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Shaheen the Camel predicts World Cup winner

By Dubai Expat Blog on June 14, 2014 in Living in Dubai, Sports

In World Cup 2010 it was Paul the Octopus who predicted, almost correctly, the winners for every draw. This time we have a predictor in our own backyard. The four-legged seer, known as Shaheen the Camel, is a Dubai resident. Shaheen the Camel is owned by Matar Al Jabri, known as “The Yellow Man” among […]

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Italian football club Juventus opens soccer school in Dubai, its first in the Middle East

By Dubai Expat Blog on September 18, 2013 in Sports

Good news for football fans in Dubai and UAE. The renowned Italian football club Juventus has opened its first soccer school in the Middle East in Dubai. The Dubai branch of the Juventus Soccer Schools (JSS) is a collaboration between Club 5, a leading sports management company and the Dubai Sports Council (DSC) and was announced […]

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Royal Emirates Group buys Spanish football team Zaragoza, renamed ‘Team Dubai’

By Dubai Expat Blog on April 19, 2011 in Business in Dubai, Sports

Royal Emirates Group, the Dubai investment group chaired by HRH Sheikh Butti Bin Suhail Al Maktoum, has bought top-league Spanish football team Real Zaragoza Getafe, set to be renamed ‘Team Dubai’. The deal reportedly included a guarantee to service the club’s debts, taking the value of the transaction to around €130m. Zaragoza management did not […]

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5,000 Dubai cabbies to watch India Pakistan Twenty-20 for free

By Dubai Expat Blog on December 16, 2010 in Living in Dubai, Sports

Almost 5,000 taxi drivers in Dubai will be able to watch for free the planned one off 20-20 cricket match to be played between current and former stars from India and Pakistan. Others will have to fork out upwards of Dh10 to watch the match. Cricket Gurukul, a marketing body for young and talented cricketers […]

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