• Fans cheer as British singer Chris Martin of British band Coldplay performs at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, on July 5, 2023. The concert is part of the Music of the Spheres World Tour. (Photo by Mads Claus Rasmussen / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP) / Denmark OUT
    Fans cheer as British singer Chris Martin of British band Coldplay performs at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, on July 5, 2023. The concert is part of the Music of the Spheres World Tour. (Photo by Mads Claus Rasmussen / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP) / Denmark OUT
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    A child walks under a spotlight at Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia Mosque in Istanbul. AP
  • Sculptures at the exhibition Devouring Lovers by Spanish artist Eva Fabregas, at Hamburger Bahnhof Museum in Berlin. EPA
    Sculptures at the exhibition Devouring Lovers by Spanish artist Eva Fabregas, at Hamburger Bahnhof Museum in Berlin. EPA
  • Pitbull, a volunteer of Espanola special force unit, a detachment of Russian football hooligans, at a training field during a session in undisclosed location outside Mariupol, Ukraine. AFP
    Pitbull, a volunteer of Espanola special force unit, a detachment of Russian football hooligans, at a training field during a session in undisclosed location outside Mariupol, Ukraine. AFP
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    A man enjoys rain showers during high tide near the seafront in Mumbai. AFP
  • Members of the South Korean Confederation of Trade Unions perform with traditional masks at a rally against the government's labour policy in Seoul. EPA
    Members of the South Korean Confederation of Trade Unions perform with traditional masks at a rally against the government's labour policy in Seoul. EPA
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    San Francisco Giants left fielder Austin Slater makes a running catch against Seattle Mariners at Oracle Park in San Francisco. EPA
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    Rowers steer down the Nile in Qanater, near Cairo. EPA
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    A stack of smoke and ash rises from the Ubinas volcano's crater in Moquegua, southern Peru. AFP
  • Sunlight seen through a fish skeleton at a dry marsh in Chibayish, Dhi Qar province, Iraq. AFP
    Sunlight seen through a fish skeleton at a dry marsh in Chibayish, Dhi Qar province, Iraq. AFP
  • The Italian Navy ship Amerigo Vespucci's ropes and mats tower into the sky as it is docked in the port of Marseille, the first stop of its world tour. AFP
    The Italian Navy ship Amerigo Vespucci's ropes and mats tower into the sky as it is docked in the port of Marseille, the first stop of its world tour. AFP
  • A model presents a creation by Spanish designer Juana Martin at the Women's Haute-Couture Fall/Winter 2023/24 Fashion Week in Paris. AFP
    A model presents a creation by Spanish designer Juana Martin at the Women's Haute-Couture Fall/Winter 2023/24 Fashion Week in Paris. AFP

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The National

July 06, 2023

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Company name: Play:Date

Launched: March 2017 on UAE Mother’s Day

Founder: Shamim Kassibawi

Based: Dubai with operations in the UAE and US

Sector: Tech 

Size: 20 employees

Stage of funding: Seed

Investors: Three founders (two silent co-founders) and one venture capital fund

Company profile

Name: Dukkantek 

Started: January 2021 

Founders: Sanad Yaghi, Ali Al Sayegh and Shadi Joulani 

Based: UAE 

Number of employees: 140 

Sector: B2B Vertical SaaS(software as a service) 

Investment: $5.2 million 

Funding stage: Seed round 

Investors: Global Founders Capital, Colle Capital Partners, Wamda Capital, Plug and Play, Comma Capital, Nowais Capital, Annex Investments and AMK Investment Office  

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Ponti

Sharlene Teo, Pan Macmillan

Dhadak 2

Director: Shazia Iqbal

Starring: Siddhant Chaturvedi, Triptii Dimri 

Rating: 1/5

THURSDAY'S ORDER OF PLAY

Centre Court

Starting at 10am:

Lucrezia Stefanini v Elena Rybakina (6)

Aryna Sabalenka (4) v Polona Hercog

Sofia Kenin (1) v Zhaoxuan Yan

Kristina Mladenovic v Garbine Muguruza (5)

Sorana Cirstea v Karolina Pliskova (3)

Jessica Pegula v Elina Svitolina (2)

Court 1

Starting at 10am:

Sara Sorribes Tormo v Nadia Podoroska

Marketa Vondrousova v Su-Wei Hsieh

Elise Mertens (7) v Alize Cornet

Tamara Zidansek v Jennifer Brady (11)

Heather Watson v Jodie Burrage

Vera Zvonareva v Amandine Hesse

Court 2

Starting at 10am:

Arantxa Rus v Xiyu Wang

Maria Kostyuk v Lucie Hradecka

Karolina Muchova v Danka Kovinic

Cori Gauff v Ulrikke Eikeri

Mona Barthel v Anastasia Gasanova

Court 3

Starting at 10am:

Kateryna Bondarenko v Yafan Wang

Aliaksandra Sasnovich v Anna Bondar

Bianca Turati v Yaroslava Shvedova

The schedule

December 5 - 23: Shooting competition, Al Dhafra Shooting Club

December 9 - 24: Handicrafts competition, from 4pm until 10pm, Heritage Souq

December 11 - 20: Dates competition, from 4pm

December 12 - 20: Sour milk competition

December 13: Falcon beauty competition

December 14 and 20: Saluki races

December 15: Arabian horse races, from 4pm

December 16 - 19: Falconry competition

December 18: Camel milk competition, from 7.30 - 9.30 am

December 20 and 21: Sheep beauty competition, from 10am

December 22: The best herd of 30 camels

The specs: 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor

Price, base / as tested Dh220,000 / Dh320,000

Engine 3.5L V6

Transmission 10-speed automatic

Power 421hp @ 6,000rpm

Torque 678Nm @ 3,750rpm

Fuel economy, combined 14.1L / 100km

Company profile

Company: Verity

Date started: May 2021

Founders: Kamal Al-Samarrai, Dina Shoman and Omar Al Sharif

Based: Dubai

Sector: FinTech

Size: four team members

Stage: Intially bootstrapped but recently closed its first pre-seed round of $800,000

Investors: Wamda, VentureSouq, Beyond Capital and regional angel investors

MATCH INFO

Mumbai Indians 186-6 (20 ovs)
Kings XI Punjab 183-5 (20 ovs)

Mumbai Indians won by three runs

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