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Time to touchdown

The Emirates American Football League (EAFL) is kicking off for a second season and organisers are appealing to the Abu Dhabi community to get involved. The youth American football league consists of three divisions – Varsity for players aged between …

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Bending over backwards to tackle breast cancer

Fancy toning up your thighs by kicking breast cancer out of the UAE? Thousands will be doing just that on the 26th of October by taking part in a special Pilates class at the Park Rotana Hotel for Breast Cancer …

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Rugby rascals give it a try

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A new rugby programme for two to seven-year-olds has been set up by Saracen’s Rugby Club here in the capital. Known as the Little Ruckers, the hour-long class held at Raha International School on Monday evening is an opportunity for …

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Getting to grips with The Miz

With WWE Live slamming down in the capital next month, Abu Dhabi Week sat down with the ‘awesome’, The Miz, to find out more about the upcoming event. So this isn’t your first time in the city? What have you …

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Experts set to coach Touch rugby players

Touch rugby is one of the fasted growing sports in the world, and Abu Dhabi is set to keep pace with the arrival of New Zealand’s Galaxy Touch Club to the UAE. Derived from the original hard-hitting, full contact sport, …

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Paddles away!

Abu Dhabi’s Capital Dragons (ADCD) boating team is in training for the first dragon boating race of the season, to be held in the capital next month. The sixth Shangri-La Abu Dhabi Dragon Boating Festival will take place on 11th …

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Aiming to put brakes on diabetes

This week eight Etisalat employees set off on a 2,100km cycling challenge from Brussels to Barcelona. The gruelling 13-day cycle – the Groupe Speciale Mobile Association mHealth Grand Tour – aims to raise awareness of diabetes and test mobile diabetes …

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Bring it on!

The newly crowned UAE freestyle jet ski champion believes he is in the best form of his career, and is ready to take on the world’s finest in October. Khalid Salem Al Qubaisi, from Abu Dhabi, recently landed the national …

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Abu Dhabi basketballer set to ‘Rock’ the States

Abu Dhabi resident Zack Bajric is celebrating winning the King of the Rock 2013 UAE one-on-one basketball final. The Serbian Canadian basketballer is now busy training for the King of the Rock world finals, to be held on Alcatraz Island, …

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Teacher ready to rock

SchoolteacheR ZACK Bajric was celebrating this week after teaching his rivals a lesson on the basketball court. The 30-year-old Canadian-Serbian won the Abu Dhabi round of the ‘King Of The Rock’ one-on-one basketball competition, beating 63 other players to secure …

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