DUBAI: Roger Federer will be bidding to set yet another milestone in his incredible career when he competes this week at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. The seven-time winner will reach 100 career singles titles if he can walk away with the title. It has been an event waiting to happen since he won Basel towards the end of last …

By Muhammad Rafiq DUBAI: Dubai Racing Club is pleased to announce the four finalists for the People’s Choice Award, a fan-voted accolade recognising the most compelling 2018 moment in horseracing. The award will be given at the HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Horseracing Excellence Awards ceremony on the evening of March 28, 2019, two days prior to the …

KARACHI: Dettol recently conducted a Story Telling session at the Deaf Reach School, unveiling the latest adventure of the Dettol Warriors against their evil germ rival, Germoon. Dettol started the year with their new campaign for children, where one lucky winner gets the chance of winning “The Dettol Warrior Education Fund” worth Rs. 250,000. The campaign is based on the …

DUBAI: Companies in Dubai are increasing their efforts to foster innovation, reflected by the 4.7% improvement in the innovation score of Dubai’s private sector over the 2017-2018 period, new analysis conducted by Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry has revealed. Released on the occasion of UAE Innovation Month, the analysis showed Dubai private sector’s innovation score rising to 64.4% in …

JAKARTA: Landmark Group, the Middle East’s leading retail and hospitality conglomerate, has further strengthened its presence in South East Asia with the launch of two new stores of Max Fashions in Jakarta. The expansion comes a year after the Group made its foray into South East Asia with the opening of its first store in IOI City Mall in Putrajaya, …

DUBAI: Belinda Bencic fought her way to an upset 6-3 1-6 6-2 victory over Petra Kvitova on Saturday to win the 2019 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships title. She is only the third unseeded player to win the title, following Venus Williams in 2014 and Sara Errani in 2016. She beat an incredible four top 10 opponents during a fantastic week, saving six match points …

By Muhammad Rafiq DUBAI: Roger Federer faces a difficult challenge as he seeks an incredible eighth title at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships this week. Seeded two in a field that includes nine of the world’s top 20, he plays another Tour veteran, Philipp Kohlschreiber, in the first round. And if he survives that hurdle he could find himself up against Fernando …

By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI: Driven by scientific curiosity and analytical skills, dozens of young cyber Security enthusiasts are taking part in the second edition of Capture the Flag (CTF), organized by Dubai Police in collaboration with Great Minds Event Management. A total of 50 brilliant minds from 12 countries participated on the first day of Capture the Flag challenge. Participants …

HOUSTON: Halliburton Company (NYSE: HAL) is pleased to announce it will build the first oilfield chemical manufacturing reaction plant in Saudi Arabia. The Company held a ground-breaking ceremony on Monday, Feb. 18, at the plant’s PlasChem Park location in Jubail. Upon the plant’s completion in 2020, Halliburton will begin local manufacturing of specialty chemicals to help customers achieve production and …

News Desk DUBAI: Emirates announced on 19 February it will launch a four times weekly service between Portugal’s second largest city, Porto, and Dubai, from 2 July 2019. Porto will become Emirates’ second destination in Portugal after its capital, Lisbon, which the airline currently serves with two flights a day. The flight will be operated by a Boeing 777-300ER aircraft in …