United Arab Emirates

International Cricket Council President Jagmohan Dalmiya will recommend that Kenya hosts the ICC knockout tournament next year.

Prize money for the millennium Dubai World Cup meeting - horse racing's richest event - will be $12 million, almost double this year's figure.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has said that grounds which fail to guarantee the safety of players and umpires could be stripped of their international status.

Middle Eastern Emirate Airlines has announced it has teamed up with the Australian Cricket Board to sponsor the Australian World Cup team this year.

The value of the Dubai World Cup has been increased by $1 million to $5 million - making it the world's richest horse race.

Dubai has increased the value of the World Cup by $1 million to $5 million, making it the world's richest horse race, a local newspaper has reported.

The United Nations investigator for children's rights has reported that professional soccer had joined the list of sectors shamed by child trafficking from underdeveloped countries.

Manchester United will take another step towards global brand status by opening a chain of retail shops in the Middle East.

European soccer has expanded its reach even further after the UEFA Champions League signed a joint TV rights deal with two Middle Eastern broadcasters to show simultaneous coverage of the competition in Arabic and English every Wednesday night.

The Thailand Football Association has written to FIFA to request a change of venue for their Asian World Cup qualifying match scheduled for Baghdad on Friday, a Thai official said on Tuesday.

Turkey wants to build a Formula One circuit in Istanbul within three years, the head of the Turkish Automobile Federation said on Thursday.

United Arab Emirates cricket authorities demanded yesterday that all of their team's matches in the ICC Trophy be replayed because two of their top players were refused entry into Canada.

The future of Go Racing, the UK broadcasting consortium run by BskyB, Arena Leisure and Channel 4, was still looking fragile today after Dubai horse breeding family the Maktoums voiced concerns over the group?s #307m ($435m) horseracing media deal.

Moscow may be on the Formula One Grand Prix map as soon as 2003, if the International Automobile Federation (FIA) gets its way.

Emirates Airline is to sponsor the London and Wales rugby union World Sevens Series this season. The airline will fly in the 16 competing teams to play in the event on May 27 and 28 at the Stoop Memorial Ground and Twickenham in London and at Rodney Parade, Newport and the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff on June 2 and 3.

Dubai's Emirates airline has dismissed any suggestion it will pull out of its sponsorship of English soccer club Chelsea after it failed to qualify for Europe.