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Yalla Rugby started out as a hobby for Alex Johnson, our Founder. He was searching for a solution to help him find a local rugby club to join in the United Arab Emirates when he first arrived here as an expat back in 2013, but there was just no quick way of finding rugby club information and all of the results and stats in one place. There were other websites out there but they just didn’t meet th

e mark. This is when he decided to create his own website for the masses of rugby fans in the Gulf, looking for their weekly rugby fix, just like him. You can read the full story here - https://yallasports.ae/about/

10/05/2026

Vladyslav Rudniev needed less than a round to claim the UAE Warriors 71 main event title in Abu Dhabi.

The Ukrainian submitted Armenia’s Marton Mezhlumyan at Space 42 Arena, while Zimbabwe’s Sylvester Chipfumbu won the co-main event by decision.

Full story on Yalla Sports.

10/05/2026

Benoît Cosnefroy has his first win in UAE Team Emirates-XRG colours.

The French rider timed his sprint on the final climb at GP du Morbihan to win on home roads in Brittany, ahead of Noa Isidore and Paul Lapeira.

It was UAE Team Emirates-XRG’s 28th victory of the 2026 season, with more racing to come in France at Tro Bro Leon.

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05/05/2026

Abu Dhabi’s jiu-jitsu calendar is about to get busy.

The Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Jiu-Jitsu Championship returns to Mubadala Arena from May 15 to 17, with around 2,000 athletes expected across masters, amateur, youth and professional divisions.

Gold medallists will earn 3,000 points in the AJP annual rankings, so this is a serious stop for athletes chasing global standing.

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01/05/2026

Six Speed is heading from Meydan to Churchill Downs.

The UAE Derby runner-up will line up in the 152nd Kentucky Derby after a strong Dubai campaign that included victory in the UAE 2000 Guineas and second place behind Wonder Dean on Dubai World Cup night.

No UAE Derby runner has won the Kentucky Derby yet, but Six Speed has earned his chance.

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01/05/2026

Tadej Pogačar made it two wins in two days at the Tour de Romandie, taking stage 2 for UAE Team Emirates-XRG in Vucherens.

The world champion controlled attacks on the final climb, stayed calm in a reduced 32-rider sprint, then came past Dorian Godon late to win again.

He now leads the general classification by 17 seconds after another sharp finish in yellow.

Full story on Yalla Sports.

01/05/2026

Chess in the UAE continues to grow.

New Asian Chess Federation figures show the country now has 3,745 registered players, including 1,284 females and 590 internationally rated players.

The UAE also has a growing pool of officials, with 44 international arbiters, 20 FIDE-rated arbiters and 67 national arbiters now listed.

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30/04/2026

UAE athletes closed the Asian Beach Games in Sanya with six medals and the top Arab ranking.

The 31-athlete delegation competed across jiu-jitsu, sailing, beach soccer and open water swimming, with all six medals coming from jiu-jitsu.

There were also near misses in sailing, with Marwa Al Hammadi and Abdulla Al Zubaidi both finishing fourth in the ILCA 4 class.

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30/04/2026

The UAE athletics team now has five medals at the Arab U20 Athletics Championship in Tunisia.

Al Yazia Tarek added bronze in the women’s javelin with a throw of 32.79m.

Mohammed Adel Al Ali also produced one of the standout UAE results, finishing fourth in the hammer throw by just 2cm and setting a new national record of 61.47m.

That mark beat the previous UAE record, which had stood since 2006.

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30/04/2026

Shaheen are heading into international action this week at the Monaco International Rugby Sevens Championship.

The Emirati squad will face European club opposition as part of UAE Rugby’s wider preparation plan for a busy Asian calendar later this year.

The tournament gives UAE players valuable match time abroad, with Asia Rugby events in China and Sri Lanka, plus the Asian Games in Japan, all still to come in 2026.

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27/04/2026

Former BSAK pupil Catherine Richards has been named in the Wales squad to face England in Round 3 of the Women’s Six Nations.

Richards was part of BSAK’s first girls rugby team, who won the U19 Girls Gulf tournament at the Dubai 7s in 2016.

From Dubai 7s to Ashton Gate, it is a proud moment for BSAK and the UAE rugby community.

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27/04/2026

UAE badminton champion Riyan Malhan is heading into a key stage of his Dakar 2026 preparation.

After an international training camp in Thailand, he will compete in Slovenia from May 13 to 17, then Austria from May 21 to 24.

The events are part of his build-up towards the Youth Olympic Games Dakar 2026, with support from the UAE Sports Talent Care Committee and UAE Badminton Federation.

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