It was a game that made UAE soccer supporters nervous, but the senior national team got out of Kuala Lumpur with an unimpressive, 2-1 victory, as reported in The National, over a Malaysia team the Emiratis beat 10-0 two months ago. It means the UAE “golden generation” — which makes up most of the current […]

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A characteristic of weather in the UAE, and this part of the world, is that it is relentlessly hot in the summer — as well as the four extra “shoulder” months, two before and two after summer, proper. It was every-single-day, uniformly hot from, let’s say, mid-April, until today, when it the high temperature did […]

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This photo gallery is put up by one of those sites who live for photo galleries, then bombard you with ads and links (and slow response times) as you drew to negotiate the photos. So, fair warning. But this one alleges to represent 19 photos that could have been taken only in Dubai. After six […]

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Thankfully, sometimes not-good things happen to not-very-good people. Saudi Arabia’s football federation threw around its weight to mess with a 2018 World Cup qualifying process that should not have yielded to their demands and machinations. They got their way everywhere but on the pitch, where they were held to a scoreless draw tonight by Palestine […]

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I have been watching soccer/football for six years, here in the UAE. Seen lots and lots of matches. But very few big crowds. And very little passion. That changed tonight. Perhaps because the teams involved were imported from Egypt. Al Ahly and Zamalek, the two biggest and most successful clubs in Egypt, played the country’s […]

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This is the perfect sea vehicle for the UAE executive who has everything. The Seabreacher, which can dive about 16 feet below the surface but also come out of the water with sufficient energy to sail into the air before returning to the surface of the water.

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The UAE national team, the country’s best in 25 years, lost 2-1 at Saudi Arabia last night, and suddenly their chances of qualifying for the Russia 2018 World Cup are slim. A team ranked 70th in the world by Fifa, fifth-best in Asia, may not get out of the second round of Asian Football Confederation […]

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Jennifer Aniston, still a celebrity after all these years, has been paid $5 million to be part of an advertising campaign for the Dubai-owned carrier Emirates, the New York Post has reported. The first ad came out this week, a piece of video that shows Aniston caught in the nightmare that is flying without a […]

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The UAE has played in the World Cup once, in Italy, in 1990. A quarter-century ago. And a country of soccer fans would like to see their team go back. Specifically, to Russia 2018, the next World Cup. Six months ago, it looked like it could happen. Now? Not so much. What is the problem? […]

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The UAE is taking a shine to the concept of bicycles. Riding them. Buying them. Watching others ride them, especially professionals. The issue here is that this country is remarkably flat, most of it. Conditions which generally make for boring races, among cyclists. The pros? They will get in a huge pack and this or […]

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