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English rugby?s ongoing internal dispute threatens to diminish the England side?s chances of success at the World Sevens Series to be held in Dubai and Durban later this month.

Dubai World Cup racing organisers have raised the prize money for the 2001 event to $15.25 million from $12 million offered in 2000.
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The season-ending championships of the WTA Tour, a fixture in New York for 29 years, will be moved to Munich, Germany, beginning next year.

Al Nasr of the United Arab Emirates have become the latest side to withdraw from the Asian Club Championship, pulling out of their first round clash with Iraqi side Al Zawra.

World number one golfer Tiger Woods has agreed to play in the Dubai Desert Classic next March.
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Sportal has signed a live webcast deal with the Emirates World Series Racing Championship and Ascot Racecourse to show one of the most prestigious events in the English racing calendar

A Dubai-based company has said it would sponsor the first women's WTA tennis event to be held in the Middle East next February.

Iran has barred a visit by a U.S. soccer team for friendly matches on the free trade island of Kish later this month, a Kish official said on Tuesday.

Godolphin, the Dubai-based horse racing training operation, has chosen the Santa Anita racecourse in California as base for its North American training operation.
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Soccerex 2001 has been postponed until next April following the terrorist attacks in the US.
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An official of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Football Association has told sportbusiness.com that assistance is required from international stadium companies in the renovation of the Middle-Eastern state’s soccer infrastructure

The Thailand Football Association has written to FIFA to request a change of venue for their Asian World Cup qualifying match scheduled for Baghdad on Friday, a Thai official said on Tuesday.