Real Madrid is UAE’s most popular football team – survey

CSM said the survey showed “domestic club football still has to go in the UAE in attracting a large and loyal fan base”

Saudi girls hope to become kingdom’s first licensed ice hockey team

The kingdom began introducing physical education at female schools for the first time in September

Pictures: Callum Smith wins Saudi’s first professional boxing match

The event dubbed ‘Rowdy in Saudi’ drew thousands of fans

Saudi opens ticket sales for $10m boxing final

The World Boxing Super Series event is open to families, including women

Abu Dhabi football club Al Jazira appoints Manchester City official as new CEO

Nick Garcia previously worked in Abu Dhabi for five years as part of sports marketing agency CSM

Dubai turns to genetics to produce athletes

Dubai Sports Council plans to use genetic testing to develop the UAE’s sporting talent

Saudi’s Al-Nassr football club spokesman fined SAR15,000 for ‘unethical’ remarks

Abdullah bin Zanan will also be prevented from entering the changing rooms and sitting on the bench for two official games

UAE royal attempted $2.56bn takeover of England’s Liverpool FC – report

Talks are reported to have fallen apart earlier this year

Saudi football federation chief resigns

Adel Ezzat said he will begin preparing for elections of the Asian Football Confederation

Video: Saudi teenager wins $250k prize at FIFA eWorld Cup final

Mosaad Al-Dossary, 18, beat Belgium’s Stefano Pinna to win the final

New co-working space for fitness companies opens in Dubai’s JLT

The 10,000 square foot workspace is located in the One JLT tower

Qatar 2022 World Cup bid team paid for operations to sabotage rivals -report

Qatar’s securing of the 2022 football tournament continues to be controversial

Saudi-based Arabsat denies distributing pirated sports channel beoutQ

Last week, FIFA said it had engaged legal counsel to take action in Saudi Arabia against beoutQ

Saudi denies tennis authorities’ allegation over pirated sports channel beoutQ

The complaint follows similar allegations by FIFA, European soccer body UEFA and Formula One

Arabic internet TV firm fined $24m for sports rights piracy

The owner of Sweden-based Advanced TV Network was also sentenced to two and a half years in prison

Saudi, Egypt, Morocco crash out of 2018 World cup

It has been an eventful tournament for the ‘greens’

Saudi files complaint with FIFA accusing Qatar’s beIN Sports of ‘political bias’

In the complaint, Saudi claimed beIN Sport politicised its coverage of the World Cup opening match

Saudi mulls legal action against Qatar’s beIN Sports

Senior Saudi official accuses the Qatari broadcaster of “exploiting sports to achieve political goals”

Middle East work productivity to fall during football World Cup

GulfTalent found a significant number of workers played to watch games at work, leave the office early or stay up late

UAE to host first T20 cricket franchise league

ICC full member countries, associate member countries and juniors will be able to compete

UAE operator du restores beIN Sports ahead of FIFA World Cup

BeIN Sports channels went off-air on du networks during the weekend

UAE’s du confirms that beIN Sports has pulled its channels off-air in UAE

The reason for the sudden pullout by the Qatar-based broadcaster was not clear

Dubai’s Emirates renews Formula One sponsorship

The value of the deal was not disclosed

Saudi caps football club spending amid privatisation plans

Teams will also be prevented from registering more than seven foreign players

Saudi, UAE investors back $25bn FIFA shake-up

The plans are said to include a new league for national teams and an expanded Club World Cup

Godolphin’s Thunder Snow wins $10m Dubai World Cup

The Dubai stable took home most of the prize money at the event

Mega wrestling event set to be hosted in Jeddah next month

The Royal Rumble match will feature 50 WWE superstars

FIFA could strip Qatar of 2022 World Cup – reports

Saudi minister reportedly calls for venue to be shifted if Qatar found guilty of wrongdoing

Dubai’s Emirates renews Arsenal sponsorship in one of football’s ‘biggest ever’ deals

The airline has sponsored Arsenal’s shirts since the 2006-2007 season

Saudi to rival Dubai with $17m horse racing championship

Riyadh is keen to develop its sports industry as part of reforms to diversify the economy