United Arab Emirates

Cricket
Finance & Law

Lancer Capital, the US investment group chaired by Avram Glazer, has made its first foray into cricket by acquiring a franchise in the new UAE T20 League
Football
Events

Fifa has announced that the 2021 Club World Cup will be held from February 3 to February 13, 2022, in the United Arab Emirates
Swimming
Events

In association with the Abu Dhabi Sports Council.
Cricket
Finance & Law

Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries Limited, the owner of Indian Premier League franchise Mumbai Indians, has announced it has acquired one of the teams in the new UAE T20 League cricket competition
Football
Events

The ceremony, organised in collaboration with Dubai Sports Council, will present winners of fourteen categories with nominees including Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappé, Robert Lewandowski, Lucy Bronze, Italy and Argentina, among many others
Tennis
Events

The International Tennis Federation and its commercial rights-holder for the Davis Cup, Kosmos Tennis, are set to unveil a long-term deal moving the tournament’s Finals to the United Arab Emirates, according t…
Basketball
Events

Abu Dhabi’s Department of Culture and Tourism has announced that it has secured a long-term tie-up with the National Basketball Association which will see the league host pre-season fixtures in the United A…
Cycling
Events

The International Cycling Union (UCI) has awarded Abu Dhabi hosting rights to the 2022 and 2024 editions of its fledgling Urban Cycling World Championships
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…