As women’s event of Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships nears completion the interest in the game has increased. Though Srena Williams and Victoria Azarenka’s withdrawals have hit the tournament hard, there are still some big names and defending champion Agnieszka Radwanska is one of them. She is favourite to land the Dubai crown once again. […]

Spectators watch people running the Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon on Friday. Ethiopians dominated the race with Lelisa Desisa winning the men’s title while tirfi tsgaye won the women’s trophy.Desisa, sprinting clear in the last 200 metres to time 2 hours 04 minutes and 45 seconds, also clocked the 13th fastest time in history. tsgaye won […]

From spices of yonder shores, frankincense and shisha to herbs, textiles, rugs and artefacts,the spice souq in Deira Dubai is a not-to-be-missed market. Located near the Dubai Gold Souq, the fragrance of the spices pervades, leading visitors and shoppers right to the spot. The narrow lanes of the souq are lined with open and closed-roof […]