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When you hear about a fun day out with friends, most people first think of a mall, an arcade or a park. But imagine spending two hours in the clear, blue sea, experiencing the thrill of sailing right here in Dubai. That is the opportunity I got earlier this week with the company Wind Rises, that is on a mission to popularise sailing among the masses in Dubai. Arriving at the bay at Port Rashid along with five of my friends, we were shown into the office where we were given a briefing on what to expect. Having never even…

Palestine kept their hopes of reaching the knockout stages at the Asian Cup alive with a 1-1 draw against 10-man UAE on Thursday while Australia booked their spot in the next round. Uzbekistan are in a strong position to proceed too after defeating India 3-0. Hosts and holders Qatar are already through. A moment’s silence was held before Palestine’s match with the UAE, played against the backdrop of the Israel-Hamas war in the Palestinian territory of Gaza. Most of the crowd of over 40,000 in Doha roared their support for Palestine, but the UAE opened the scoring midway through the…

The Indiana Pacers (23-17) and the Sacramento Kings (23-17) are set to meet with one another tonight. Both teams are meeting for the first time this season. They split the series between them in 2022-2023, with both teams winning at home during that series of games. The Pacers look to get back on track after taking losses to Denver and Utah. The Sacramento Kings blew a 22-point lead to the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday night and may struggle against their opponent tonight as the Pacers come in with a league-leading PPG average of 125.6. Tip-off takes place tonight, January 18,…

In the side’s only warm-up match ahead of their DP World ILT20 opener on Sunday, the Desert Vipers lost by 37 runs to Dubai Capitals at the ICC Academy on Thursday. The game was a 14-a-side contest with batters returning multiple times to try and give players some time out in the middle. Bowling first, the Vipers used a total of nine bowlers as Nathan Sowter, Rohan Mustafa, Bas de Leede and Mohammad Amir all found success. Meanwhile former Viper, and now a member of the Dubai Capitals, Sam Billings led the charge for his side – who were aggressive…

The first all-European commercial crew has launched safely from the Kennedy Space Center and is now on its way to the International Space Station. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the four-person crew for Axiom Space’s Axiom-3 mission blasted off the launchpad at just before 4:50 p.m. ET (1:50 p.m. ET) on Thursday before climbing rapidly to orbit. Here’s some footage and images of the rocket heading to space: Liftoff from pad 39A in Florida pic.twitter.com/Pojfp5JVXJ — SpaceX (@SpaceX) January 19, 2024 About eight minutes after launch, the Falcon 9 rocket’s first stage, on its fifth mission, made a perfect…

The sun always shines in Dubai where people from all walks of life congregate all year round and contribute to this growing economy. And for the many who have touched the magic of success, the city also offers a fantastic venue to own, showcase, and drive the vehicle or vehicles of their choice. One such individual who has found her niche in the entrepreneurial space is Rachita Luthra. The marketing agency director, who moonlights as a social media star with over 205k followers on Instagram professes her love for the city and ‘Queen’ i.e. her Maserati Ghibli in the latest…

“American Fiction” — a satire about race, media and how white audiences consume Black culture — sealed its place as an early Oscars frontrunner by winning the coveted top prize on Sunday at the Toronto International Film Festival. The film, the debut feature from Cord Jefferson, tells the story of Thelonious ‘Monk’ Ellison (Jeffrey Wright), an author and university professor who is told by his publishers that his writing isn’t “Black enough.” So he adopts a pseudonym and writes a novel using what he believes to be every staid idea about being African American. Of course, the book is a…

My father was a Scrabble fanatic. He picked up the game as a young man in England, played it obsessively, and when he returned to India in 1958, organised a small group of equally dedicated Scrabble addicts in Mumbai for a weekly joust around the board. As soon as his children became old enough, we were roped in to play with him too. It’s since become a family habit, and I know Daddy would have been proud that one of his grandsons has become a formidable conqueror of the board, scattering seven-letter words every time he plays. Scrabble, for the…

UFC’s Aljamain Sterling, the ‘Funk Master’, and Chase Hooper, the ‘Dream’, promise a high-intensity grappling welterweight bout during the main event of the second Abu Dhabi Extreme Championship (ADXC 2) at the Mubadala Arena on Friday. The much-anticipated jiu-jitsu and grappling tournament with a unique ruleset will feature two main and co-main events along with 10 other encounters, including Emirati fighters Mohammed and Omar Al Suwaidi in a well-stacked card of fight night. Sterling, UFC’s No.1 ranked in the bantamweight category, is looking forward to showcasing his skills and entertaining fans. “ADXC is going to be similar to the MMA…

The PlayStation 5’s DualSense controller is one of the biggest leaps in controller design ever, adding advanced haptic feedback to Sony’s new console. Like most other console controllers, the DualSense can also be used to connect to and play games on PC. There are two easy ways to connect the PS5 controller to a PC: Via USB Via Bluetooth The only things required to connect your PS5 controller to a PC are a USB-C cable, or a Bluetooth signal from your computer. Read on as we describe both of these methods in detail, as well as go into syncing your…