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Qatar survived some anxious moments before eking out a two-wicket win over Malaysia in the Asia Cup under-15 inaugural match at the Zayed Cricket Stadium here yesterday.

Nepal grounded the high-flying Kuwaiti team with a fluent seven-wicket win and virtually assured themselves of a berth in the Super League in the ongoing Under-15 Asia Cup Cricket Championship.

S. Karunakaran Nair, Secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) was all praise for the Zayed Cricket Stadium here in the capital.

Royal Tryst give in-form trainer John Sadler his second big win of the season, while Khoutoubia silenced critics with a classy performance in the featured races at the Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club on Sunday night.

The Zayed Cricket Stadium, on which the final works are being carried out, will play host to nine matches in the Under-15 Asia Cup cricket tournament between December 7-22, including one semifinal and the final.

With just over 16 months having passed since the Asian Cricket Council embarked on the 10-year development plan for the game, Rumesh Ratnayake, one of its Cricket Development Officers, has expressed satisfaction and optimism over the ambitious project.

Rilfor, the seven-year-old Djelfor son and a former Group One winner, returned to the tracks yesterday after a short stint at the stud to win the evening-s feature event for Purebred Arabian horses at the Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club race course here.

Oman snatched victory from the jaws of defeat with a thrilling three-run margin over Hong Kong to register their second successive victory in the preliminary league match of the under-15 Asia Cup cricket tournament, being played here.

General Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Minister of Defence, leads a strong team of riders from the UAE who are expected to dominate the fifth running of the 120-km Wadi Rum Endurance Ride.

General Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Minister of Defence and his son Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum crossed the finish line hand-in-hand to reign supreme in the fifth edition of the Wadi Rum FEI Masters International endurance ride here yesterday.

Abdullah Khamis Ali Saeed secured his second big win in the UAE's domestic endurance circuit when he rode 11-year-old Shah to victory in yesterday's National Day Cup 120-km event at the Emirates Endurance Village in Al Wathba.

Another impressive show by Bint Belady