Archive for the Category ‘Sports’

British Airways to Carry 70,000 People to World Cup in South Africa

British Airways to Carry 70,000 People to World Cup in South Africa

Manama, Bahrain, June 3, 2010: British Airways has announced that the airline will be carrying over 70,000 passengers to South Africa during the forthcoming World Cup. The airline has dedicated 19 flights a week to Johannesburg and seven flights to Cape Town in South Africa, in addition to other connection flights to several domestic and [...]

Zarqa University Wins NYiT’s Trophy

Zarqa University Wins NYiT’s Trophy

2/5/2010 – Amman, Zarqa Private University secured New York Institute of Technology NYiT football championship’s trophy after nervy penalties, with a slender 5 – 4 win over University of Applied Sciences. Dr. Mohammed Odat, Jordan NYiT Chairman Assistant, crowed the winning team with the championship’s trophy, expressing his satisfaction over the objectives achieved by the [...]

Curtain Falls on East Asian Games in Hong Kong

Curtain Falls on East Asian Games in Hong Kong

HONG KONG, China: The 5th East Asian Games (EAG) in Hong Kong came to an emotional close on December 13, with an enthusiastic crowd cheering the star-studded finale at a coliseum in this southern Chinese city. The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, Mr Donald Tsang, declared the Games closed. This [...]

MUBADALA KICKS OFF THE FOOTBALL EXPERIENCE

MUBADALA KICKS OFF THE FOOTBALL EXPERIENCE

The Football Experience offers football activities for the community Part of ongoing campaign to attract more UAE youth to the sport ABU DHABI, (7 December 2009) – Mubadala Development Company (Mubadala) has launched the Football Experience at Abu Dhabi’s Marina Mall – a football activity zone featuring a range of activities to promote wider involvement [...]

Dubai kids to defend 2008 tennis victory

Dubai kids to defend 2008 tennis victory

Dubai, UAE, December 7, 2009: Following on from the successful tournaments in New York, London, and Madrid- the Dubai Duty Free – Will to Win Grand Prix came to Dubai on December 4th for the next instalment of ‘Will to Win’. Last year the Dubai winner Michael Mmoh, won the grand finals in London. Dubai [...]

Jordan Football Association Deploys MenaITech’s HR Application

Jordan Football Association Deploys MenaITech’s HR Application

The Jordan Football Association (JFA), the governing body of football in Jordan, deployed the human resources management system (HRMS) of Middle East & North Africa Internet Technologies (MenaITech) this month as part of its internal restructuring strategy. MenaITech Co-Founder and CEO Dr. Bashar Hawamdeh said, “In support of national initiatives, we are glad to have [...]

GEMS Education announces partnership with World Challenge

GEMS Education announces partnership with World Challenge

Dubai, November 10, 2009: GEMS Education has announced an Educational Partnership with World Challenge, the leading international company in overseas expeditions for students. World Challenge provides educational expeditions in the developing world, which teach life skills and expands student minds outside of the classroom. Both GEMS Education and World Challenge are excited about the opportunities [...]

AL-Baddad International Finishes Formula One Project in Abu-Dhabi

AL-Baddad International Finishes Formula One Project in Abu-Dhabi

Al-Baddad International ends the formula one project in ( Marsa Yas, Abu-Dhabi) project in a distinctive and a professional manner as the Marsa Yas Arena is now ready to host spectators from around the world. As the inaugural race organizers for the Itihad Aviation major Prize in Abu Dhabi 2009 said that all event tickets [...]

‘Elite’ students get trial with Man United and Everton

‘Elite’ students get trial with Man United and Everton

Two students from the Transguard Elite Sporting Academy (TESA) have held trials at two leading English Premiership clubs – an early result for the Academy, which only opened its doors in March. Fabien Speiss, a 15-year-old goalkeeper who attends Emirates International School, trialled at Everton while nine-year-old Bobby Corish from Jebel Ali Primary School had [...]

Four UAE kids get the opportunity to be Player Escorts at the UEFA Champions League 2009/2010

Four UAE kids get the opportunity to be Player Escorts at the UEFA Champions League 2009/2010

12 October 2009, UAE – Four children or “Little Champions” from the UAE will live their dreams of marching onto the football pitch, hand-in-hand with some of the world’s top players at the upcoming UEFA Champions League – the most important tournament in European club football. MasterCard, official sponsor of the UEFA Champions League, in [...]