Sandro Rosell negotiated the club’s $39.25 million sponsorship deal with Qatar Sports Investments.
Qatar has promised to hold a carbon-neutral World Cup and so is researching solar-powered cooling technology.
An interview with Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa reveals he favours himself to replace disgraced Qatari Mohamed Bin Hammam.
Formula One’s commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone will attend the race.
Latest agreement is the third tennis sponsorship in Europe after the Italian Open and recently announced Barcelona Open
The 82-year-old British billionaire has said repeatedly that he has no cause for concern ahead of the Bahrain GP.
Infrastructure spending in Qatar will average over 10 per cent of gross domestic product ahead of the World Cup.
The race on April 21 will again draw attention to the human rights situation in the Gulf island kingdom.
The Gulf Arab state has been hit by unrest since pro-democracy protests broke out in early 2011.
The grand prix was cancelled in 2011 but went ahead last year despite calls by activists in Bahrain and campaigners abroad for teams not to race.
Yousuf Al Serkal is one of four candidates vying for Asian football’s top job.
Valentino Rossi, back at Yamaha after two years at Ducati, finished second behind teammate Jorge Lorenzo.
GFH Capital is bringing in additional investors to develop the English soccer club.
Last year’s winner Monterosso, from the Dubai Godolphin stable, was pulled out of the race earlier in the day.
Until now women’s exercise facilities have had to be licensed by the Health Ministry and designated as “health centres”.
International Investment Bank’s chief executive, Aabed Al-Zeera, will join the Leeds City Holdings Limited.
The world’s richest horse race will take place in Dubai on Saturday, March 30.
Sponsoring events has become a key tool in company portfolios.
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has said that any request to change the timing of the event from summer to cooler months would have to come from Qatar.
The statement conflicts with comments made by its Bahrain-based parent Gulf Finance House.
As part of the deal, the airline will have promotional rights to branding and digital elements of the tennis tournament.
GFH Capital purchased the club from majority shareholder Ken Bates at the end of last year.
UEFA president Platini has suggested Qatar shares the 2022 World Cup throughout the Middle East and moves it outside of Summer.
The world’s second fastest man will compete at the meeting on May 10 in Qatar – the first of 14 Diamond League fixtures.
Qatar and UAE-backed investors are expected to make what will be the largest ever bid for a football club.
This is the Serb’s fourth Dubai Championships win in five years.
Federer dismissed Spain’s Marcel Granollers while Djokovic overcame a late stumble to beat another Spaniard Roberto Bautista.
The soccer star will be supporting various programmes to increase life chances of young people in MENA and South-East Asia.
Novak Djokovic extends his unbeaten run to 14 matches.
The deal confirms Etisalat as FC Barcelona’s main sponsor in UAE, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Benin, Togo, Niger, Gabon and the Central African Republic.