Gary Meenaghan

Alize Cornet gets past Carla Suarez Navarro in straight sets as world No 1 Serena Williams awaits her in the semi-finals at the Dubai Duty Free Championships, writes Gary Meenaghan.

Former world No 1 beats Elena Vesnina but Sloane Stephens loses to Lucie Safarova in first round of Dubai Tennis Championships, reports Gary Meenaghan.

The 23-year-old Czech believes last week’s run to the quarter-finals in Doha was the turning point to a season in which she suffered shock defeats to low-rankers in both Sydney and Melbourne, writes Gary Meenaghan.

Record turnout for Dubai Marathon as Ethiopian takes women's title

Victory earned 18-year-old US$200,000 while compatriot Mula Seboka Seyfu won women’s event

Construction forces 15th new route in 15 years

The Ethiopian finished third at Dubai in 2012 in what is a personal best time of two hours, four minutes and 54 seconds and will chase the course record on Friday, reports Gary Meenaghan.

Lotus may have a winning combination but their new Venezuelan recruit has to be groomed just like Romain Grosjean was, writes Gary Meenaghan.

The legendary footballer makes a flying visit to Dubai as the brand ambassador for Emirates Airline.

Stadler Motorsport clinch 24 Hours of Dubai as Team Abu Dhabi by Black Falcon suffer mechanical woes

Xu Xin and Ma Long produced seven sets of the finest table tennis ever seen in the UAE to send Xin, the 2012 winner, back to China with his championship title intact, reports Gary Meenaghan.

Mechanical woes end up costing Abu Dhabi side key laps

Khaled Al Qubaisi’s hopes of a historic treble fizzled out when his Team Abu Dhabi by Black Falcons’ Mercedes suffered electrical issues in the middle of the night, reports Gary Meenaghan.

The Black Falcons and V8 tossed around the lead like a hot suspension spring for much of the first hour as a battle of attrition played out further down the field.

Despite the fastest time in qualifying in the nine-year history, the pole-sitter knows 'anything can happen' in the long race.