Abu Dhabi
Abrar-Hasaranga mimicry grabs spotlight in Pakistan-Sri Lanka clash
In a gripping Super 4 encounter at the Asia Cup 2025, the spotlight wasn’t just on the cricket -- it was the playful, theatrical exchanges between spinners Abrar Ahmed and Wanindu Hasaranga that stole the show at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.
24 September 2025
Formula One: Rosberg, Hamilton primed for desert duel
Nico Rosberg starts Sunday's season-closing Abu Dhabi Grand Prix with the Formula One world title he covets so keenly tantalisingly within his grasp.
27 November 2016
Formula 1: Hamilton wins to take title showdown to final race
Lewis Hamilton survives carnage and relentless rain to send this year's world championship down to the wire in Abu Dhabi as he claims a spectacular victory in the Brazilian Grand Prix.
14 November 2016
Cricket: Pakistan target historic 9-0 rout of West Indies
Pakistan are determined to complete an historic 9-0 rout of the West Indies when the two teams meet in the third and final Test in Sharjah from Sunday.
29 October 2016
Pak unchanged for 3rd Test
Pakistan's selectors have named an unchanged squad for the third Test against the West Indies after another crushing victory in the second Test in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.
26 October 2016
Pakistan scent victory
Pakistan pressed West Indies hard for a series-clinching win in the second Test after setting a daunting 456-run target on the
24 October 2016
Cricket: Pakistan stretch lead in second Test
Pakistan stretch their lead over West Indies to 455 runs at lunch on the fourth day of the second Test in Abu Dhabi on Monday.
24 October 2016
Ajmal wishes wrong Bravo
Twitter was full of praise for Pakistan cricket team, who defeated West Indies by 56 runs in Asia's first ever day-night Test.
18 October 2016
Captains hail day-night Test
Rival captains Misbahul Haq and Jason Holder praised the fight till last attitude in the first day-night Test played with Pakistan upstaging West Indies by 56 runs in the final hour on Monday.
18 October 2016
Cricket: Misbah, Holder hail competitive day-night Test
Rival captains Misbah-ul-Haq and Jason Holder praise the fight till last attitude in the first day-night Test played with Pakistan upstaging West Indies by 56 runs in the final hour.
18 October 2016
Heartbreak for Windies
Despite a fighting hundred by Darren Bravo Pakistan pulled off a tension-packed 56-run victory against West Indies in the first day-night Test in Dubai on Monday.
17 October 2016
Cricket: Pakistan's Yasir wants match with India's Ashwin
Wily Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah wishes a Test face off with magician Indian offie Ravichandaran Ashwin in a battle of two fast wicket-taking spinners.
17 October 2016
Cricket: Pakistan's Amir flies home to sick mother
Mohammad Amir quit Pakistan's one-day series against the West Indies and flew home after his mother was taken seriously ill.
4 October 2016
Cricket: Sarfraz reckons win will lift Pakistan
Pakistan's Twenty20 captain Sarfraz Ahmed believes the clean sweep over the world champions is the first step towards building a formidable outfit for the future.
28 September 2016
At least 30 passengers injured in Etihad turbulence
More than 30 people are injured as an Etihad Airways flight hit "severe and unexpected turbulence" flying into Indonesia, the airline says.
5 May 2016
Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan deported from Hyderabad over ‘technical flaws’
Immigration officials at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad deport acclaimed Pakistani singer Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan to Abu Dhabi.
1 January 2016
Real Madrid named as world's most valuable football club in study
Real Madrid have been named as the most valuable football club in the world by marketing experts, who placed Manchester United second and Barcelona third.
18 December 2015
PM returns from Netherlands
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrives in Dhaka completing her three-day tour to the Netherlands.
6 November 2015
'Review system needs review' – Waqar Younis of Pakistan
Waqar Younis, the Pakistan coach, has criticised the inconsistency of the Decision Review System, and believes that the margin of doubt for Umpire's Call should be increased from 50 percent to 75 percent.
29 October 2015
Root eyes England victory against Pakistan after Cook's epic innings
Batsman Joe Root is adamant England can still claim an unlikely victory on the final day of the first test against Pakistan after his side moved 46 runs ahead of Pakistan on Friday.
17 October 2015