ABU DHABI: UAE jiu-jitsu and mixed martial arts athletes took home two major wins at the fifth Abu Dhabi Extreme Championship (ADXC) on Friday evening at the Mubadala Arena in Zayed Sports City. The night featured 14 high-level jiu-jitsu and mixed martial arts matchups. Present at the event were Sheikh Sultan bin Khalifa bin Sultan […]
Top Grandmasters Praggnanandhaa, Nodirbeck, Arjun named among Superstar Men for Tech Mahindra Global Chess League Season 2 India/London: The Global Chess League, a joint venture between FIDE and Tech Mahindra, today announced its star-studded list of men players for the second season, scheduled to be held from 3rd to 12th October at Friends House in […]
PARIS: Maryam Al Farsi, the UAE national team sprinter, is all set for the 100-metre race at the Paris 2024 Olympics. On Thursday, she was seen training hard, getting ready for the preliminary round happening tomorrow. The race is a big deal, with 36 sprinters competing in four rounds. Each round has nine sprinters, and […]
New Dubai-based baseball league will also host a first-ever National Team tournament as part of its yearly event calendar DUBAI: Baseball United, the first professional baseball league focused on the Middle East and South Asia, announced its plans for the league’s first full season as part of an ambitious 12-month calendar of events. In addition […]
The picture of Yusuf Dikec’s casual look during the gold medal of the 10-metre air pistol mixed team final became one of the talking points in the ongoing Paris Olympics as netizens hailed the Turkey athlete for redefining the aura. The Turkish shooter Yusuf Dikec hogged the spotlight with his effortless swag during 10 metre […]
Belal Muhammad has made history by becoming the first mixed martial arts fighter of Palestinian background to win a UFC title. On Saturday, he defeated the English champion Leon Edwards to claim the welterweight belt. At 36, Muhammad, who was born in Chicago to Palestinian immigrant parents, won the fight with a five-round unanimous decision […]
TAHITI: Surfer Gabriel Medina gave Olympic viewers an unforgettable moment on a distant reef, 16,000km from Paris. On Monday, Medina rode a huge wave at Teahupo’o in Tahiti, finishing with an airborne celebration that looked almost too perfect to be real. The Brazilian surfer caught a powerful wave, emerged from a barreling section, and then […]
ABU DHABI: UAE sisters Zamzam Al Hammadi, 17, and Ghala Al Hammadi, 15, are gearing up to defend their titles at the World Junior MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) Championship. The event takes place from August 6-10 at the Mubadala Arena in Zayed Sports City, Abu Dhabi. Over 800 athletes from more than 45 countries will […]
RIYADH: Saudi swimmer Mashael Al Ayed set a new personal record and secured the sixth position in the 200-meter freestyle event at the Paris la Defense Arena during the 33rd Olympics Games. The competition was attended by President of the Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki bin Faisal. Al Ayed, 17, delivered […]
PARIS: The UAE judo and swimming teams have finished their journey at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Despite their best efforts, they didn’t win any medals. The athletes worked hard and gained valuable experience, making UAE country proud. Khorloodoi Bishrelt, a member of the UAE national judo team, exited the competitions at the 2024 Olympic Games […]
The world’s fastest–growing sport announces a superstar global league with the creation of the Pickleball World Rankings (PWR), PWR World Series and PWR World Tour –USD 15 Million in prize money for the PWR World Tour -USD 1.5 Million for the GCC stop in PWR World Series Dubai: Pickleball, widely regarded as the world’s fastest […]
