• People play on a beach at sunset in Banda Aceh on July 4, 2023. (Photo by CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN / AFP)
    People play on a beach at sunset in Banda Aceh on July 4, 2023. (Photo by CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN / AFP)
  • People gather to watch Independence Day fireworks on South Beach, Miami, Florida. AFP
    People gather to watch Independence Day fireworks on South Beach, Miami, Florida. AFP
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    Guests pose for a photo ahead of the thanksgiving service for King Charles III in Edinburgh. PA
  • Children sit in a wrecked apartment in Jenin after Israeli forces withdrew from the West Bank city. AFP
    Children sit in a wrecked apartment in Jenin after Israeli forces withdrew from the West Bank city. AFP
  • Algerian scouts wave national flags during a parade in Algiers ahead of the country's Independence Day. EPA
    Algerian scouts wave national flags during a parade in Algiers ahead of the country's Independence Day. EPA
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    Spectators cheer Tour de France riders during stage 4 of the race, from Dax to Nogaro. Reuters
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    Storks fly over a burning field near the town of Snihurivka, in the Mykolaiv region of Ukraine. AFP
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    A landslide caused by heavy rain blocks an expressway in Gunwi, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. EPA
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    South African firefighters dance during a break in Alberta, Canada, where they are battling wildfires. AP Photo
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    Two players reach for the ball during the Men's Volleyball Nations League in Pasay City, the Philippines. AFP
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    Workers paint a merry-go-round at Marina Beach, in Chennai, India. EPA
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    Hundreds of wheelchairs symbolising the fate of long-Covid patients stand outside the German parliament in Berlin. EPA

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TOUCH RULES

Touch is derived from rugby league. Teams consist of up to 14 players with a maximum of six on the field at any time.

Teams can make as many substitutions as they want during the 40 minute matches.

Similar to rugby league, the attacking team has six attempts - or touches - before possession changes over.

A touch is any contact between the player with the ball and a defender, and must be with minimum force.

After a touch the player performs a “roll-ball” - similar to the play-the-ball in league - stepping over or rolling the ball between the feet.

At the roll-ball, the defenders have to retreat a minimum of five metres.

A touchdown is scored when an attacking player places the ball on or over the score-line.

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Guns N’ Roses’s last gig before Abu Dhabi was in Hong Kong on November 21. We were there – and here’s what they played, and in what order. You were warned.

  • It’s So Easy
  • Mr Brownstone
  • Chinese Democracy
  • Welcome to the Jungle
  • Double Talkin’ Jive
  • Better
  • Estranged
  • Live and Let Die (Wings cover)
  • Slither (Velvet Revolver cover)
  • Rocket Queen
  • You Could Be Mine
  • Shadow of Your Love
  • Attitude (Misfits cover)
  • Civil War
  • Coma
  • Love Theme from The Godfather (movie cover)
  • Sweet Child O’ Mine
  • Wichita Lineman (Jimmy Webb cover)
  • Wish You Were Here (instrumental Pink Floyd cover)
  • November Rain
  • Black Hole Sun (Soundgarden cover)
  • Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door (Bob Dylan cover)
  • Nightrain

Encore:

  • Patience
  • Don’t Cry
  • The Seeker (The Who cover)
  • Paradise City
The five pillars of Islam

1. Fasting

2. Prayer

3. Hajj

4. Shahada

5. Zakat 

Updated: July 05, 2023, 4:26 PM