing them in Yemen," the charge sheet said.
Baha'Ullah, the founder of the Bahai faith, was exiled by the Ottoman Empire in 1868 from Iran to what is now Israel. Now, the Bahai faith's highest governing body, known as the Universal House of Justice, is based in the Israeli city of Haifa, which the Bahais turn towards during prayer.
The Houthis cite this as collective "evidence" of Bahai "links" to Israel - which the Houthis consider their enemy.
Mercer, the investment consulting arm of US services company Marsh & McLennan, expects its wealth division to at least double its assets under management (AUM) in the Middle East as wealth in the region continues to grow despite economic headwinds, a company official said.
Mercer Wealth, which globally has $160 billion in AUM, plans to boost its AUM in the region to $2-$3bn in the next 2-3 years from the present $1bn, said Yasir AbuShaban, a Dubai-based principal with Mercer Wealth.
“Within the next two to three years, we are looking at reaching $2 to $3 billion as a conservative estimate and we do see an opportunity to do so,” said Mr AbuShaban.
Mercer does not directly make investments, but allocates clients’ money they have discretion to, to professional asset managers. They also provide advice to clients.
“We have buying power. We can negotiate on their (client’s) behalf with asset managers to provide them lower fees than they otherwise would have to get on their own,” he added.
Mercer Wealth’s clients include sovereign wealth funds, family offices, and insurance companies among others.
From its office in Dubai, Mercer also looks after Africa, India and Turkey, where they also see opportunity for growth.
Wealth creation in Middle East and Africa (MEA) grew 8.5 per cent to $8.1 trillion last year from $7.5tn in 2015, higher than last year’s global average of 6 per cent and the second-highest growth in a region after Asia-Pacific which grew 9.9 per cent, according to consultancy Boston Consulting Group (BCG). In the region, where wealth grew just 1.9 per cent in 2015 compared with 2014, a pickup in oil prices has helped in wealth generation.
BCG is forecasting MEA wealth will rise to $12tn by 2021, growing at an annual average of 8 per cent.
Drivers of wealth generation in the region will be split evenly between new wealth creation and growth of performance of existing assets, according to BCG.
Another general trend in the region is clients’ looking for a comprehensive approach to investing, according to Mr AbuShaban.
“Institutional investors or some of the families are seeing a slowdown in the available capital they have to invest and in that sense they are looking at optimizing the way they manage their portfolios and making sure they are not investing haphazardly and different parts of their investment are working together,” said Mr AbuShaban.
Some clients also have a higher appetite for risk, given the low interest-rate environment that does not provide enough yield for some institutional investors. These clients are keen to invest in illiquid assets, such as private equity and infrastructure.
“What we have seen is a desire for higher returns in what has been a low-return environment specifically in various fixed income or bonds,” he said.
“In this environment, we have seen a de facto increase in the risk that clients are taking in things like illiquid investments, private equity investments, infrastructure and private debt, those kind of investments were higher illiquidity results in incrementally higher returns.”
The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, one of the largest sovereign wealth funds, said in its 2016 report that has gradually increased its exposure in direct private equity and private credit transactions, mainly in Asian markets and especially in China and India. The authority’s private equity department focused on structured equities owing to “their defensive characteristics.”
Banned items
Dubai Police has also issued a list of banned items at the ground on Sunday. These include:
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