French football club Olympique Lyonnais will play their first match under Emirates sponsorship wearing bespoke jerseys that tell viewers Dubai is open for travel Courtesy Emirates
French football club Olympique Lyonnais will play their first match under Emirates sponsorship wearing bespoke jerseys that tell viewers Dubai is open for travel Courtesy Emirates
French football club Olympique Lyonnais will play their first match under Emirates sponsorship wearing bespoke jerseys that tell viewers Dubai is open for travel Courtesy Emirates
French football club Olympique Lyonnais will play their first match under Emirates sponsorship wearing bespoke jerseys that tell viewers Dubai is open for travel Courtesy Emirates

Emirates' 'Dubai is Open' logo to feature on Olympique Lyonnais strips


Hayley Skirka
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Dubai is Open.

That's the message that's set to make it to Europe on Saturday when it will be plastered all over the Groupama Stadium in France.

Lyon, one of France's top football teams, will play their first match under their new Emirates sponsorship deal wearing strips that tell anyone watching that Dubai is open for travel.

The jerseys have been designed to create awareness that from July 7, business and leisure travellers can return to Dubai.

Lyon will wear the one-off strips when they take on Nice in a friendly match on Saturday. Designed in the Ligue 1 club's home colours, the red and white strips have the words "Dubai is open" emblazoned on the chest.

Lyon will wear Dubai-is-open-branded jerseys when they take on Nice at their Groupama Stadium on Saturday, July 4.
Lyon will wear Dubai-is-open-branded jerseys when they take on Nice at their Groupama Stadium on Saturday, July 4.

Similar messages will be seen on digital signboards at other Emirates football sponsorships in Europe, including at Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Spain, and Arsenal's The Emirates stadium in England.

Travellers welcome in Dubai

Emirates has introduced new safety protocols for travellers flying into or out of Dubai. Courtesy Emirates
Emirates has introduced new safety protocols for travellers flying into or out of Dubai. Courtesy Emirates

Dubai recently announced that is was opening for travel with visitors welcome into the city from July 7.

New air travel measures have been put in place by Emirates to help protect passengers from the coronavirus when they fly. These include compulsory face masks and reduced in-flight food and beverage services.

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Emirates' New Safety Measures 

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The Dubai airline has been rebuilding its flight schedule to, through and from Dubai and is currently operating to 50 cities around the world.

All visitors planning a trip to Dubai must hold international health insurance policies covering illness from Covid-19. Travellers should also check current entry restrictions for any country they want to visit before booking flights.

While Dubai is reopening to tourists on July 7, the rest of the UAE remains closed to visitors until further notice.

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Genesis G80 2020 5.0-litre Royal Specs

Engine: 5-litre V8

Gearbox: eight-speed automatic

Power: 420hp

Torque: 505Nm

Fuel economy, combined: 12.4L/100km

Price: Dh260,500

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Name: Sari Al Zubaidi

Occupation: co-founder of Cafe di Rosati

Age: 42

Marital status: single

Favourite drink: drip coffee V60

Favourite destination: Bali, Indonesia 

Favourite book: 100 Years of Solitude 

Bangladesh tour of Pakistan

January 24 – First T20, Lahore

January 25 – Second T20, Lahore

January 27 – Third T20, Lahore

February 7-11 – First Test, Rawalpindi

April 3 – One-off ODI, Karachi

April 5-9 – Second Test, Karachi

THE SPECS

Engine: 3.6-litre V6

Transmission: eight-speed automatic

Power: 285bhp

Torque: 353Nm

Price: TBA

On sale: Q2, 2020

Under 19 World Cup

Group A: India, Japan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka

Group B: Australia, England, Nigeria, West Indies

Group C: Bangladesh, Pakistan, Scotland, Zimbabwe

Group D: Afghanistan, Canada, South Africa, UAE

 

UAE fixtures

Saturday, January 18, v Canada

Wednesday, January 22, v Afghanistan

Saturday, January 25, v South Africa

SPECS

Nissan 370z Nismo

Engine: 3.7-litre V6

Transmission: seven-speed automatic

Power: 363hp

Torque: 560Nm

Price: Dh184,500

The bio

Favourite book: Kane and Abel by Jeffrey Archer

Favourite quote: “The world makes way for the man who knows where he is going.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist

Favourite Authors: Arab poet Abu At-Tayyib Al-Mutanabbi

Favourite Emirati food: Luqaimat, a deep-fried dough soaked in date syrup

Hobbies: Reading and drawing

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Catchweight 82kg
Piotr Kuberski (POL) beat Ahmed Saeb (IRQ) by decision.

Women’s bantamweight
Corinne Laframboise (CAN) beat Cornelia Holm (SWE) by unanimous decision.

Welterweight
Omar Hussein (PAL) beat Vitalii Stoian (UKR) by unanimous decision.

Welterweight
Josh Togo (LEB) beat Ali Dyusenov (UZB) by unanimous decision.

Flyweight
Isaac Pimentel (BRA) beat Delfin Nawen (PHI) TKO round-3.

Catchweight 80kg​​​​​​​
Seb Eubank (GBR) beat Emad Hanbali (SYR) KO round 1.

Lightweight
Mohammad Yahya (UAE) beat Ramadan Noaman (EGY) TKO round 2.

Lightweight
Alan Omer (GER) beat Reydon Romero (PHI) submission 1.

Welterweight
Juho Valamaa (FIN) beat Ahmed Labban (LEB) by unanimous decision.

Featherweight
Elias Boudegzdame (ALG) beat Austin Arnett (USA) by unanimous decision.

Super heavyweight
Maciej Sosnowski (POL) beat Ibrahim El Sawi (EGY) by submission round 1.

History's medical milestones

1799 - First small pox vaccine administered

1846 - First public demonstration of anaesthesia in surgery

1861 - Louis Pasteur published his germ theory which proved that bacteria caused diseases

1895 - Discovery of x-rays

1923 - Heart valve surgery performed successfully for first time

1928 - Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin

1953 - Structure of DNA discovered

1952 - First organ transplant - a kidney - takes place 

1954 - Clinical trials of birth control pill

1979 - MRI, or magnetic resonance imaging, scanned used to diagnose illness and injury.

1998 - The first adult live-donor liver transplant is carried out

BUNDESLIGA FIXTURES

Friday (All UAE kick-off times)

Borussia Dortmund v Eintracht Frankfurt (11.30pm)

Saturday

Union Berlin v Bayer Leverkusen (6.30pm)

FA Augsburg v SC Freiburg (6.30pm)

RB Leipzig v Werder Bremen (6.30pm)

SC Paderborn v Hertha Berlin (6.30pm)

Hoffenheim v Wolfsburg (6.30pm)

Fortuna Dusseldorf v Borussia Monchengladbach (9.30pm)

Sunday

Cologne v Bayern Munich (6.30pm)

Mainz v FC Schalke (9pm)

Pharaoh's curse

British aristocrat Lord Carnarvon, who funded the expedition to find the Tutankhamun tomb, died in a Cairo hotel four months after the crypt was opened.
He had been in poor health for many years after a car crash, and a mosquito bite made worse by a shaving cut led to blood poisoning and pneumonia.
Reports at the time said Lord Carnarvon suffered from “pain as the inflammation affected the nasal passages and eyes”.
Decades later, scientists contended he had died of aspergillosis after inhaling spores of the fungus aspergillus in the tomb, which can lie dormant for months. The fact several others who entered were also found dead withiin a short time led to the myth of the curse.

The specs

Engine: 4.0-litre V8 twin-turbocharged and three electric motors

Power: Combined output 920hp

Torque: 730Nm at 4,000-7,000rpm

Transmission: 8-speed dual-clutch automatic

Fuel consumption: 11.2L/100km

On sale: Now, deliveries expected later in 2025

Price: expected to start at Dh1,432,000

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Director: Kaouther Ben Hania

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MATCH INFO

Uefa Champions League semi-finals, first leg
Liverpool v Roma

When: April 24, 10.45pm kick-off (UAE)
Where: Anfield, Liverpool
Live: BeIN Sports HD
Second leg: May 2, Stadio Olimpico, Rome

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COMPANY PROFILE
Name: Kumulus Water
 
Started: 2021
 
Founders: Iheb Triki and Mohamed Ali Abid
 
Based: Tunisia 
 
Sector: Water technology 
 
Number of staff: 22 
 
Investment raised: $4 million 
The specs
 
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Power: 398hp from 5,250rpm
Torque: 580Nm at 1,900-4,800rpm
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MATCH INFO

Norwich City 1 (Cantwell 75') Manchester United 2 (Aghalo 51' 118') After extra time.

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