Dubai

Muguruza beats Sabalenka again to reach Dubai semifinals

12:04 pm March 12, 2021

Dubai: Garbiñe Muguruza rallied from a set and a break down to beat Aryna Sabalenka for the second week in a row and reach the semifinals of the Dubai Championships. Muguruza was broken in the opening game of the second set before turning the match around to win 3-6, 6-3, 6-2. She has reached back-to-back semifinals, having lost to Petra […]

1,508 new coronavirus cases in Mumbai, four deaths

10:53 pm March 11, 2021

Mumbai: Mumbai reported 1,508 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, taking its case tally to 3,38,631, while the death toll in the city reached 11,515 with four more fatalities, the civic body said. The financial capital of the country had reported its first coronavirus patient — a city resident who had returned from Dubai — exactly […]

Coco Gauff saves 2 match points in 1st-round win at Dubai

11:24 am March 8, 2021

Dubai: Coco Gauff had trouble closing out and needed to save two match points before finally fending off Ekaterina Alexandrova 7-6 (3), 2-6, 7-6 (8) to advance to the second round of the Dubai Duty-Free Tennis Championship. The 16-year-old American led 5-1 in the third set and twice had chances to serve out the match, holding four match points in the 10th game, […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Israeli-owned ship docked in Dubai after mysterious blast

10:02 pm February 28, 2021

DUBAI: An Israeli-owned cargo ship that suffered a mysterious explosion in the Gulf of Oman came to Dubai’s port for repairs Sunday, days after the blast that revived security concerns in Mideast waterways amid heightened tensions with Iran. News agency Associated Press journalists saw the hulking Israeli-owned MV Helios Ray sitting at dry dock facilities […]

Mumbai: DRI seizes foreign cigarettes worth Rs 4.75 cr

8:51 pm February 28, 2021

Mumbai: The Mumbai unit of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized a consignment of foreign cigarettes worth over Rs 4.75 crore from a container freight station near Nhava Sheva port, an official said on Sunday. The stock, comprising 21.60 lakh cigarettes, was being smuggled into the country as part of an import consignment arriving from […]