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UAE’s top rider absent but captain Ahmed Al Mansouri optimistic for Abu Dhabi Tour
Al Mansouri was part of the UAE team that finished seventh in the Team Pursuit racing at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon. The inaugural Abu Dhabi Tour starts on Thursday, writes Ali Khaled.
ISL 2015 preview: Goa’s Lucio, Chennaiyin’s Elano Blumer and others to watch
Ahead of the start of the new Indian Super League football season, which begins Saturday with Chennaiyin taking on champions Atletico de Kolkata, Ali Khaled looks at six players to watch for in the months ahead.
ISL 2015: A team-by-team guide to Season 2 of India’s football experiment
Ali Khaled offers brief summaries of each of the eight teams competing in the second season of the Indian Super League, the country's ambitious professional football project.
FC Goa coach and Brazil great Zico committed to helping ‘develop football’ across the world
Development is the Brazilian’s focus as Fifa presidential candidate and FC Goa coach in Indian Super League, writes Ali Khaled.
Karl Amoussou enters Abu Dhabi Warrior Fighting Championship not short of belief or ambition
When the Abu Dhabi Warrior Fighting Championships gets under way at Ipic Arena on Saturday, it will take some effort to find a competitor with as much self-belief as Frenchman Karl Amoussou.
MMA career a marathon not a sprint for Abu Dhabi Warrior Ahmed Al Darmaki
He may be the only Emirati fighter at Saturday’s Abu Dhabi Warrior Fighting Championships, but Ahmed Al Darmaki is trying to keep a low profile.
Resurgent Luis Jimenez could be missing piece to puzzle in Al Nasr’s AGL title hunt
Addition of the former Al Ahli captain has bolstered the league’s oldest club as he has scored four goals in their first three games, writes Ali Khaled.
Never too young to hit the gym, as bodybuilder Ali Omar will tell you
Once overweight, the Iraq-born teen who has been living in Dubai since two is turning up at international competitions as among the youngest.
Al Ahli have the quality and form to unseat ‘best team in Asia’ Al Hilal in ACL
Ali Khaled writes Al Ahli, having reached Asia's final four, have a strong shot of doing what no UAE team have done since 2003 – reach the Champions League final.
Emirati is teen titan against bigger opponents at West Asian Karate Championship
Hawra Mohammed Abbas, 19, who has trained with Al Ahli Club in Dubai for the past five years, is a fierce competitor, and her achievements are even more remarkable considering her size, writes Ali Khaled.
Bayern Munich can’t settle for Bundesliga; Mourinho always a winner, Lucio says in Dubai
Ali Khaled talks to Lucio, signed up for Indian Super League side FC Goa and training in Dubai, about former club Bayern Munich and manager Jose Mourinho.
Fifa presidential candidate Zico dismayed at controversies during FC Goa training in Dubai
“I’m very upset about this,” Zico said. “There needs to be big changes at Fifa. People who work in football need to participate more. In 54 years, Fifa has had only three presidents ... It doesn’t have to be a footballer."
Roger Federer and Ana Ivanovic join UAE Royals for second IPTL season
The Dubai-based UAE Royals announced their squad for the second International Premier Tennis League on Thursday, headlined by Roger Federer and including Ana Ivanovic and Tomas Berdych among others.
UAE led by Roger Federer, IPTL enters second season aiming to build on first year success
The International Premier Tennis League (IPTL) will return for a second season, and after it's inaugural year, plans are afoot to make the event bigger and better.
Draw in Palestine keeps top two in sight for UAE in 2018 World Cup qualifying
It is advantage Saudi Arabia after four rounds of matches, but there is no need to panic yet, writes Ali Khaled
