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More than 500 players are expected to participate in the 35th edition of the India Club – Western Union Money Transfer UAE Open Badminton Tournament at the India Club from May 14 to June 8.

Our Own English High School, Sharjah won the Mezon Cricket Cup 2012 T20 cricket tournament for schools at the Ajman cricket grounds recently.

The 3rd Skyline Inter-School Sports Festival organised by the Skyline University College (SUC) started on Saturday at the SUC campus. Basketball, soccer and table tennis are the dsiciplines being fought out in the festival.

UAE Rugby’s national XVs squad chalked up a morale-boosting 54-21 victory over the Gulf Barbarians at 7he Sevens ground during the weekend in their final warm-up game ahead of the forthcoming Asian Five Nations (A5N).

Once again the Carpetland Monthly Open hosted at Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club proved to be a huge success with another full attendance of 104 players.

The April edition of the BMW Members and Guests Social played at Sharjah Golf and Shooting Club turned out to be the competitions best ever turn out of entries with 40 golfers (20pairs) all teeing it up looking to be crowned the best partnership on the day.

Levi Sherwood, the former ‘wunderkind’ of FMX got his first victory since 2010 at a spectacular Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour night at The Walk in Dubai.

Luxembourgian Olivier Godart and Australian Connie Bourverot won the men’s and women’s Olympic categories of the second Tri Yas triathlon at the Yas Marina Circuit.

Al Wahda returned to the winning ways with a narrow 2-1 victory over hosts Sharjah at the Sharjah Stadium here on Saturday evening.