Order of play in UAE time and TV information for the 2015 Wimbledon championship, starting on Monday in London:
*Action will be on Abu Dhabi Sports HD 3-7, only available through OSN cable packages. The schedule is subject to broadcaster’s discretion. First matches on each court of the day begin at appointed times and then following matches progress through natural course of play. Seeds in bold.
Day 4, Show Courts
Centre Court, starting 1pm (4pm UAE)
Christina McHale v Sabine Lisicki (18); Sam Querrey v Roger Federer (2); Dustin Brown v Rafael Nadal (10)
No 1 Court, starting 1pm (4pm UAE)
Robin Haase v Andy Murray (3); Kurumi Nara v Petra Kvitova (2); Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (13) v Albert Ramos
No 2 Court, starting 11.30am (2.30pm UAE)
James Ward v Jiri Vesely; Agnieszka Radwanska (13) v Ajla Tomljanovic; Tomas Berdych (6) v Nicolas Mahut
No 3 Court, starting 11.30am (2.30pm UAE)
Ekaterina Makarova (8) v Magdalena Rybarikova; Blaz Kavcic v Gilles Simon (12); Gael Monfils (18) v Adrian Mannarino
Other Courts (all starting 11.30am/2.30pm UAE)
First matches
Caroline Wozniacki (5) v Denisa Allertova (Court 12); Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova v Angelique Kerber (10) (Court 18); Vera Dushevina & Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez v Klara Koukalova & Tsvetana Pironkova (Court 5); Gilles Muller & Aisam Qureshi v Benjamin Becker & Roberto Maytin (Court 6); Garbine Muguruza (20) v Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (Court 7); Benoit Paire v Roberto Bautista Agut (20) (Court 8); Bojana Jovanovski & Nadiia Kichenok v Marina Erakovic & Heather Watson (Court 9); Radu Albot & Mikhail Kukushkin v Mariusz Fyrstenberg & Santiago Gonzalez (Court 10); Olga Govortsova v Alize Cornet (25) (Court 11); Lleyton Hewitt & Thanasi Kokkinakis v Marin Draganja & Henri Kontinen (15) (Court 14); Lara Arruabarrena v Camila Giorgi (31) (Court 16); Sam Groth v James Duckworth (Court 17); Dominic Inglot & Edouard Roger-Vasselin v Rameez Junaid & Adil Shamasdin (Court 19)
Second matches
Vasek Pospisil v Fabio Fognini (30) (C12); Timea Bacsinszky (15) v Silvia Soler-Espinosa (C18); Sergey Betov & Aliaksandr Bury v Edward Corrie & Kyle Edmund (C5); Chen Liang & Raluca Olaru v Belinda Bencic & Katerina Sinakova (C6); Andreas Seppi (25) v Borna Coric (C7); Madison Keys (21) v Elizaveta Kulichkova (C8); Leonardo Mayer & Diego Schwartzman v Ivan Dodig & Marcelo Melo (2) (C9); Juan-Sebastian Cabal & Robert Farah (16) v Chris Guccione & Andre Sa (C10); Tatjana Maria v Ying-Ying Duan (C11); Jamie Murray & John Peers (13) v Luke Bambridge & Liam Broady (C14); Feliciano Lopez (15) v Nikoloz Basilashvili (C16); Casey Dellacqua v Elina Svitolina (17) (C17); Santiago Giraldo & Joao Sousa v Mate Pavic & Michael Venus (C19)
Third matches
Viktor Troicki (22) v Aljaz Bedene (C12); Jelena Jankovic (28) v Evgeniya Rodina (C18); Robert Lindstedt & Jurgen Melzer v Mahesh Bhupathi & Janko Tipsarevic (C5); Magda Linette & Mandy Minella v Timea Babos & Kristina Mladenovic (4) (C6); Svetlana Kuznetsova (26) v Kristyna Pliskova (C7); Lukas Rosol v Pablo Andujar (C8); Su-Wei Hsieh & Flavia Pennetta (7) v Elena Bogdan & Simona Halep (C9); Alize Cornet & Aleksandra Krunic v Andrea Hlavackova & Lucie Hradecka (8) (C10); Monica Niculescu v Jana Cepelova (C11); Varvara Lepchenko & Christina McHale v Lara Arruabarrena & Irina-Camelia Begu (C14); Ken Skupski & Neal Skupski v Marcin Matkowski & Nenad Zimonjic (7) (C16); Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan (1) v Gero Kretschmer & Alexander Satschko (C17); Andrea Petkovic & Magdalena Rybarikova v Alla Kudryavtseva & Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (11) (C19)
Fourth matches
Alexandr Dolgopolov v Ivo Karlovic (23) (C18); Guillermo Garcia-Lopez & Malek Jaziri v Marcus Daniell & Marcelo Demoliner (C6); Matthew Ebden & James Ward v Teymuraz Gabashvili & Yen-Hsun Lu (C7); Jonathan Erlich & Philipp Petzschner v Treat Huey & Scott Lipsky (C9); Anna-Lena Gronefeld & Coco Vandeweghe v Madison Brengle & Tatjana Maria (C11)
TBA, Not before 5pm (8p, UAE)
Johanna Konta & Maria Sanchez v Hao-Ching Chan & Alison Van Uytvanck; Anastasia Rodionova & Arina Rodionova (15) v Mona Barthel & Lyudmyla Kichenok; Darija Jurak & Ana Konjuh v Raquel Kops-Jones & Abigail Spears (5); *Not before 6pm (9pm UAE) – Lauren Davis & Kurumi Nara v Yafan Wang & Kai-Lin Zhang
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Results
2.15pm: Handicap Dh80,000 1,950m
Winner: Hello, Tadhg O’Shea (jockey), Ali Rashid Al Raihi (trainer).
2.45pm: Handicap Dh90,000 1,800m
Winner: Right Flank, Pat Dobbs, Doug Watson.
3.15pm: Handicap Dh115,000 1,000m
Winner: Leading Spirit, Richard Mullen, Satish Seemar.
3.45pm: Jebel Ali Mile Group 3 Dh575,000 1,600m
Winner: Chiefdom, Royston Ffrench, Salem bin Ghadayer.
4.15pm: Handicap Dh105,000 1,400m
Winner: Ode To Autumn, Patrick Cosgrave, Satish Seemar.
4.45pm: Shadwell Farm Conditions Dh125,000 1,200m
Winner: Last Surprise, James Doyle, Simon Crisford.
5.15pm: Handicap Dh85,000 1,200m
Winner: Daltrey, Sandro Paiva, Ali Rashid Al Raihi.
French business
France has organised a delegation of leading businesses to travel to Syria. The group was led by French shipping giant CMA CGM, which struck a 30-year contract in May with the Syrian government to develop and run Latakia port. Also present were water and waste management company Suez, defence multinational Thales, and Ellipse Group, which is currently looking into rehabilitating Syrian hospitals.
The Travel Diaries of Albert Einstein The Far East, Palestine, and Spain, 1922 – 1923
Editor Ze’ev Rosenkranz
Princeton
SERIE A FIXTURES
Saturday (All UAE kick-off times)
Cagliari v AC Milan (6pm)
Lazio v Napoli (9pm)
Inter Milan v Atalanta (11.45pm)
Sunday
Udinese v Sassuolo (3.30pm)
Sampdoria v Brescia (6pm)
Fiorentina v SPAL (6pm)
Torino v Bologna (6pm)
Verona v Genoa (9pm)
Roma V Juventus (11.45pm)
Parma v Lecce (11.45pm)
Who's who in Yemen conflict
Houthis: Iran-backed rebels who occupy Sanaa and run unrecognised government
Yemeni government: Exiled government in Aden led by eight-member Presidential Leadership Council
Southern Transitional Council: Faction in Yemeni government that seeks autonomy for the south
Habrish 'rebels': Tribal-backed forces feuding with STC over control of oil in government territory
Mohammed bin Zayed Majlis
Dubai World Cup Carnival Thursday race card
6.30pm: Dubai Millennium Stakes Group Three US$200,000 (Turf) 2,000m
7.05pm: Handicap $135,000 (T) 1,600m
7.40pm: UAE Oaks Group Three $250,000 (Dirt) 1,900m
8.15pm: Zabeel Mile Group Two $250,000 (T) 1,600m
8.50pm: Meydan Sprint Group Two $250,000 (T) 1,000m
9.25pm: Handicap $135,000 (D) 1,400m
10pm: Handicap $135,000 (T) 1,600m
Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week
Formula Middle East Calendar (Formula Regional and Formula 4)
Round 1: January 17-19, Yas Marina Circuit – Abu Dhabi
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
Racecard
6.35pm: The Madjani Stakes – Group 2 (PA) Dh97,500 (Dirt) 1,900m
7.10pm: Evidenza – Handicap (TB) Dh87,500 (D) 1,200m
7.45pm: The Longines Conquest – Maiden (TB) Dh82,500 (D) 2,000m
8.20: The Longines Elegant – Conditions (TB) Dh82,500 (D)
8.35pm: The Dubai Creek Mile – Listed (TB) Dh132,500 (D) 1,600m
9.30pm: Mirdif Stakes – Conditions (TB) Dh120,000 (D) 1,400m
10.05pm: The Longines Record – Handicap (TB) Dh87,500 (D) 1,900m
The specs: 2017 Porsche 718 Cayman
Price, base / as tested Dh222,500 / Dh296,870
Engine 2.0L, flat four-cylinder
Transmission Seven-speed PDK
Power 300hp @ 6,500rpm
Torque 380hp @ 1,950rpm
Fuel economy, combined 6.9L / 100km
The specs: 2018 Opel Mokka X
Price, as tested: Dh84,000
Engine: 1.4L, four-cylinder turbo
Transmission: Six-speed auto
Power: 142hp at 4,900rpm
Torque: 200Nm at 1,850rpm
Fuel economy, combined: 6.5L / 100km
Match statistics
Abu Dhabi Harlequins 36 Bahrain 32
Harlequins
Tries: Penalty 2, Stevenson, Teasdale, Semple
Cons: Stevenson 2
Pens: Stevenson
Bahrain
Tries: Wallace 2, Heath, Evans, Behan
Cons: Radley 2
Pen: Radley
Man of the match: Craig Nutt (Harlequins)
RESULTS
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