United Arab Emirates

Cycling
Events

New cycling series the E-Bike Grand Prix (EBK GP) has today (Tuesday) announced Dubai as its first race destination, with Swiss bike manufacturer BMC to serve as its technical partner
Football
Events

The United Arab Emirates is to stage this season’s Fifa Club World Cup in early 2022 after Japan withdrew as host due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Golf
Sponsorship & Marketing

Financial services firm BDSwiss has agreed a deal to sponsor the DP World Tour Championship, the season-ending event on golf’s European Tour.
Ice Hockey
Events

Russia-based ice hockey competition the Kontinental Hockey League has announced its KHL World Games project will return with a game to be played in Dubai later this year
Rugby Union
Events

Venues in France and Spain will host HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series events for the first time in 2022, but events in Australia and New Zealand have dropped out due to pandemic-related logistics difficulties
Golf
Events

Golf’s European Tour has announced it will visit Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates for the first time in 2022, with another tournament in the region set to be unveiled “in due course”. T
Golf
Events

The European Tour has announced the addition of the Dubai Championship to its 2021 schedule for the second consecutive year. The event, which carries a $1.5m (€1.3
Cricket
Attendance

This year's Men's T20 World Cup, which starts next week in Oman, will mostly take place in stadiums open to fans at around 70-per-cent capacity
Cricket
Media

Emirati telco Etisalat has secured exclusive media rights in the Middle East and North Africa to the International Cricket Council Men's Twenty20 World Cup 2021 as part of a "ground-breaking collaboration…
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Legal practice Squire Patton Boggs has appointed Steven Bainbridge as a partner in its Dubai office and head of its Sports & Entertainment Group, Middle East, in addition to Andrew Moroney, who will become…
Esports
Events

The Global Esports Federation has announced that Los Angeles, Riyadh and Dubai will host events during the inaugural season of its Global Esports Tour, while FACEIT has been engaged as a strategic partner…
Aquatics
Events

Fina, the global governing body for aquatic sports, has announced the addition of an ‘Aquatics Festival’ to this year’s postponed World Swimming Championships (25m), with a number of other disciplines set t…
Cricket
Events

The suspended 2021 season of the Indian Premier League will restart in the United Arab Emirates on September 19, the Board of Control for Cricket in India has said
Cricket
Events

The International Cricket Council has received proposals from 17 member nations to host men's one-day international and T20 events in the next cycle, 2024 to 2031
Cricket
Events

This year's T20 World Cup will be moved from India to the United Arab Emirates, while Oman will also help host the event
Cricket
Events

This year's T20 World Cup cricket tournament is expected to soon be confirmed as moving from India to the United Arab Emirates, according to Reuters
Licensing & Merchandising

The IMG agency has bolstered its licensing business through the acquisition of 20too Licensing, a Dubai-based specialist licensing agency