United Arab Emirates

Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum has not let the credit crisis gripping Dubai curb his spending on racehorses, after he spent $1.95 million on eight foals at the Tattersalls sales in Newmarket, England.

The organisers of the Dubai World Championship have cut prize money in their competitions by a quarter due to the economic downturn.

Ras al-Khaimah, the United Arab Emirates port, has been named as the venue for the 33rd America's Cup starting on 8 February 2010.

The UAE Football Association (UAE FA) has added Al Ain Mineral Water as its latest partner.

Portsmouth yesterday became the second Premier League club to be owned by investors from the United Arab Emirates after a takeover led by Sulaiman Al-Fahim was confirmed.

Abu Dhabi will play host to the third Generations For Peace camp by bringing together leaders of youth from nine Asian and African countries troubled by conflict.

Al Ain in the emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE, has been chosen by the organisers of air racing series Aero GP to host the first Grand Prix of the 2009 Aero GP series.

MP & Silva signed a four-year deal to exclusively distribute the marketing rights to United Arab Emirates (UAE) Football League (UFL).

MP & Silva (MPS) agreed a five-year deal for the Middle East’s premier men’s tennis tournament, the Qatar ExxonMobil Open, until 2013.

International sports media company, MP & Silva (MPS) is to expand its global presence by opening a new office in Dubai.

Arabic-language sports channel, Al Jazeera, agreed a $23.5 million (Dh 86,362,000) deal for the exclusive rights to broadcast the 19th Gulf Cup.

Kevin Roberts reflects on a crazy few weeks in football and asks if football has changed so fundamentally that consideration for the traditions of the game are not even close to top of the agenda.

The Pakistan Cricket Board signed a three-year deal with Dubai Sports City to play a various series in Dubai.

The Dubai Sports City is to hold talks with Dubai Duty Free, the organisers of the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championship, over the possibility of hosting the next edition of the tournament.

MP & Silva (MPS) was appointed as the exclusive Media Advisor of the domestic market, and the exclusive international rights holder for the UAE Football League (UFL), the United Arab Emirate’s (UAE) newly created top-tier professional football league.

Real estate developer, Hydra Properties, will sponsor the United Arab Emirates National Olympic Committee (NOC) participation in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.