Tag: United Arab Emirates

UAE to host Afghanistan cricket home fixtures

Article posted by Coliseum, December 5^th, 2022

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will host Afghanistan’s home games for the next five years, as per an agreement signed between the two cricket boards – the Emirates Cricket Board and the Afghanistan Cricket Board. ‘NEWS 18’ stated that the move was prompted by the political situation in... » Read more

Serie A pushes expansion to Middle East

Article posted by Coliseum, December 1^st, 2022

The Lega Serie A (Italy) continues its expansion in the world and lands in the Middle East. After the opening of its prestigious office in New York (US), Italian Lega Serie A is set to open its first office in the Middle East in Abu Dhabi (UAE), with the January 2023 launch of the affiliate Lega... » Read more

Baseball comes to Middle East-South Asia

Article posted by Coliseum, August 24^th, 2022

The United International Baseball League, the first-ever professional baseball competition created for India, Pakistan and the Middle East, has signed a partnership with the Dubai Sports City, which will see the Dubai International Stadium as the official venue for the UIBL’s inaugural showcase... » Read more

Asia Cup moved to UAE as Sri Lanka boils

Article posted by Coliseum, August 5^th, 2022

The Twenty20 format Asia Cup has been moved to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) because of the economic and political crisis in Sri Lanka. ‘The Indian Express’ stated that the Asian Cricket Council said recently that it unanimously decided to relocate the tournament scheduled August 27th to... » Read more

Gamers to have a ‘BLAST’ at Etihad Arena

Article posted by Coliseum, July 8^th, 2022

The global esports entertainment company BLAST has partnered with AD Gaming – a gaming and esports initiative – to bring its global esports tournament to Abu Dhabi. ‘Gulf Business’ stated that the BLAST Premier World Final will be held for the first time in the capital later this... » Read more

UAE all set to embrace ILT20 a la IPL

Article posted by Coliseum, June 7^th, 2022

The Emirates Cricket Board confirmed on June 6th that the inaugural ILT20 League will be played between the windows of January 6th to February 12th in 2023. The ‘msn.com’ stated that the new League will be called ‘International League T20’ or ‘ILT20’. The United Arab Emirates Cricket... » Read more

Iventis huge splash with Dubai Expo 2020

Article posted by Coliseum, June 7^th, 2022

Dubai (UAE) Expo 2020 was the first major event to adopt the map-based, collaborative planning technology first developed by Iventis. The software company looks back on this five-year journey. The ‘iventis’ stated that since early 2018, more than 1,600 users spent a cumulative total of over... » Read more