Local News

Local news from the United Arab Emirates.

• UAE Football Association clarifies Ahmed Ali age after Iraqi protest

  The Iraqi Football Association has lodged an official objection after Sunday's 2012 London Olympics qualifier with UAE, claiming the game's only goalscorer was ineligible.

• Diego Maradona denies being approached for UAE coaching job despite FA chairman Yousef Al Serkal claims

  The former Argentina boss insisted he hadn't received an approach about the Emirati coaching role while a leading UAE official said he had been shortlisted for the job.

• Uae Building Construction Market Dynamics Examined in New Study Available at MarketPublishers.com

  After being recognized as one of the world’s largest and technologically advanced construction industries, one of the strongest nations in the Gulf Cooperation Council , the United Arab Emirates , experienced a sharp tumble caused by a debt mounting by major construction companies that failed to meet their financial commitments after investing heavily in building construction projects amid the ...

• John Duerden: Maradona proving controversial figure as coach of UAE's Al Wasl

  The Austrian coach of UAE club Al Wahda Josef Hickersberger said in January that if he had been in the same position as his opposite number at Al Wasl then he would have been fired before admitting with a smile ...

• UAE envoy meets Tunisia's Ennahda leader

  (MENAFN - Emirates News Agency (WAM)) UAE Ambassador to Tunisia Abdullah Ibrahim Al Suwaidi met here with Rachid Al Ghannouchi, head of Tunisia's Ennahda Islamic Movement Party, which is leading ...