For 80 minutes, it was not a game for sweeping assessments. Mahdi Ali produced a first XI with eight new members, the UAE didn't have to win, or so much as score, and for a long time it looked as if they would do neither, writes Paul Oberjuerge. Read Article Gulf Cup: In four minutes Ahmed Khalil finds his feet
Abdulwahab Abdulqadir delivered harsh criticism toward his Ajman players despite their 2-1 victory away to Al Ahli all but guaranteeing their place in the semi-finals. Read Article Etislat Cup: Al Ahli 1 Ajman 2
When Mahdi Ali sits down to pick his starting XI for the friendly against Kuwait, he will be spoilt for choice, except in one worrying department, writes Ahmed Rizvi . Read Article Who can apply the finishing touch for UAE?
Srecko Katanec critical of the team's durability after a 3-1 defeat at the hands of lowly Lebanon in the World Cup qualifier on Tuesday night. Read Article Unfit UAE shocked in Beirut
It is an illustration of the confidence and ambition in the UAE squad that Majed Naser said Tuesday's draw with North Korea, a side that played in the World Cup finals, felt 'like a defeat'. Read Article Keeper Naser calls for more goals from UAE
A unique collaboration between the British Library and the Qatar Foundation will take thousands of precious records of the Arab world into the digital age. The Arab past, digitised for tomorrow
Bayern Munich's Arjen Robben scores game-winning goal in the 89th minute to lift his team to a 2-1 win over Borussia Dortmund and the Uefa Champions League title. Robben finally finds redemption
A discussion at Manarat Al Saadiyat will examine the art and photography of European artists travelling 'through the lights and images' of this region, writes Nick Leech
The Orient, expressed in Abu Dhabi
