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Mumbai City coach shares reasons for Dubai pre-season training camp

Des Buckingham is confident in challenging all domestic titles starting with the Durand Cup next week

FootballAugust 11, 2022

NBA Shaquille O'Neal will be in Abu Dhabi in October as an ambassador to the 2022 NBA Abu Dhabi Games. Getty

Shaquille O’Neal promises 'a great time' at 2022 NBA Abu Dhabi Games

NBA legend to take part in variety of programmes around pre-season matches between Atlanta Hawks and Milwaukee Bucks

Other SportAugust 09, 2022

Coach Polyana Lago with UAE's Shamma Al Kalbani during training at the Jiu Jitsu Arena in Abu Dhabi. Khushnum Bhandari / The National

Women’s jiu-jitsu in UAE ready to shine at 2023 Asian Games, says coach

National team coach Polyana Lago backs Shamma Al Kalbani to reach top level and hopes next generation of athletes will see the sport as a long-term profession

Other SportAugust 08, 2022

Fatima bint Mubarak Ladies Academy team members from left, Moza Al Hammadi, Ruqaya Ali Alblooshi and Meera Al Hosani, at the launch ceremony at the Abu Dhabi Sports Council on Thursday, August 4, 2022. Abu Dhabi Sports Council

Six teams feature in the inaugural GCC Cup volleyball for women in Abu Dhabi

The event consists of clubs from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain and hosts the UAE

Other SportAugust 04, 2022

Jockey Jim Crowley guides Baaeed to victory in the Sussex Stakes on Day 2 of the Goodwood Festival. PA

Baaeed eases to Group 1 Sussex Stakes victory at Goodwood Festival

Shadwell star’s next stop set to be Juddmonte International at York next month

Horse RacingJuly 27, 2022

Shamma Al Kalbani trains with her coach Polyana Lago, at the Jiu Jitsu Arena, Zayed Sports City in Abu Dhabi. Khushnum Bhandari / The National

UAE 'golden girl' Al Kalbani leading the way for jiu-jitsu's next generation

National team captain Faisal Al Ketbi backs 19-year-old to inspire Emirati female fighters to reach greater heights

Other SportJuly 27, 2022

Cycling - Tour de France - Stage 21 - Paris La Defense Arena to Champs-Elysees - France - July 24, 2022 Jumbo - Visma's Jonas Vingegaard celebrates on the podium wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey after winning the Tour de France REUTERS / Christian Hartmann

Vingegaard crowned Tour de France winner after finale

Runner up Tadej Pogacar confident the UAE Team Emirates will return stronger next year

Other SportJuly 24, 2022

Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, celebrates after the twentieth stage of the Tour de France cycling race, an individual time trial over 40. 7 kilometers (25. 3 miles) with start in Lacapelle-Marival and finish in Rocamadour, France, Saturday, July 23, 2022. (Tim De Waele / Pool Photo via AP)

Vingegaard seals Tour de France victory with impressive time trial

Danish rider takes second ahead of Tadej Pogacar to consolidate overall lead going into ceremonial last day

Other SportJuly 23, 2022

Jumbo-Visma's Christophe Laporte celebrates winning stage 19 of the Tour de France. Reuters

Joy for local fans as Laporte secures first Tour de France stage win

Tadej Pogacar finishes fifth to gain five seconds but Jonas Vingegaard retains the yellow jersey

Other SportJuly 23, 2022

Jumbo-Visma team's Danish rider Jonas Vingegaard wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey celebrates as he cycles to the finish line to win the 18th stage of the 109th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 143,2 km between Lourdes and Hautacam in the Pyrenees mountains in southwestern France, on July 21, 2022. (Photo by Marco BERTORELLO / AFP)

Vingegaard set to seal Tour de France after superb stage win

Tadej Pogacar recovers from crash but is then dropped by Dane and is now more than three minutes behind leader

Other SportJuly 21, 2022

Slovenian rider Tadej Pogacar (front) of UAE Team Emirates celebrates as he crosses the finish line ahead of the Yellow Jersey Danish rider Jonas Vingegaard (back) of Jumbo Visma to win the 17th stage of the Tour de France 2022 over 129. 7km from Saint Gaudens to Peyragudes, France, 20 July 2022. EPA / GUILLAUME HORCAJUELO

Pogacar wins thrilling Stage 17 but Vingegaard retains Tour de France lead

Jumbo-Visma rider holds on to yellow jersey after finishing right behind UAE Team Emirates' defending champion

Other SportJuly 20, 2022

Stage winner Canada's Hugo Houle celebrates as he crosses the finish line during the sixteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 178. 5 kilometers (111 miles) with start in Carcassonne and finish in Foix, France, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (AP Photo / Thibault Camus)

Houle becomes only the second Canadian to win a Tour de France stage

Jonas Vingegaard maintains lead over Tadej Pogacar with time running out for UAE Team Emirates rider

SportJuly 19, 2022

Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, changes bicycles after crashing during the fifteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 202. 5 kilometers (125. 5 miles) with start in Rodez and finish in Carcassonne, France, Sunday, July 17, 2022. (AP Photo / Thibault Camus)

'Very bad day' for Tour de France leader Vingegaard as Philipsen claims stage win

Dane maintains lead over Pogacar despite heavy fall but also loses teammates Roglic and Kruijswijk for final week

Other SportJuly 17, 2022

Faisal Al Ketbi after winning his second gold at the World Games in Alabama. Photo: UAEJJF

Al Ketbi dedicates jiu-jitsu World Games medals to Sheikh Mohamed

Shamma Al Kalbani bags second bronze as UAE finish with two gold, one silver and two bronze medals

Other SportJuly 17, 2022

Team Bikeexchange-Jayco team's Australian rider Michael Matthews celebrates as he cycles to the finish line to win the 14th stage of the 109th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 192,5 km between Saint-Etienne and Mende in central France, on July 16, 2022. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP)

Matthews fights back for epic Tour de France stage win

Jonas Vingegaard holds off defending champion Tadej Pogacar to retain yellow jersey

Other SportJuly 16, 2022