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UAE settle for goalless draw against Al Wahda

Bani Yas trounce Hatta

Italy's Guido Cappellini will have no opposition for the Pole Position crown as he sits pretty at the top even before the start of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at the Breakwaters today.

The UAE youth team drew (3-3) with their Moroccan counterparts in a friendly match yesterday. The game was seen as a preparatory for both teams for the finals of the Under 20 World Cup to be hosted by the UAE from March 25 next year.

The UAE won the ninth GCC juniors handball championship in style beating Qatar 28-20 to collect the maximum 12 points from four matches, as Bahrain came second and Saudi Arabia third.

Uzbekistan, Syria settle for draw

Asian soccer will achieve its goals, says Velappan

Jiang Ning was the supersub of China. He needed only two minutes to score the winner against hosts, the UAE, to secure his country's berth in the quarter-finals of the ongoing 10th Asian Under-17 Football Championship.

UAE's match against Al Jazira called off

The UAE has finished all the preparations to host the finals of the 10th Asian Under-17 Football Championship, to be held on September 6-22.

Whenever the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) hosts a junior championship at any venue in the continent, the biggest worry for the organisers and teams has been the problem of over - age players.

Spirited show by Uzbekistan