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AFC reveals nominees for 2025 men’s, women’s top player awards

Six of the continent’s finest players will hope to walk away with the most prestigious accolade of the night on Thursday, 16th October, at the highly-anticipated AFC Awards Riyadh 2025 presented by NEOM. Malaysia’s Arif Aiman Hanapi, Qatar’s Akram Afif and Saudi Arabia’s Salem Al-Dawsari are vying for the AFC Player

39,546 tourism, hospitality, aviation licences issued until mid-September: Minister

The number of commercial licences in tourism, hospitality, aviation, air transport, aviation technologies and digital tourism solutions in the UAE reached 39,546 by mid-September 2025, a 275 percent increase compared to mid-September 2020, according to Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri, Minister of Economy and Tourism and Chairman of the Emirates

AFC Champions League Elite kicks off in Sharjah on September 15

The continent’s finest clubs will convene to kick off the League Stage of the AFC Champions League Elite (ACL Elite) 2025/26 on 15th September as the quest for glory begins for the new season. The first match day gets underway in the Sharjah Stadium at 5.45 pm as Sharjah FC make their sixth tournament appearance. The UAE side

Novel: The Interpreter – Chapter-8

‘The Interpreter’ is the English version of Arabic novel ‘Al Tarjuman’, authored by Ashraf Aboul Yazid, an eminent writer and poet of Egypt “These people do all the work, with precision and dedication, and most importantly… in silence.” Ashraf Aboul-Yazid Exile is hard. It’s like ants

UAE national team to compete in IBSF World Snooker Championships

The UAE national team is set to participate in the IBSF World Snooker Championships, which kicked off today in the Qatari capital, Doha, and runs until 9th November. The event is organised by the International Billiards and Snooker Federation. The UAE team includes three players: Ahmad Shehab and Mohammed Al Joaker who will compete in the