United Arab Emirates

Cricket
Events

The Indian Premier League's governing council has confirmed it plans to run its 2020 tournament from September 19 to November 10 in three venues in the UAE - Dubai, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi
Rugby Union
Events

World Rugby has announced the cancellation of the Dubai and Cape Town rounds of the 2021 HSBC World Sevens Series due to Covid-19
Events

World Athletics said Olympic qualification for marathon and race walk events will restart from September 1, three months earlier than previously announced - Reuters/CNA
Cricket
Events

The inaugural Emirates D10 cricket tournament begins this week in Dubai, marking the return of cricket in the United Arab Emirates after the Covid-19 shutdown
Cricket
Events

Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman Brijesh Patel has said the 2020 edition of the Twenty20 cricket tournament will be held in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), subject to approval from India’s government.
Athletics
Esports

World Athletics has halted the process allowing Russian track and field athletes to compete internationally as neutral athletes after Russian Athletics missed a deadline to pay a $6
Swimming
Events

Fina, the global governing body for aquatic sports, has moved this year’s World Swimming Championships (25m) in Abu Dhabi to 2021 amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Athletics
Events

World Athletics president Sebastian Coe told the Financial Times that the organisation is in talks with the International Olympic Committee about how much of athletics' planned share of this year's Olympic…
Football
Events

Syrian Premier League football is set to make a return in late May, while the United Arab Emirates aims to restart its top-tier Pro League in August, after all football activities were suspended in the…
Cricket
Events

The Pakistan Cricket Board is preparing a joint bid for five to six International Cricket Council events in conjunction with the Emirates Cricket Board
Sponsorship & Marketing

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has acquired naming rights to a new arena being developed in Abu Dhabi.
Football
Events

Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have all confirmed that they will compete in this month’s Arabian Gulf Cup football tournament in Qatar, despite their ongoing economic and political b…
Motorsport
Sponsorship & Marketing

Expo 2020 Dubai has agreed a sponsorship deal with the Formula One motor-racing championship
Cricket
Sponsorship & Marketing

The Abu Dhabi T10 cricket league has signed up real estate developer Aldar Properties as its new title sponsor
Horse Racing
Media

Racecourse Media Group, the holding company responsible for media and data rights involving a host of horse-racing destinations, has agreed a two-year extension to its contract for production and distribution…
Football
Media

The Asian Football Confederation has issued an invitation to tender for broadcast rights in the United Arab Emirates from 2021 to 2024
Cricket
Media

Indian pay-television broadcaster Sony Pictures Networks has acquired rights for the 2019 edition of the Abu Dhabi T10 League cricket tournament, taking place November 14-24
Football
Events

Myanmar, Thailand and Indonesia have officially bid to host the Fifa U20 World Cup in 2021. In total, three of the five bids for the U20 World Cup are from Asia