In the past 10 years, the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships saw only two women’s singles finals go into a third set. The final on Saturday produced a rare three-setter again in Dubai which ended with unseeded Italian Jasmine Paolini beating Russian qualifier Anna Kalinskaya 4-6 7-5 7-5. The 28-year-old showed remarkable resilience to fight…
Adam Zampa took 4-34 as Australia rolled New Zealand for 102 in 17 overs to win the second Twenty20 international by 72 runs Friday and take an insurmountable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. The Australians will head towards the T20 World Cup in the Caribbean and United States in June with more confidence after…
RIYADH: Trainer Richard Fahey has admitted he was “humbled” when first getting the opportunity to train horses for legendary ex-Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson, and suggested that saddling Spirit Dancer (GB) in Saturday’s Howden Neom Turf Cup is the “stuff of dreams.” The co-owner’s homebred capped off a memorable year when winning the Bahrain…
Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al Nassr moved into the quarterfinals of the Asian Champions League on Wednesday with a 3-0 aggregate win over Al-Fayha in an-all Saudi Arabian matchup. Ronaldo scored the only goal in the first leg and then found the net in the return match in Riyadh with four minutes remaining of the second leg….
World No3 Coco Gauff held her nerve in front of an expectant Centre Court crowd at Dubai Tennis Stadium tonight, fighting back from a set down to seal a nail-biting three-set win (2-6, 6-4 6-3) over the Czech Republic’s Karolina Pliskova. With several seeds already ruthlessly dispatched by lesser-ranked opponents at this week’s WTA 1000…
Pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah has been rested from the fourth Test against England and batsman KL Rahul ruled out due to injury, the country’s cricket board said Tuesday. Bumrah played a key part in India’s last two victories as the hosts took a 2-1 lead in the five-match series but he has been released from…
Ons Jabeur has been forced to withdraw from this year’s Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships owing to a persistent knee injury Fresh from claiming a historic third successive title at last week’s WTA Tour event in Doha, World No1 Iga Swiatek is optimistic she can carry her dominant form into this week’s Dubai Duty Free…
10 years after his Under 19 World Cup heroics in Dubai, Nicholas Pooran led MI Emirates to ILT20 victory at the same stadium Having produced many match-winning performances here in the past, Nicholas Pooran carries a piece of UAE in his heart wherever he goes to play the sport he fell in love with as…
Did you know? Sarfaraz Khan, who made his India debut yesterday, was only 12 when he broke Sachin Tendulkar’s record Images of Sarfaraz Khan’s father, Naushad, crying inconsolably after kissing his son’s Test cap have now melted cricketing hearts worldwide. Naushad, a cricket coach, had sacrificed a lot to see his son play for India…
Jasmine Eissa, the young Dubai swimmer, is eligible to compete in national championships in two countries, Egypt and Italy Born in Venice, the city of canals, bridges and gondolas, Jasmine Eissa has a deep-seated desire to become an Olympic swimmer. The Year 13 student at the GEMS Wellington Academy (Al Khail) has already made quite…
