• Chelsea's Willian shoots and scores the 89th minute winner in a 1-0 Premier League victory over Everton on Wednesday night at Stamford Bridge. Justin Tallis / AFP
    Chelsea's Willian shoots and scores the 89th minute winner in a 1-0 Premier League victory over Everton on Wednesday night at Stamford Bridge. Justin Tallis / AFP
  • Chris Smalling of Manchester United celebrates scoring his second goal during their 3-1 Premier League win over Burnley at Old Trafford on Wednesday night. Michael Regan / Getty Images
    Chris Smalling of Manchester United celebrates scoring his second goal during their 3-1 Premier League win over Burnley at Old Trafford on Wednesday night. Michael Regan / Getty Images
  • Graziano Pelle of Southampton attempts an overhead kick during his side's 0-0 draw with Southampton in the Premier League on Wednesday night. Michael Steele / Getty Images
    Graziano Pelle of Southampton attempts an overhead kick during his side's 0-0 draw with Southampton in the Premier League on Wednesday night. Michael Steele / Getty Images
  • Samir Nasri of Manchester City celebrates with teammate David Silva after scoring City's fourth goal in their win over Stoke. Alex Livesey / Getty Images
    Samir Nasri of Manchester City celebrates with teammate David Silva after scoring City's fourth goal in their win over Stoke. Alex Livesey / Getty Images
  • Chelsea’s Willian celebrates with Didier Drogba after scoring the winning goal late in a 1-0 victory over Everton on Wednesday. Ian Kington / AFP
    Chelsea’s Willian celebrates with Didier Drogba after scoring the winning goal late in a 1-0 victory over Everton on Wednesday. Ian Kington / AFP
  • Robin van Persie of Manchester United celebrates with Angel di Maria after scoring United's third goal on a penalty on Wednesday night in their 3-1 win over Burnley. Jamie McDonald / Getty Images
    Robin van Persie of Manchester United celebrates with Angel di Maria after scoring United's third goal on a penalty on Wednesday night in their 3-1 win over Burnley. Jamie McDonald / Getty Images
  • West Ham United's James Tomkins celebrates at the final whistle of his side's 0-0 draw away with Southampton on Wednesday night in the Premier League. Glyn Kirk / AFP
    West Ham United's James Tomkins celebrates at the final whistle of his side's 0-0 draw away with Southampton on Wednesday night in the Premier League. Glyn Kirk / AFP
  • Vincent Kompany of Manchester City applauds the fans after their 4-1 Premier League win against Stoke City on Wednesday night. Alex LIvesey / Getty Images
    Vincent Kompany of Manchester City applauds the fans after their 4-1 Premier League win against Stoke City on Wednesday night. Alex LIvesey / Getty Images
  • Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho shown during his side's 1-0 win over Everton in the Premier League on Wednesday night. Justin Tallis / AFP
    Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho shown during his side's 1-0 win over Everton in the Premier League on Wednesday night. Justin Tallis / AFP
  • Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal leaves the pitch after his side's 3-1 win against Burnley on Wednesday at Old Trafford. Phil Noble / Reuters
    Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal leaves the pitch after his side's 3-1 win against Burnley on Wednesday at Old Trafford. Phil Noble / Reuters
  • Maya Yoshida of Southampton applauds the fans after his team's 0-0 draw with West Ham United at St Mary's Stadium on Wednesday. Julian Finney / Getty Images
    Maya Yoshida of Southampton applauds the fans after his team's 0-0 draw with West Ham United at St Mary's Stadium on Wednesday. Julian Finney / Getty Images

Sergio Aguero splendid for Man City; Willian fires up Chelsea – EPL action in pictures


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Images from Wednesday night's midweek matches in the Premier League, featuring Sergio Aguero's double effort to fuel a 4-1 Manchester City route of Stoke City and Willian snaring three points for Chelsea with an 89th minute winner. Click the arrows above to scroll through the photos.

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The biog:

Languages: Arabic, Farsi, Hindi, basic Russian 

Favourite food: Pizza 

Best food on the road: rice

Favourite colour: silver 

Favourite bike: Gold Wing, Honda

Favourite biking destination: Canada 

Brief scoreline:

Tottenham 1

Son 78'

Manchester City 0

Indoor Cricket World Cup - Sept 16-20, Insportz, Dubai

Ukraine

Capital: Kiev

Population: 44.13 million

Armed conflict in Donbass

Russia-backed fighters control territory

Groom and Two Brides

Director: Elie Semaan

Starring: Abdullah Boushehri, Laila Abdallah, Lulwa Almulla

Rating: 3/5

Dubai World Cup nominations

UAE: Thunder Snow/Saeed bin Suroor (trainer), North America/Satish Seemar, Drafted/Doug Watson, New Trails/Ahmad bin Harmash, Capezzano, Gronkowski, Axelrod, all trained by Salem bin Ghadayer

USA: Seeking The Soul/Dallas Stewart, Imperial Hunt/Luis Carvajal Jr, Audible/Todd Pletcher, Roy H/Peter Miller, Yoshida/William Mott, Promises Fulfilled/Dale Romans, Gunnevera/Antonio Sano, XY Jet/Jorge Navarro, Pavel/Doug O’Neill, Switzerland/Steve Asmussen.

Japan: Matera Sky/Hideyuki Mori, KT Brace/Haruki Sugiyama. Bahrain: Nine Below Zero/Fawzi Nass. Ireland: Tato Key/David Marnane. Hong Kong: Fight Hero/Me Tsui. South Korea: Dolkong/Simon Foster.

Essentials

The flights
Etihad and Emirates fly direct from the UAE to Delhi from about Dh950 return including taxes.
The hotels
Double rooms at Tijara Fort-Palace cost from 6,670 rupees (Dh377), including breakfast.
Doubles at Fort Bishangarh cost from 29,030 rupees (Dh1,641), including breakfast. Doubles at Narendra Bhawan cost from 15,360 rupees (Dh869). Doubles at Chanoud Garh cost from 19,840 rupees (Dh1,122), full board. Doubles at Fort Begu cost from 10,000 rupees (Dh565), including breakfast.
The tours 
Amar Grover travelled with Wild Frontiers. A tailor-made, nine-day itinerary via New Delhi, with one night in Tijara and two nights in each of the remaining properties, including car/driver, costs from £1,445 (Dh6,968) per person.

Name: Peter Dicce

Title: Assistant dean of students and director of athletics

Favourite sport: soccer

Favourite team: Bayern Munich

Favourite player: Franz Beckenbauer

Favourite activity in Abu Dhabi: scuba diving in the Northern Emirates 

 

T20 World Cup Qualifier fixtures

Tuesday, October 29

Qualifier one, 2.10pm – Netherlands v UAE

Qualifier two, 7.30pm – Namibia v Oman

Wednesday, October 30

Qualifier three, 2.10pm – Scotland v loser of qualifier one

Qualifier four, 7.30pm – Hong Kong v loser of qualifier two

Thursday, October 31

Fifth-place playoff, 2.10pm – winner of qualifier three v winner of qualifier four

Friday, November 1

Semi-final one, 2.10pm – Ireland v winner of qualifier one

Semi-final two, 7.30pm – PNG v winner of qualifier two

Saturday, November 2

Third-place playoff, 2.10pm

Final, 7.30pm

The past Palme d'Or winners

2018 Shoplifters, Hirokazu Kore-eda

2017 The Square, Ruben Ostlund

2016 I, Daniel Blake, Ken Loach

2015 DheepanJacques Audiard

2014 Winter Sleep (Kış Uykusu), Nuri Bilge Ceylan

2013 Blue is the Warmest Colour (La Vie d'Adèle: Chapitres 1 et 2), Abdellatif Kechiche, Adele Exarchopoulos and Lea Seydoux

2012 Amour, Michael Haneke

2011 The Tree of LifeTerrence Malick

2010 Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Lung Bunmi Raluek Chat), Apichatpong Weerasethakul

2009 The White Ribbon (Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte), Michael Haneke

2008 The Class (Entre les murs), Laurent Cantet

From Europe to the Middle East, economic success brings wealth - and lifestyle diseases

A rise in obesity figures and the need for more public spending is a familiar trend in the developing world as western lifestyles are adopted.

One in five deaths around the world is now caused by bad diet, with obesity the fastest growing global risk. A high body mass index is also the top cause of metabolic diseases relating to death and disability in Kuwait,  Qatar and Oman – and second on the list in Bahrain.

In Britain, heart disease, lung cancer and Alzheimer’s remain among the leading causes of death, and people there are spending more time suffering from health problems.

The UK is expected to spend $421.4 billion on healthcare by 2040, up from $239.3 billion in 2014.

And development assistance for health is talking about the financial aid given to governments to support social, environmental development of developing countries.

 

UAE and Russia in numbers

UAE-Russia ties stretch back 48 years

Trade between the UAE and Russia reached Dh12.5 bn in 2018

More than 3,000 Russian companies are registered in the UAE

Around 40,000 Russians live in the UAE

The number of Russian tourists travelling to the UAE will increase to 12 percent to reach 1.6 million in 2023

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The specs: Hyundai Ionic Hybrid

Price, base: Dh117,000 (estimate)

Engine: 1.6L four-cylinder, with 1.56kWh battery

Transmission: Six-speed automatic

Power: 105hp (engine), plus 43.5hp (battery)

Torque: 147Nm (engine), plus 170Nm (battery)

Fuel economy, combined: 3.4L / 100km