Basketball fans put their skills to the test at Red Bull's King of the Rock one-on-one tournament this weekend for a chance to play in the final at San Francisco's infamous Alcatraz Prison island. Read Article UAE basketball fans net a shot at glory in US
Three Emirati athletes are on a team of seven from the UAE heading to Seoul, South Korea to take on the fittest men in Asia at the CrossFit Games Regionals.
Read Article UAE CrossFit team heading to Seoul
Belgium's Frederik Van Lierde and Australia's Melissa Hauschildt were crowned the champions in the men's and women's long course at the Abu Dhabi international Triathlon 2013 while UK's Olympic Gold medal winner Alistair Brownlee set a new record of 3h20m18s for the short course. Watch Video Video: Abu Dhabi International Triathlon 2013
South African "Blade Runner" Oscar Pistorius, a double amputee who became one of the biggest names in world athletics, will appear in court on Friday, after being charged with murdering his girlfriend, prosecutors say. Watch Video Video: 'Blade Runner' Pistorius to appear in court Friday
The United States and the Afghan government announce they will hold talks with the Taliban in Doha this week aimed at achieving peace in Afghanistan. US to hold peace talks with Taliban
More than 200,000 people marched across the country to vent their anger at the government's lavish spending in demonstrations which were initially triggered by a rise in bus fares. Brazil hit by largest protests in 20 years
The days of taking one picture at a time on real film, rather than a disk, have never lost their romance. Neither have the images, a website is proving. Rym Ghazal reports Snapshots tell of the way we were
