ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopian Airlines, the largest Aviation Group in Africa and SKYTRAX certified Four Star Global Airline is proud to announce that it has named Three times Olympic Gold Medallist, Tirunesh Dibaba as its Brand Ambassador on March 8, International Women Day, while the airline launched its debut flight to Buenos Aires, its 6th gateway to the Americas, with an …

By Muhammad Rafiq DUBAI: Super Saturday, the second biggest fixture of the UAE horseracing season, is upon us. Introduced in 2003 as a dress rehearsal for the Dubai World Cup card three weeks later, all seven races are mirror images of a race to be contested on that ultra-valuable occasion when US$30 million will be distributed in prize money. Pride …

DUBAI WORLD CUP: Pavel Full of Promise – Hopes have always been high for Doug O’Neill trainee and Dubai World Cup sponsored by Emirates Airline (G1)-bound Pavel (pronounced ‘PAH-vell’), but the Reddam Racing-owned son of Creative Cause has consistently given his conditioner every indication that he can live up to them. A good-looking, well-balanced and athletic gray colt, Pavel has continuously caught the …

LONDON: British Airways has announced a new partnership with tennis star, Kyle Edmund. The 23 year-old who was recently a semi-finalist at the Australian Open, has also yesterday been officially ranked as number one in Britain. The new airline partnership, which will see the player flying with British Airways to many of the major global competitions this year, begins ahead …

DUBAI, UAE: Emirates unveiled a video today featuring popular players from Real Madrid on board the iconic Emirates A380. The video includes Sergio Ramos, Gareth Bale, Marcelo, Karim Benzema, Toni Kroos, and Casemiro and shows the players discovering unlikely talent at 40,000ft. The video begins with the players enjoying their A380 flight and the Emirates Cabin Crew looking after them on …

DUBAI: Voting for the People’s Choice Award has commenced its final week and closes Super Saturday, March 10th. A fan-voted accolade recognising the most compelling 2017 moment or accomplishment in horseracing, the People’s Choice Award will be given at the HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Horseracing Excellence Awards ceremony on the evening of March 29, 2018, two days prior to the …

KARACHI: Pakistan Navy Engineering College (PNEC) NUST Karachi Campus organised the Olympiad 2018 from February 22-25 in which contests in 11 sports disciplines were conducted. Teams from all over the city were invited to participate in it. The event was closed by chief guest Samir Mir Shaikh, Chairman of Higher Education, Science and Technology FPCCI. As many as 1200 sports …

DUBAI: Roberto Bautista Agut defeated second seeded Lucas Pouille 6-3 6-4 on Saturday to win the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. He is the fourth Spaniard to win the tournament after Alex Corretja, Juan Carlos Ferrero and Rafael Nadal. The number three seed was rarely threatened in the one hour 21 minute tournament finale, earning his first break of serve …

DUBAI: Racing at Meydan Racecourse on Saturday was highlighted by DP World, UAE Region, a 1600m turf handicap in which the maximum allowed field of 14 went to post. The AED 190,000 event was won in style by Mailshot, who is trained by Salem bin Ghadayer for His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum. Settled well off the pace by …

DUBAI: It’s the start of the spring and the fragrance of cricket is in the air. Yes, it’s time for PSL and the first week of the league has been astonishing for the fans. The matches have been fantastic so far,and the players are on fire. In short, the cricket fans are delighted with the overall league and enjoying the …