20th place - Watford In nature, they say, avoid things that are yellow and black. When it is this bold, heed that advice. The away kit is , all green and doesn't appeal either. In the picture above I had to check it wasn't goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes going on a mazy run. A disastrous combination.
20th place - Watford In nature, they say, avoid things that are yellow and black. When it is this bold, heed that advice. The away kit is , all green and doesn't appeal either. In the picture above I had to check it wasn't goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes going on a mazy run. A disastrous combination.
19th place - Arsenal I'm breaking my rule already, but let's talk about their third strip. My guess is it will feature more than their navy away kit anyway. I enjoyed the spearmint green kit launch in Singapore. It made Hector Bellerin and the gang look like they were celebrating their efforts as ballboys an ATP tennis event. The home strip has needless red bands around the arms.
19th place - Arsenal I'm breaking my rule already, but let's talk about their third strip. My guess is it will feature more than their navy away kit anyway. I enjoyed the spearmint green kit launch in Singapore. It made Hector Bellerin and the gang look like they were celebrating their efforts as ballboys an ATP tennis event. The home strip has needless red bands around the arms.
18th place - Everton While their home kit is pretty much standard fare, the Toffees are perennial fashion troublemakers when it comes to their away and third strips. They played it safe last season with a white alternative, but have once again gone to the neon well to flash a pink trim over black. I reckon they will be chief culprits in using their third kit more often than anyone else in the division.
18th place - Everton While their home kit is pretty much standard fare, the Toffees are perennial fashion troublemakers when it comes to their away and third strips. They played it safe last season with a white alternative, but have once again gone to the neon well to flash a pink trim over black. I reckon they will be chief culprits in using their third kit more often than anyone else in the division.
17th place - Liverpool Nothing wrong with their home kit, all red with sedate white where need. But the away kit is a sight to behold. Haha. Purple. It's a shame really, the producers for Sky's early-2000s football drama Dream Team usually had to dub their purple Harchester United kit over an always struggling Leicester City for the 'live action' shots.
17th place - Liverpool Nothing wrong with their home kit, all red with sedate white where need. But the away kit is a sight to behold. Haha. Purple. It's a shame really, the producers for Sky's early-2000s football drama Dream Team usually had to dub their purple Harchester United kit over an always struggling Leicester City for the 'live action' shots.
16th place - Bournemouth; Once upon a time in the 90s a home shirt lasted a good two seasons. The old guard then In a tricky game of spot the difference, the Cherries have added a gold trim around the collar and the sleeves are now all black. The away kit is fair.
16th place - Bournemouth; Once upon a time in the 90s a home shirt lasted a good two seasons. The old guard then In a tricky game of spot the difference, the Cherries have added a gold trim around the collar and the sleeves are now all black. The away kit is fair.
15th place - Manchester United The classic United kit is Red shirts, whites shorts, black socks. The red socks is the crime here and I see where it went wrong. Really stylish shirts-to-shorts colour blending is prevalent at the minute, but it's caused an unsightly knock-on effect. It's easy to blame Adidas, but even easier to pin the blame on Jose Mourinho, so I'll do that. The away kit(s) is/are probably the best change strips United have been supplied for a good 10 years.
15th place - Manchester United The classic United kit is Red shirts, whites shorts, black socks. The red socks is the crime here and I see where it went wrong. Really stylish shirts-to-shorts colour blending is prevalent at the minute, but it's caused an unsightly knock-on effect. It's easy to blame Adidas, but even easier to pin the blame on Jose Mourinho, so I'll do that. The away kit(s) is/are probably the best change strips United have been supplied for a good 10 years.
14th place - Cardiff City It's a shame we haven't formatted emojis in the caption field of our website, because this entry would simply be :| I don't think strongly for or against it. The home kit is workmanlike, I guess. The away kit is better.
14th place - Cardiff City It's a shame we haven't formatted emojis in the caption field of our website, because this entry would simply be :| I don't think strongly for or against it. The home kit is workmanlike, I guess. The away kit is better.
13th place - Tottenham Hotspur Spurs are another club employing the shirts-to-shorts colour blend. They should be in white socks, but the home kit is not a disaster. The away kit is fine, but the shorts look like they've been in the wash too much and have faded. If they leaked image is true, Spurs's electric-green third kit with a hard-to-make-out printed map of North London will push them into the drop zone.
13th place - Tottenham Hotspur Spurs are another club employing the shirts-to-shorts colour blend. They should be in white socks, but the home kit is not a disaster. The away kit is fine, but the shorts look like they've been in the wash too much and have faded. If they leaked image is true, Spurs's electric-green third kit with a hard-to-make-out printed map of North London will push them into the drop zone.
12th place - West Ham United It's not like West Ham not to make a scene, but this season's offerings are understated and, I'll whisper it, sensible. Not sure what to make of the shirt not having claret sleeves, the Hammers risk hitting the Northampton Town end of 'England's classic Claret kits' scale. The away kit is sensible.
12th place - West Ham United It's not like West Ham not to make a scene, but this season's offerings are understated and, I'll whisper it, sensible. Not sure what to make of the shirt not having claret sleeves, the Hammers risk hitting the Northampton Town end of 'England's classic Claret kits' scale. The away kit is sensible.
11th place - Burnley Ah, it took me a while, but Burnley have had a sponsor change. and to ensure their fans are getting bang for their buck they have switched their sky blue shorts and socks for white. The white away kit is a better choice than the all sky blue strip from last season.
11th place - Burnley Ah, it took me a while, but Burnley have had a sponsor change. and to ensure their fans are getting bang for their buck they have switched their sky blue shorts and socks for white. The white away kit is a better choice than the all sky blue strip from last season.
10th place - Wolverhampton Wanderers A sight for sore eyes. The famous old gold and black is back in the top flight and looks resplendent. The all white away kit keeps with tradition but I doubt they will get much mileage from it this season. Hopefully when they visit Watford at Vicarage Road in April, the Fashion Police will have caught up with the Hornets and slapped a ban on them using the home strip.
10th place - Wolverhampton Wanderers A sight for sore eyes. The famous old gold and black is back in the top flight and looks resplendent. The all white away kit keeps with tradition but I doubt they will get much mileage from it this season. Hopefully when they visit Watford at Vicarage Road in April, the Fashion Police will have caught up with the Hornets and slapped a ban on them using the home strip.
9th place - Fulham It's hard to be prickly with a friendly club like Fulham, so the closest I will come to giving a barbed comment is they seem to be using relegated Swansea City's kits from last season. The Fulham away kit is one of my three favourite change strips this season.
9th place - Fulham It's hard to be prickly with a friendly club like Fulham, so the closest I will come to giving a barbed comment is they seem to be using relegated Swansea City's kits from last season. The Fulham away kit is one of my three favourite change strips this season.
8th place - Huddersfield Town The Yorkshire club's blue and white striped home strip is still catchy, but it feels the Terriers have taken a step back this season with all their kits. Umbro has replaced Puma and given them the exact red and black striped shirt Bournemouth will be wearing.
8th place - Huddersfield Town The Yorkshire club's blue and white striped home strip is still catchy, but it feels the Terriers have taken a step back this season with all their kits. Umbro has replaced Puma and given them the exact red and black striped shirt Bournemouth will be wearing.
7th place - Chelsea When I first got into football in the early 90s, Chelsea were the world's worst for garish away kits. Take a look on Google. Once they even turned up at Coventry City with their clashing home kit expecting some sort of small mercy. They were forced to wear Coventry's chequerboard away kit. It was a time to be alive. In 2018, they have mastered both home and away kit and it looks like they don't need a third.
7th place - Chelsea When I first got into football in the early 90s, Chelsea were the world's worst for garish away kits. Take a look on Google. Once they even turned up at Coventry City with their clashing home kit expecting some sort of small mercy. They were forced to wear Coventry's chequerboard away kit. It was a time to be alive. In 2018, they have mastered both home and away kit and it looks like they don't need a third.
6th place - Manchester City Not much tweaking with their home shirt at the Etihad this season. The away kit is understated genius. If you remember the neon yellow and black striped strip they wore during their nadir in 1998-99, then you may see the inspiration to this season's design. It's almost training shirt-good.
6th place - Manchester City Not much tweaking with their home shirt at the Etihad this season. The away kit is understated genius. If you remember the neon yellow and black striped strip they wore during their nadir in 1998-99, then you may see the inspiration to this season's design. It's almost training shirt-good.
5th place - Southampton Classic red and white stripes with black shorts and socks from under armour. If I'm nitpicking it could use a bit more white in the shorts and socks. The away kit - yellow with a blue shoulders and sleeves is also smart. We're finding it hard to work out when they will need to use their third shirt which is, and I'm not joking, red with red stripes.
5th place - Southampton Classic red and white stripes with black shorts and socks from under armour. If I'm nitpicking it could use a bit more white in the shorts and socks. The away kit - yellow with a blue shoulders and sleeves is also smart. We're finding it hard to work out when they will need to use their third shirt which is, and I'm not joking, red with red stripes.
4th place - Brighton & Hove Albion This is a bit of a shock. On first glance Brighton's home and away shirts look nothing out of the ordinary, I had the combination ranked around Cardiff. Then it dawned on me. Grass green away shirts are a bit of a rarity in English football. So it gets marks for being a bit Bundesliga. It's a fine line not looking like a team of goalkeepers, but Brighton may have pulled it off.
4th place - Brighton & Hove Albion This is a bit of a shock. On first glance Brighton's home and away shirts look nothing out of the ordinary, I had the combination ranked around Cardiff. Then it dawned on me. Grass green away shirts are a bit of a rarity in English football. So it gets marks for being a bit Bundesliga. It's a fine line not looking like a team of goalkeepers, but Brighton may have pulled it off.
3rd place - Crystal Palace Puma has done a lovely job with Palace's kits this season. Whether you think the away strip should be the home kit is a debate for another time.
3rd place - Crystal Palace Puma has done a lovely job with Palace's kits this season. Whether you think the away strip should be the home kit is a debate for another time.
2nd place - Leicester City The Midlands club has scored a hat-trick in the fashion stakes Home kit. Solid. Away kit. Splendid. Third change kit (breaking the rule here). Out of this world and a great choice getting England defender Harry Maguire to sport it on Twitter - shinpads and all.
2nd place - Leicester City The Midlands club has scored a hat-trick in the fashion stakes Home kit. Solid. Away kit. Splendid. Third change kit (breaking the rule here). Out of this world and a great choice getting England defender Harry Maguire to sport it on Twitter - shinpads and all.
1st place - Newcastle United I never realised I adored almost everything about Newcastle United in the mid-90s. And like catching an unexpected whiff of perfume once worn by a loved one, the unveiling of their 95-96 season inspired away strip brought memories of Les Ferdinand, David Ginola and Philippe Albert flooding back. We can debate whether Newcastle's home shorts should be white or black until we're blue in the face, but that doesn't take the shine off a pleasant throwback.
1st place - Newcastle United I never realised I adored almost everything about Newcastle United in the mid-90s. And like catching an unexpected whiff of perfume once worn by a loved one, the unveiling of their 95-96 season inspired away strip brought memories of Les Ferdinand, David Ginola and Philippe Albert flooding back. We can debate whether Newcastle's home shorts should be white or black until we're blue in the face, but that doesn't take the shine off a pleasant throwback.

Football

Newcastle top, Watford bottom and Liverpool's 'Dream Team' effort: Premier League kits rated

Find out who is top of the Premier League in the shirt stakes and which kit should be heading towards relegation

Stephen Nelmes

August 09, 2018

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In the age of 4K television we'll be happy to see some clubs on our screens more than others. And we're not talking about uninspiring hoofball tactics.

The Premier League season is back and looking good on the big screens in cafes in Dubai or Abu Dhabi could earn your club a new fan or two.

Here's our guide to the best and worst combined home and away shirts for the 2018-19 season, starting with the worst and working its way to the cream of the crop for the coming campaign.

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Read more:

Premier League 2018/19 preview: Team-by-team guide and predictions

Premier League 2018/19 predictions: Are Liverpool the biggest threat to Manchester City's title defence?

Premier League transfer window: All the new signings for 2018/19 season

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MATCH INFO

Uefa Champions League, semi-final result:

Liverpool 4-0 Barcelona

Liverpool win 4-3 on aggregate

Champions Legaue final: June 1, Madrid

hall of shame

SUNDERLAND 2002-03

No one has ended a Premier League season quite like Sunderland. They lost each of their final 15 games, taking no points after January. They ended up with 19 in total, sacking managers Peter Reid and Howard Wilkinson and losing 3-1 to Charlton when they scored three own goals in eight minutes.

SUNDERLAND 2005-06

Until Derby came along, Sunderland’s total of 15 points was the Premier League’s record low. They made it until May and their final home game before winning at the Stadium of Light while they lost a joint record 29 of their 38 league games.

HUDDERSFIELD 2018-19

Joined Derby as the only team to be relegated in March. No striker scored until January, while only two players got more assists than goalkeeper Jonas Lossl. The mid-season appointment Jan Siewert was to end his time as Huddersfield manager with a 5.3 per cent win rate.

ASTON VILLA 2015-16

Perhaps the most inexplicably bad season, considering they signed Idrissa Gueye and Adama Traore and still only got 17 points. Villa won their first league game, but none of the next 19. They ended an abominable campaign by taking one point from the last 39 available.

FULHAM 2018-19

Terrible in different ways. Fulham’s total of 26 points is not among the lowest ever but they contrived to get relegated after spending over £100 million (Dh457m) in the transfer market. Much of it went on defenders but they only kept two clean sheets in their first 33 games.

LA LIGA: Sporting Gijon, 13 points in 1997-98.

BUNDESLIGA: Tasmania Berlin, 10 points in 1965-66

Meydan racecard:

6.30pm: Al Maktoum Challenge Round 2 (PA) Group 1 | US$75,000 (Dirt) | 2,200 metres

7.05pm: UAE 1000 Guineas (TB) Listed | $250,000 (D) | 1,600m

7.40pm: Meydan Classic Trial (TB) Conditions | $100,000 (Turf) | 1,400m

8.15pm: Al Shindagha Sprint (TB) Group 3 | $200,000 (D) | 1,200m

8.50pm: Handicap (TB) | $175,000 (D) | 1,600m

9.25pm: Handicap (TB) | $175,000 (T) | 2,000m

10pm: Handicap (TB) | $135,000 (T) | 1,600m

The specs: 2019 Mercedes-Benz C200 Coupe


Price, base: Dh201,153
Engine: 2.0-litre turbocharged four-cylinder
Transmission: Nine-speed automatic
Power: 204hp @ 5,800rpm
Torque: 300Nm @ 1,600rpm
Fuel economy, combined: 6.7L / 100km

BRIEF SCORES:

Toss: Nepal, chose to field

UAE 153-6: Shaiman (59), Usman (30); Regmi 2-23

Nepal 132-7: Jora 53 not out; Zahoor 2-17

Result: UAE won by 21 runs

Series: UAE lead 1-0

The cost of Covid testing around the world

Egypt

Dh514 for citizens; Dh865 for tourists

Information can be found through VFS Global.

Jordan

Dh212

Centres include the Speciality Hospital, which now offers drive-through testing.

Cambodia

Dh478

Travel tests are managed by the Ministry of Health and National Institute of Public Health.

Zanzibar

AED 295

Zanzibar Public Health Emergency Operations Centre, located within the Lumumba Secondary School compound.

Abu Dhabi

Dh85

Abu Dhabi’s Seha has test centres throughout the UAE.

UK

From Dh400

Heathrow Airport now offers drive through and clinic-based testing, starting from Dh400 and up to Dh500 for the PCR test.

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UPI facts

More than 2.2 million Indian tourists arrived in UAE in 2023
More than 3.5 million Indians reside in UAE
Indian tourists can make purchases in UAE using rupee accounts in India through QR-code-based UPI real-time payment systems
Indian residents in UAE can use their non-resident NRO and NRE accounts held in Indian banks linked to a UAE mobile number for UPI transactions

FIGHT CARD

From 5.30pm in the following order:

Featherweight

Marcelo Pontes (BRA) v Azouz Anwar (EGY)

Catchweight 90kg

Moustafa Rashid Nada (KSA) v Imad Al Howayeck (LEB)

Welterweight

Mohammed Al Khatib (JOR) v Gimbat Ismailov (RUS)

Flyweight (women)

Lucie Bertaud (FRA) v Kelig Pinson (BEL)

Lightweight

Alexandru Chitoran (BEL) v Regelo Enumerables Jr (PHI)

Catchweight 100kg

Mohamed Ali (EGY) v Marc Vleiger (NED)

Featherweight

James Bishop (AUS) v Mark Valerio (PHI)

Welterweight

Gerson Carvalho (BRA) v Abdelghani Saber (EGY)

Middleweight 

Bakhtiyar Abbasov (AZE) v Igor Litoshik (BLR)

Bantamweight:

Fabio Mello (BRA) v Mark Alcoba (PHI)

Welterweight

Ahmed Labban (LEB) v Magomedsultan Magemedsultanov (RUS)

Bantamweight

Trent Girdham (AUS) v Jayson Margallo (PHI)

Lightweight

Usman Nurmagomedov (RUS) v Roman Golovinov (UKR)

Middleweight

Tarek Suleiman (SYR) v Steve Kennedy (AUS)

Lightweight

Dan Moret (USA) v Anton Kuivanen (FIN)

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Timeline

2012-2015

The company offers payments/bribes to win key contracts in the Middle East

May 2017

The UK SFO officially opens investigation into Petrofac’s use of agents, corruption, and potential bribery to secure contracts

September 2021

Petrofac pleads guilty to seven counts of failing to prevent bribery under the UK Bribery Act

October 2021

Court fines Petrofac £77 million for bribery. Former executive receives a two-year suspended sentence 

December 2024

Petrofac enters into comprehensive restructuring to strengthen the financial position of the group

May 2025

The High Court of England and Wales approves the company’s restructuring plan

July 2025

The Court of Appeal issues a judgment challenging parts of the restructuring plan

August 2025

Petrofac issues a business update to execute the restructuring and confirms it will appeal the Court of Appeal decision

October 2025

Petrofac loses a major TenneT offshore wind contract worth €13 billion. Holding company files for administration in the UK. Petrofac delisted from the London Stock Exchange

November 2025

180 Petrofac employees laid off in the UAE

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Round 2: January 22-23, Yas Marina Circuit – Abu Dhabi
 
Round 3: February 7-9, Dubai Autodrome – Dubai
 
Round 4: February 14-16, Yas Marina Circuit – Abu Dhabi
 
Round 5: February 25-27, Jeddah Corniche Circuit – Saudi Arabia
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Manchester United 2

Anthony Martial 30'

Scott McTominay 90 6' 

Manchester City 0

The specs: 2018 Chevrolet Trailblazer

Price, base / as tested Dh99,000 / Dh132,000

Engine 3.6L V6

Transmission: Six-speed automatic

Power 275hp @ 6,000rpm

Torque 350Nm @ 3,700rpm

Fuel economy combined 12.2L / 100km

Who is Tim-Berners Lee?

Sir Tim Berners-Lee was born in London in a household of mathematicians and computer scientists. Both his mother, Mary Lee, and father, Conway, were early computer scientists who worked on the Ferranti 1 - the world's first commercially-available, general purpose digital computer. Sir Tim studied Physics at the University of Oxford and held a series of roles developing code and building software before moving to Switzerland to work for Cern, the European Particle Physics laboratory. He developed the worldwide web code as a side project in 1989 as a global information-sharing system. After releasing the first web code in 1991, Cern made it open and free for all to use. Sir Tim now campaigns for initiatives to make sure the web remains open and accessible to all.

Bugatti Chiron Super Sport - the specs:

Engine: 8.0-litre quad-turbo W16 

Transmission: 7-speed DSG auto 

Power: 1,600hp

Torque: 1,600Nm

0-100kph in 2.4seconds

0-200kph in 5.8 seconds

0-300kph in 12.1 seconds

Top speed: 440kph

Price: Dh13,200,000

Bugatti Chiron Pur Sport - the specs:

Engine: 8.0-litre quad-turbo W16 

Transmission: 7-speed DSG auto 

Power: 1,500hp

Torque: 1,600Nm

0-100kph in 2.3 seconds

0-200kph in 5.5 seconds

0-300kph in 11.8 seconds

Top speed: 350kph

Price: Dh13,600,000

How to protect yourself when air quality drops

Install an air filter in your home.

Close your windows and turn on the AC.

Shower or bath after being outside.

Wear a face mask.

Stay indoors when conditions are particularly poor.

If driving, turn your engine off when stationary.

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