There were gold medals galore for the UAE on Friday at the Arab Games in Qatar.
The men's golf team tasted victory in both the team and individual event.
The foursome of Faris Al Mazroui, Khalid Yousuf and the Al Musharrekh brothers - Abdullah and Ahmed - saw off the teams from Egypt and Bahrain by four shots to claim gold at Doha Golf Club.
Ahmed Al Musharrekh also won gold in the individual competition with a final round of 71, putting him 10 under.
Bahrain's Hamad Farhan was second.
At the shooting range, Juma Al Maktoum, Saif Al Shamsi and Mohammad Dhahi won gold ahead of Qatar in the men's team double trap.
Al Shamsi also won bronze in the men's individual double trap.
In showjumping, Farah Al Khojai won bronze in the individual dressage with 66.667 points. Mohammed Al Marri of Qatar took the gold with a score of 70.843, followed by countryman Rashid Al Marri at 68.990 points.
Mohamed Al Hashimi beat Qatar's Ali Al Obaidly to win bronze in the snooker singles.
The UAE stands 12th in the medals table with 18, four of those gold.
Egypt is at the top of the table with 125 total medals including 52 gold, followed by the host Qatar at 70 (25 gold) and Tunisia at 43 (20 gold).
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Sunday January 5 - Oman v UAE
Monday January 6 - UAE v Namibia
Wednesday January 8 - Oman v Namibia
Thursday January 9 - Oman v UAE
Saturday January 11 - UAE v Namibia
Sunday January 12 – Oman v Namibia
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A UK report on youth social media habits commissioned by advocacy group Volteface found a quarter of young people were exposed to illegal drug dealers on social media.
The poll of 2,006 people aged 16-24 assessed their exposure to drug dealers online in a nationally representative survey.
Of those admitting to seeing drugs for sale online, 56 per cent saw them advertised on Snapchat, 55 per cent on Instagram and 47 per cent on Facebook.
Cannabis was the drug most pushed by online dealers, with 63 per cent of survey respondents claiming to have seen adverts on social media for the drug, followed by cocaine (26 per cent) and MDMA/ecstasy, with 24 per cent of people.