Tag: Dubai
Dubai World Cup: Laurel River causes upset in Meydan feature after Rebel’s Romance lands Sheema Classic | Racing News
Laurel River turned the Dubai World Cup into a procession when running out a wide-margin winner for local trainer Bhupat Seemar and jockey Tadhg O’Shea. Formerly trained by Bob Baffert, the Juddmonte-owned six-year-old was trying the 10-furlong trip for the first time but with two furlongs to run had the race won. Derma Sotogake, Ushba…
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Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships: Iga Swiatek, Aryna Sabalenka, Coco Gauff and Elena Rybakina face-off for title | Tennis News
The so-called ‘Big Four’ of women’s tennis converge at this week’s Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships with Iga Swiatek, Aryna Sabalenka, Coco Gauff and Elena Rybakina set to face off. World No 1 Swiatek is the player in red-hot form as she sealed her third successive Qatar Open title with a straight-sets victory over Rybakina…
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Emma Raducanu: Former US Open champion planning to miss Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships | Tennis News
Emma Raducanu is planning to pass on next week’s Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships where she would have required a wild card and instead head back to London to analyse her early exit at the Qatar Open. Raducanu squandered set point in a second-set tie-break as she lost to Anhelina Kalinina in the opening round…
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Strong Group loses Dubai title game on buzzer-beater
Al Riyadi celebrates after beating Strong Group Athletics on a buzzer-beater by Ismail Ahmed Abdelmonei to win the title in the Dubai International Basketball. Photo from UAE Basketball Association MANILA, Philippines — Strong Group Athletics (SGA) absorbed a heartbreaking 77-74 loss to Al Riyadi of Lebanon in the Dubai International Basketball Championship final on Monday…
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Strong Group barges into Dubai semis after ousting Morocco team
Andre Roberson.–STRONG GROUP PHOTO MANILA, Philippines — Andre Roberson led Strong Group Athletics (SGA) to the Dubai International Basketball Championship semifinal after knocking out AS Sale of Morocco, 92-80, on Saturday morning (Manila time) at Al Nasr Club. Roberson, a former Oklahoma City Thunder, showed the way for the Philippine side with 18 points and…
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Kevin Quiambao stars as Strong Group posts another rout in Dubai
Kevin Quiambao.–STRONG GROUP ATHLETICS PHOTO MANILA, Philippines — Strong Group Athletics (SGA) rode on the hot hands of La Salle pair Kevin Quiambao and Francis Escandor to dominate Syrian squad Al Wahda, 89-67, for its second straight win in the Dubai International Basketball Championship on Saturday evening at Al Nasr Club. Quiambao, the reigning UAAP…
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Strong Group at Dubai International Championship
Strong Group Athletics (SGA), featuring NBA caliber talents, represents the Philippines in the 33rd Dubai International Basketball Championship kicking off on January 19 at Al Nasr Club in Dubai, UAE. The team, coached by St. Benilde Blazers’ Charles Tiu, boasts of a loaded roster bannered by former NBA stars Dwight Howard and Andre Roberson and former…
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Kevin Quiambao to be even better after Dubai stint
Kevin Quiambao (middle, photo above) relishes the chance to play with NBA-caliber talent. —AUGUST DELA CRUZ Kevin Quiambao has the rare chance to play with NBA caliber talents as Strong Group Athletics (SGA) represents the Philippines in the 33rd Dubai International Basketball Championship. The reigning UAAP Most Valuable Player (MVP) gets to play alongside former…
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Dubai Invitational: Rory McIlroy retains lead despite making quadruple bogey during second round | Golf News
Rory McIlroy retained the lead at the Dubai Invitational despite making a quadruple bogey during his second round at the DP World Tour event. The Northern Irishman’s two-shot advantage could have been far greater had it not been for the seven he made at the par-three eighth hole, where the world No 2 twice found…
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Dwight Howard.–STRONG GROUP PHOTO Charles Tiu is very confident that his Strong Group team that will represent the Philippines in the 33rd Dubai International Basketball Championship has a clear shot at the championship, what with a roster teeming with ex-NBA players and a coaching staff that has Olympics experience. “I like the team. We have…
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