United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates minister of information and culture has called on the UAE Football Association to implement professionalism in UAE soccer.

The opening leg of the UIM Formula 1 Powerboat World Championship in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, will be used as a benchmark for other venues of the 14-round UIM world championship

IMG has opened its first office in the Middle East, based in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates.

Martina Hingis and Mary Pierce did not exactly blaze a trail for feminism when they played in the first women's tennis tournament in the Gulf region this week. But they were part of a quiet revolution taking place in the area.

The International Cricket Council has approved South Africa?s proposals for the format of the 2003 World Cup.

Online ticket company ts.com has scooped the award of `best application service provider? at a Euro-wide award ceremony.

Ken Bates, chairman of London soccer club Chelsea, has defended ticket prices for the new West Stand at Stamford Bridge where fans could pay #197 ($287) per match next season.

Tim Clarke, chief director airline, Air Emirates, the new $36million shirt sponsors of Premier League club Chelsea, has told sportbusiness.com why the west London club was chosen as ?one of the cornerstones of the Emirates global portfolio of sponsorships?

London Premier League club Chelsea confirmed they had signed a four-year deal with Dubai-based airline Emirates worth #24 million ($35 million).

The Dubai World Cup and online ticketing firm ts.com have teamed up to enable tickets for the 2001 race to be sold online via the World Cup?s official website.

English football club Chelsea is on the verge securing an #18million ($26m), three-year deal with leading airline Emirates, which would be the second-biggest shirt sponsorship in football.

Many of snooker?s top stars look set to join a breakaway tour which threatens to split the sport and end the domination of the game by its governing body, the WSA, following plans announced by The Sportsmasters Network (TSN).

English rugby?s ongoing internal dispute threatens to diminish the England side?s chances of success at the World Sevens Series to be held in Dubai and Durban later this month.

Dubai World Cup racing organisers have raised the prize money for the 2001 event to $15.25 million from $12 million offered in 2000.

The season-ending championships of the WTA Tour, a fixture in New York for 29 years, will be moved to Munich, Germany, beginning next year.

Al Nasr of the United Arab Emirates have become the latest side to withdraw from the Asian Club Championship, pulling out of their first round clash with Iraqi side Al Zawra.