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Teenager Sam Konstas will make his test debut in the cauldron of the Boxing Day test at Melbourne Cricket Ground on Thursday as Australia look to take the game to India's bowlers, coach Andrew McDonald said on Tuesday.

A flurry of current and former football stars are set to descend on Atlantis, The Palm on Friday evening for the 19th edition of the Dubai International Sports Conference and the Beyond Globe Soccer Dubai Awards.

India will play their Champions Trophy matches in the UAE next year after hosts Pakistan selected the Gulf country as a neutral venue for their rivals, the Pakistan Cricket Board said.

Liverpool strengthened their hold on the Premier League top spot with an extraordinary 6-3 victory at battered Tottenham Hotspur after second-placed Chelsea were held to a frustrating 0-0 draw away to Everton on Sunday. 

Juventus secured a 2-1 victory at bottom side Monza with first-half goals from Weston McKennie and Nicolas Gonzalez on Sundayto end a run of four Serie A draws.

Charlie Woods, the 15-year-old son of golf great Tiger Woods, hit his first ever hole-in-one on Sunday during the final round of the PNC Championship in Orlando, Florida.

England’s John Parry sunk an eagle and four birdies on his back nine to card a 64 on Sunday and claim the Mauritius Open title at Mont Choisy Le Golf with 14 under-par, his first victory on the DP World Tour in 14 years.

Manchester City's beleaguered boss Pep Guardiola insists he has "incredible trust" that the results will come for his team as the champions' crisis continued to grow with a 2-1 defeat to Aston Villa on Saturday.

Tiger Woods and son Charlie are in a three-way tie for first place at 13-under par after the opening round of the PNC Championship at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club in Orlando, Florida.

Ukraine’s Oleksandr Usyk retained his WBA (Super), WBO and WBC world heavyweight titles by unanimous decision against Britain's Tyson Fury to remain undefeated after an enthralling clash in an electric atmosphere at the Kingdom Arena on Saturday.

The UAE drew 1-1 with Qatar on Saturday night in the group stage of the Arabian Gulf Football Cup, "Khaleeji Zain 26" at Jaber Al-Mubarak Stadium in Kuwait City.

Teenage spinner AM Ghazanfar took 5-33 as Afghanistan defeated hosts Zimbabwe by eight wickets in the third and final one-day international on Saturday to claim the series 2-0 after the opening game was washed out by rain.

Manchester City will be without defender Ruben Dias for three to four weeks with a muscle injury.

George Eastham, a member of England's 1966 World Cup-winning squad, has died at 88, his former club Stoke City said on Friday.

Netflix has reached a deal with FIFA for exclusive US broadcasting rights for the 2027 and 2031 Women's World Cup tournaments.

Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk shared an unforgettable 11-minute face-off at a press conference ahead of their heavyweight showdown in Saudi Arabia this Saturday.

Afghanistan recorded their biggest One-Day International victory with a 232-run win against hosts Zimbabwe on Thursday.

Matches between India and Pakistan at ICC events that either nation is due to host will be played at neutral venues, the International Cricket Council said on Thursday, ending uncertainty over next year's Champions Trophy.

The World Tennis League Season 3 will take place from December 19 to 22, 2024, at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi.

Real Madrid claimed the 2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup title with a dominant 3-0 victory over Pachuca in Wednesday's final at Lusail Stadium.

Englishman Marco Penge has been suspended by the Europe-based DP World Tour after a disciplinary panel found he placed bets on multiple golf events, the circuit said on Wednesday.

FIFA has officially revealed that the first phase of ticket sales for the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup will begin on Thursday, 19th December at 10:00 EST/16:00 CET.

The promoters of a proposed European Super League have called on UEFA and FIFA to recognise their new competition, which they relaunched on Tuesday as the Unify League.

The Abu Dhabi Marine Sports Club has announced that it will host the Abu Al Abyad Dhow Sailing Race for the 60ft category next Saturday, under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler's Representative in Al Dhafra Region.

New Zealand tore through England’s batting Tuesday to post a crushing 423-run third Test win and send seamer Tim Southee into retirement on a winning note.

UK Sport said it will invest 330 million pounds ($418 million) in Olympic and Paralympic sports for the 2028 Los Angeles Games, though athletics and canoeing will see their funding cut. 

Rapid Vienna's Austrian striker Guido Burgstaller suffered significant head injuries during an attack in Vienna at the weekend, the club said on Monday.

Manchester United staged a late comeback to win 2-1 away at rivals Manchester City in the Premier League.

Gary O'Neil was sacked as manager of Wolverhampton Wanderers on Sunday following a winless run that has left the Premier League club in the relegation zone, according to British media reports.

Real Madrid paid for defensive mistakes as they were held to a 3-3 draw at lowly local rivals Rayo Vallecano on Saturday, missing the chance to move above leaders Barcelona in LaLiga.

Boat No. 96, representing HPI Fujairah Racing Team and driven by Italian brothers Rosario and Giuseppe Schiano di Cola, claimed victory in the Dubai GP - Race 1 of the fifth and final round of the 2024 UIM XCAT World Championship.

Rwandan president Paul Kagame announced his country's bid for a Formula One race on Friday, ahead of an awards ceremony in the capital Kigali that will hand the champion's trophy to Max Verstappen for a fourth year in a row.

China's crackdown on corruption in soccer claimed a notable figure on Friday when former Everton midfielder and national team coach Li Tie was sentenced to 20 years in prison for giving and receiving bribes.

Meta and Serie A sealed a deal to cooperate against illegal live streaming of soccer matches, they said on Friday, as Italy's top flight league steps up efforts to protect the value of its broadcast rights.

Teenager Gukesh Dommaraju of India became the youngest chess world champion by beating defending champion Ding Liren of China on Thursday in a dramatic turn of events in the last game of a 14-game match in Singapore.

Saudi Arabia will host the FIFA World Cup in 2034 while the 2030 edition will be held in Spain, Portugal and Morocco, with one-off matches in three South American countries.

FIFA is set to confirm the hosts of the 2030 and 2034 men's World Cups on Wednesday, with a three-continent, six-nation bid led by Morocco, Spain and Portugal to be awarded the former and the latter going to Saudi Arabia.

Following arguably the most dominant year of golf since Tiger Woods was in his prime, Scottie Scheffler received the PGA Tour Player of the Year award on Tuesday night.

European Ryder Cup stars Robert MacIntyre and Tyrrell Hatton, and Major winner Adam Scott are the latest stars to confirm their return to the Hero Dubai Desert Classic, while PGA TOUR winner Akshay Bhatia will make his debut at the Emirates Golf Club from January 16-19.

Dubai Basketball on Tuesday completed the landmark signing of Lebanese star Wael Arakji, one of the Middle East’s standout players.

Daria Kasatkina, the 2024 Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open runner-up, will return for another crack at the prestigious crown when the tournament returns to the International Tennis Centre, Zayed Sports City from February 1–8.

Aryna Sabalenka has been voted the WTA Player of the Year for the first time after the Belarusian won two Grand Slam titles and secured the year-end world number one ranking.

Premier League referee David Coote has been sacked by English football referees' body PGMOL on Monday, after their investigation found his actions to be in serious breach of his contract.

Spinner Keshav Maharaj took five wickets as South Africa secured a 109-run victory over Sri Lanka on the last day of the second test at St George’s Park on Monday and a 2-0 sweep of the series.

World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler shot a blazing 9-under-par 63 on Sunday to clinch the Hero World Challenge for the second year in a row, winning by six shots over South Korea's Tom Kim at Albany Golf Course in Nassau, Bahamas.

Rebels toppling the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad prompted the country's soccer federation, on Sunday, to change the colour of the national team's kit and logo from red to green.

Lando Norris won the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday to secure McLaren's first Formula One constructors' title since 1998 after teammate Oscar Piastri collided with Max Verstappen on the opening lap and finished 10th.

Dan Ashworth has left his role as sporting director at Manchester United after five months in the job by mutual agreement, the Premier League club said on Sunday.

England romped to a second comfortable victory over New Zealand in two weeks to secure a test series triumph on Sunday with skipper Ben Stokes apparently enjoying a Midas touch with his every decision turning to gold.

Australia beat India by 10 wickets in the day-night second test at Adelaide Oval on Sunday to level the series 1-1.

Lando Norris took pole position for the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in a McLaren one-two with Oscar Piastri ahead of a race that could secure the team's first Formula One constructors' championship since 1998.

Oscar Piastri led a McLaren one-two in final practice for a season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix that could crown the team Formula One constructors' world champions for the first time since 1998.

Australia's Travis Head has been a perennial thorn in India's flesh and it was more of the same on Saturday as the left-hander produced a match-defining hundred to deflate the tourists in the day-night second test in Adelaide.

Gus Atkinson took a hat-trick as England coasted towards a dominant victory in the second test against New Zealand in Wellington on Saturday, reaching 378 for five at the close of play on day two with an imposing lead of 533.

Ferrari's hopes of winning a first Formula One constructors' title since 2008 took a huge hit as Charles Leclerc collected a 10 place grid drop and rivals McLaren were one-two in Friday practice for the final race of the season in Abu Dhabi.

Mitchell Starc was a menace with the pink ball and claimed a career-best six for 48 as Australia bundled out India for 180 inside two sessions of the day-night second test in Adelaide on Friday.

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc will take a 10 place grid penalty at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in a major setback for the team's hopes of a first Formula One constructors' championship since 2008.

Premier League champions Manchester City were drawn on Thursday with Juventus, Wydad AC and Al Ain in Group G for next year's FIFA Club World Cup in the United States.

Lewis Hamilton faced the media at Yas Marina Circuit on Thursday, ahead of this weekend's Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2024, his final race for Mercedes.

Zimbabwe beat Pakistan by two wickets in the last of their three-match Twenty20 series at the Queens Sports Club on Thursday, a consolation win after heavy defeats in the first two clashes.

The Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2024 race weekend kicked off on Thursday, with fans getting a first-hand view of the F1 team mechanics and officials at work in their garages during the public Pit Lane Walk.

Newcastle United's Fabian Schar secured a dramatic 3-3 draw against Premier League leaders Liverpool with a sensational 90th-minute equaliser on Wednesday that he later confessed was an attempt to keep the ball in play.

Sardar Azmoun scored two goals in two minutes to lead UAE's Shabab Al Ahli to a 3-2 win over Uzbekistan’s Nasaf in Dubai on Wednesday to claim top spot in Group D of the AFC Champions League Two.

All 10 teams have arrived for the Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as drivers prepare to compete for the final time in 2024’s record-breaking race calendar.

South Africa's push for a place in the World Test Championship final continues on Thursday when they host Sri Lanka at St George's Park, where victory would be a giant step towards the decider at Lord’s next year.

Quadruple world champion Max Verstappen's home Dutch Grand Prix will drop off the calendar after 2026, Formula One announced on Wednesday.

Novak Djokovic will begin his preparations for next month's Australian Open by playing at the Brisbane International warm-up tournament, the record 24-times Grand Slam champion said on Wednesday.

The 2034 football World Cup, which is expected to be held in Saudi Arabia and possibly in the cooler months, is unlikely to clash with the Salt Lake City winter Olympics, the International Olympic Committee said on Tuesday. 

Abu Dhabi has created sporting history by attracting the sailing regatta Cowes Week to its shores in January 2023, consolidating its position as the Middle East's sports capital.

Dutch football legend Ruud Gullit has outlined exactly why football is failing to properly address racism within the game in an exclusive interview with Off Script on Dubai Eye 103.8.