Ali Khaled

The Abu Dhabi satellite operator is bringing fast access to the internet to swaths of the continent where previously online connectivity was patchy at best and often non-existent.

In 1990, the UAE’s football team qualified for their first-ever World Cup, a feat still unmatched. Here Ali Khaled, who directed The Lights of Rome, traces the path of a team that would become the Golden Generation

Adil Khaled represented the UAE in Beijing in 2008 when he was just 17 – he has since gone on to be a round-the-world sailing champion and now sets his sights on Rio de Janeiro.

The undefeated Barracudas blanked the Al Ain Foxes 33-0 while Abu Dhabi used their steady rushing attack to pull away from the Dubai Stallions 18-8 at Zayed Sports City, reports Ali Khaled. The league final is on March 18.

The 2016 Emirates American Football League (EAFL) season has reached the play-off stages and both semi-finals will take place at Zayed Sports City in Abu Dhabi on Friday with a place at the Desert Bowl on March 18 at stake.

Ali Khaled writes that despite their inconsistent domestic form, Al Jazira can take heart from Al Ahli's own experience of a year ago in the Asian Champions League.

Ali Khaled reports on the Emirates American Football League as it nears the end of its regular season.

When the 2016 Sailing Arabia – The Tour launched Tuesday, the members of Team Mangold were experiencing the Arabian seas for the first time. Within the team, though, some of the crew members could not be more familiar with each other, with not one but two married couples on board.

It was Neves' freekick that led to the equaliser. He also worked himself cleverly into space to take the shot that took a deflection for the winning goal in a 2-1 win over Shabab, writes Ali Khaled.

The best of Arab footballers such as Leicester City's Riyad Mahrez and Roma's Mohammed Salah are making some noise around Europe’s top leagues. Make that Arab footballers from North Africa, because from the Middle East, and particularly from the Gulf, there is hardly a whisper.

Marcel Kittel won his first race with new team Etixx-Quick-Step on Saturday as he turned the page on a difficult 2015 by winning the Dubai Tour.

Juan Lobato Del Valle of Movistar Team produced a last ditch sprint to win the Westin Stage of the Dubai Tour 2016.

Elia Viviani, a winner of the second stage last year in the Dubai Tour, repeated his feat on Thursday as the first into the finish at the Palm Jumeirah.

Majid Al Balooshi, a 29-year-old nascent competitive cyclist, is at the forefront of the sport's surge in the Emirates.