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The UAE beach soccer team, in white, may enjoy home-sand advantage as Dubai plans to bid to host the event. Photo: WAM
UAE aim to bring Asian Beach Games to Dubai in 2018

Saeed Hareb, the Secretary-General of the Dubai Sports Council, said the emirate intends to bring the 2018 Asian Beach Games to the UAE.

SportNovember 26, 2014
India federation to merge I-League with Super League by 2020

he All India Football Federation intends to merge the embryonic Indian Super League with the country’s established I-League by 2020, the AIFF general secretary said.

SportNovember 26, 2014
Sebastian Vettel had a disappointing final season with Red Bull Racing. Tom Gandolfini / AFP
Sebastian Vettel is ‘ready for the next step’

Ferrari-bound German driver disappointed after a poor season, but he will always have fond memories of his time with Red Bull, writes Gary Meenaghan.

SportNovember 24, 2014
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton spoke with The National one day after winning the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and securing the F1 world championship title. Clive Mason/Getty Images
Lewis Hamilton wants to stretch his Formula One title celebration over many days

Toto Wolff, the head of Mercedes-Benz motorsport, said Hamilton’s second world title and Mercedes’ first champion since Juan Manuel Fangio in 1957 makes him “one of the greats”, reports Gary Meenaghan.

SportNovember 24, 2014
Williams driver Felipe Massa, left, Mercedes head Toto Wolff, Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton and Williams driver Valtteri Bottas celebrate on the podium of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at the Yas Marina circuit in Abu Dhabi on November 23, 2014. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed
Williams drivers Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas end F1 season on high note

They secured the illustrious Williams team a double-podium finish for the first time in nine years at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and both men promised even more impressive results will follow next season, writes Gary Meenaghan.

SportNovember 23, 2014
Lewis Hamilton drives his way to the title in Abu Dhabi. Luca Bruno / AP Photo
Lewis Hamilton crowned F1 world champion in Abu Dhabi

Lewis Hamilton claimed his second Formula One drivers’ title in victorious fashion as he won the Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, reports Gary Meenaghan.

SportNovember 23, 2014
Felipe Massa has been free to express himself at Williams after years of having to deal with politics while a Ferrari driver. Naturally, he is having fun. Christopher Pike / The National
Felipe Massa has no distractions ahead of Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Enjoying racing Williams, the Brazilian does not care who wins the driver’s title, writes Gary Meenaghan.

SportNovember 22, 2014
Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone arrives to Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi on Friday. Srdjan Suki / EPA / November 21, 2014
‘Bring back the noise’ says Bernie Ecclestone, who wants V8 engines to return to F1

Bernie Ecclestone, the chief executive of Formula One, is readying himself for a fight with Mercedes after reiterating his desire to controversially bring back the roaring, visceral V8 engines of previous years.

SportNovember 22, 2014
Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg shown during qualifying on Saturday for Sunday's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Clive Mason / Getty Images / November 22, 2014
Nico Rosberg edges Lewis Hamilton for Abu Dhabi Grand Prix pole

Nico Rosberg ran a near-perfect lap and a couple tiny errors from Lewis Hamilton opened up the pole for his rival on Saturday at Yas Marina Circuit.

SportNovember 22, 2014
A general view of the Caterham garage ahead of Sunday's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Dan Istitene / Getty Images / November 19, 2014
F1’s Bernie Ecclestone: Caterham and Marussia ‘should never have been here’

Speaking to Gary Meenaghan on Friday, F1 supremo Ecclestone says of the two embattled teams: 'These guys have got involved in the sport for all the wrong reasons. It’s nonsense really. They shouldn’t be here.'

SportNovember 22, 2014
Etihad Airways has been the title sponsor of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix since its first staging in 2009. Marwan Naamani / AFP
Etihad Airways on board with F1 until 2021 in new Abu Dhabi Grand Prix deal

The airline and Formula One sealed an agreement on Saturday that will keep Etihad as the title sponsor of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix for another seven years.

SportNovember 22, 2014
Mercedes-GP driver Lewis Hamilton was in a buoyant mood after practice at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Christopher Pike / The National
Lewis Hamilton bullish after topping time sheets in Abu Dhabi GP practice

Mercedes-GP racer calls it his best effort at Yas Marina Circuit on Friday. Gary Meenaghan reports.

SportNovember 21, 2014
Jenson Button’s future as an F1 driver is uncertain. Valdrin Xhemaj / EPA
Formula One round-up: Jenson Button says one race will not define him as an F1 driver

Sergio Perez waits on new contract while Max Verstappen, 17, will bring youth to Toro Rosso and Esteban Gutierrez is in talks, writes Gary Meenaghan.

SportNovember 20, 2014
Mercedes-GP driver Lewis Hamilton, left, thinks twice about shaking hands with teammate Nico Rosberg at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi on Thursday. Valdrin Xhemaj / EPA
Mercedes drivers off to an awkward start at Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

‘Nothing changes’ between these two childhood friends turned Mercedes-GP teammates as tensions are high ahead of the season finale race, writes Gary Meenaghan.

SportNovember 20, 2014
Spanish Formula One driver Fernando Alonso, right, of Ferrari smiles at German Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing during a news conference at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on Thursady. The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix will take place on Sunday. EPA/VALDRIN XHEMAJ
Sebastian Vettel goes to Ferrari while Fernando Alonso is in the market

It was formally announced that Fernando Alonso will leave Ferrari after Sunday’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and his replacement is Red Bull Racing’s Sebastian Vettel, the reigning world champion, reports Gary Meenaghan.

SportNovember 20, 2014
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