The Al Gharbia Watersports Festival drew to a close on Saturday with a cascade of fireworks as thousands gathered on the beach to watch the closing ceremony.
The Al Gharbia Watersports Festival drew to a close on Saturday with a cascade of fireworks as thousands gathered on the beach to watch the closing ceremony.
GM Baadur Jobava of Georgia, the top seed, won the Dubai International Blitz Championship.
Josco Du Cayrou finished ahead of Ghalib to emerge winner in the Group 2 Shaikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup race of the Shaikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Flat Racing Festival in Toulouse, France on Friday.
Qatar’s Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah and Spanish co-driver Lucas Cruz Senra confirmed a crushing victory for the Belgian Overdrive Racing Team in the Sealine Cross-Country Rally, round three of the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies, which finished in Qatar on Saturday.
Fabienne Lanz made a cameo appearance in the final race of the DAMC Karting Championship, and walked away with top honours, as she powered to victory in the Senior Max category at Dubai Kartdrome on Friday (20 April 2012) – also a day when the season’s DAMC champions were crowned.
Dubai’s Khalifa Al Mutaiwei and German co-driver Andreas Schulz maintained an impressive pace through the penultimate special stage of the Sealine Cross-Country Rally in Qatar on Friday.
DPS Sharjah emerged overall champions in the third Skyline Inter-School Sports Festival.
The tussle for top positions in most of the classes will be the highlight during the sixth and final heat of the 2011-2012 UAE Jet-Ski Championships to be held at the Umm Suqueim Beach, Dubai, on Saturday.
Rabih Sfeila and Rami Safadi head the field on Friday after round one of the Hankook Greensomes Championship.
GM Vladimir Akopian of Armenia beat compatriot GM Zaven Andriasin in yesterday’s games to tie GM Ni Hua of China for the lead with 4-1/2 points after five rounds of the Dubai Open Chess Championship at the Dubai Chess Club in Dubai.