India/London, 11thSeptember 2024: Arjun Erigaisi, the 21-year-old chess prodigy from Warangal, has been creating waves this year with a career-best ranking. He ascended to World No.4 in the FIDE world ratings in June this year after beating France’s Loic Travadon in the French Team Chess Championship 2024.
With the Chess Olympiad starting in Budapest this month and the much-awaited Tech Mahindra Global Chess League starting in London on 3rd October, Arjun exuded confidence and excitement as he prepares for a busy chess season.
A delegation of 20 athletes with intellectual and developmental disabilitieswill compete in five sports: swimming, table tennis, athletics, football, and bocce.
Special Olympics UAE athletes perpared for the Games in a training camp in Al Ain earlier this month.
This participation highlights the strong partnership between Special Olympics UAE and Special Olympics Malta.
Abu Dhabi, UAE, September 11, 2024: ASpecial Olympics UAE delegationdeparted on Tuesday to participate in the Special Olympics Malta National Games 2024, held from September 12 to 15, 2024. The UAE delegation will compete in five sports: swimming, table tennis, athletics, football, and bocce.
Majid Al Futtaim Entertainment and Activate Games to launch interactive entertainment experience that fuses gaming and fitness for the first time in the MENA region
Advance tickets are available at playactivatemena.com
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 10 September 2024: Majid Al Futtaim Entertainment is excited to announce that it will launch the active gaming experience, Activate, in September. The state-of-the-art facility at City Centre Mirdif will mark the first location in the MENA region in partnership with Canadian gaming company, Activate Games.
Activate features nine dynamic game rooms with cutting-edge technology that reacts in real time, ensuring an adrenaline-filled adventure. Each room caters for groups of two to five players and are designed to test physical and mental agility. Fusing gaming, entertainment, and physical activity, players can jump, climb, dodge and problem solve through more than 50 different games including the TikTok viral sensation Mega Grid, which features 500-plus multi-activated coloured lights, as well as high-tech games that blend digital and physical activities including Hoops, Strike, Portals, Press, Hide and Control.
The much-awaited second season of the US Masters T10 is coming up soon. But before that, the franchises have had their say and picked their squads, with the eventual goal of first winning the trophy, and also entertaining the crowds in North America.
Like the inaugural edition, the season promises plenty of riveting contests and of course, the big hits as cricket’s fastest and most entertaining format takes centre stage. The likes of Dwayne Bravo, Suresh Raina, Shoaib Malik, Mishab-ul-Haq, James Neesham, Angelo Perera, and Aaron Finch, among others will battle it out for the top prize. With 60 spots up for grabs in the tournament, more than 500 cricketers registered for the Player Draft for Season 2 of the US Masters T10.
The California Bolts came into the Player Draft with James Neesham (New Zealand: Icon), Lliam Plunkett (England: Platinum Grade), Colin de Grandhomme (New Zealand: Global Superstar), Shehan Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka), Bipul Sharma (India) and Lahiru Milantha (USA) already signed up. They went onto add Munaf Patel (India), Martin Guptill (New Zealand), Manpreet Gony (India), Samiullah Shinwari (Afghanistan), Jon-Russ Jaggesar (West Indies), Devendra Bishoo (West Indies), Chris Benjamin (South Africa), Mayank Tehlan (India), Hussain Talat (Pakistan), Kesrick Williams (West Indies) and Dhammika Prasad (Sri Lanka).
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