Zenit and Bate
Andre Villas-Boas's Zenit St Petersburg side maintained their supremacy in Group H of the Uefa Champions League with a 2-0 victory at home against Valencia. The visitors were second in the group with six points before Lyon and Ghent were to play a high-profile match last night. Oleg Shatov put Zenit in front 15 minutes after the start, and Artem Dzyuba added to his assist for Shatov with a goal of his own in the 74th minute. Meanwhile in Group E, Barcelona qualified to the knockout stages after BATE Borisov were held to a 1-1 draw by Bayer Leverkusen in a bottom-of-the-table clash.
Manchester United
Manchester United will have captain Wayne Rooney, French teenager Anthony Martial and Belgian midfielder Marouane Fellaini available for tonight’s Uefa Champions League tie against PSV Eindhoven at Old Trafford. Rooney and Martial missed Saturday’s 2-1 Premier League win at Watford with illness and injury respectively, while Fellaini returns from a calf problem, but United will be without Phil Jones and Ander Herrer. Michael Carrick is still not fit, while Bastian Schweinsteiger, who forced the winning own-goal at Watford, did not train yesterday to give him extra recovery time, manager Louis Van Gaal said.
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CSKA Moscow
CSKA Moscow must beat one of the best teams in the Bundesliga if they are to stand any chance of qualifying for the last 16 of the Champions League, according to their coach Leonid Slutsky. The Russians welcome Wolfsburg to the Arena Khimki tonight, and Slutsky said CSKA can be counted in the same category as Bayern Munich. “We’ve studied them and it’s not going to be easy,” he told reporters. “They are one of the best teams in Germany.” Defeat in Group B tonight would not end Wolfsburg’s hopes of qualifying, but CSKA would be out of the running for a top-two finish if they were to lose.
Atletico Madrid
Atletico Madrid head into their final home Group C match tonight needing only to avoid defeat to seal their place in the knockout round. Diego Simeone’s side face a Galatasaray side out of sorts and without a real leader at the helm, after the Turkish team sacked manager Hamza Hamzaoglu last week. Galatasaray have announced Mustafa Denizli’s appointment to replace him, but it is thought he will not travel to Madrid for the pivotal Champions League clash, instead beginning his work with the Istanbul club afterwards.
Borussia M’gladbach
Borussia Monchengladbach have their sights on securing a place in the Europa League next year as they prepare to host Sevilla tonight in Group D. Borussia can no longer catch either Manchester City or Juventus in the group, meaning they are only playing for third place in their final two matches against Sevilla and City. A win over the Spaniards at home would lift them off the bottom and leave the destiny in their own hands, while it would also end Sevilla’s faint hopes of catching the top two. For Sevilla, victory would assure them of at least a place in the Europa League, the competition they have won the past two seasons.
Milestones on the road to union
1970
October 26: Bahrain withdraws from a proposal to create a federation of nine with the seven Trucial States and Qatar.
December: Ahmed Al Suwaidi visits New York to discuss potential UN membership.
1971
March 1: Alex Douglas Hume, Conservative foreign secretary confirms that Britain will leave the Gulf and “strongly supports” the creation of a Union of Arab Emirates.
July 12: Historic meeting at which Sheikh Zayed and Sheikh Rashid make a binding agreement to create what will become the UAE.
July 18: It is announced that the UAE will be formed from six emirates, with a proposed constitution signed. RAK is not yet part of the agreement.
August 6: The fifth anniversary of Sheikh Zayed becoming Ruler of Abu Dhabi, with official celebrations deferred until later in the year.
August 15: Bahrain becomes independent.
September 3: Qatar becomes independent.
November 23-25: Meeting with Sheikh Zayed and Sheikh Rashid and senior British officials to fix December 2 as date of creation of the UAE.
November 29: At 5.30pm Iranian forces seize the Greater and Lesser Tunbs by force.
November 30: Despite a power sharing agreement, Tehran takes full control of Abu Musa.
November 31: UK officials visit all six participating Emirates to formally end the Trucial States treaties
December 2: 11am, Dubai. New Supreme Council formally elects Sheikh Zayed as President. Treaty of Friendship signed with the UK. 11.30am. Flag raising ceremony at Union House and Al Manhal Palace in Abu Dhabi witnessed by Sheikh Khalifa, then Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi.
December 6: Arab League formally admits the UAE. The first British Ambassador presents his credentials to Sheikh Zayed.
December 9: UAE joins the United Nations.
Key facilities
- Olympic-size swimming pool with a split bulkhead for multi-use configurations, including water polo and 50m/25m training lanes
- Premier League-standard football pitch
- 400m Olympic running track
- NBA-spec basketball court with auditorium
- 600-seat auditorium
- Spaces for historical and cultural exploration
- An elevated football field that doubles as a helipad
- Specialist robotics and science laboratories
- AR and VR-enabled learning centres
- Disruption Lab and Research Centre for developing entrepreneurial skills
The National's picks
4.35pm: Tilal Al Khalediah
5.10pm: Continous
5.45pm: Raging Torrent
6.20pm: West Acre
7pm: Flood Zone
7.40pm: Straight No Chaser
8.15pm: Romantic Warrior
8.50pm: Calandogan
9.30pm: Forever Young
Election pledges on migration
CDU: "Now is the time to control the German borders and enforce strict border rejections"
SPD: "Border closures and blanket rejections at internal borders contradict the spirit of a common area of freedom"
The rules on fostering in the UAE
A foster couple or family must:
- be Muslim, Emirati and be residing in the UAE
- not be younger than 25 years old
- not have been convicted of offences or crimes involving moral turpitude
- be free of infectious diseases or psychological and mental disorders
- have the ability to support its members and the foster child financially
- undertake to treat and raise the child in a proper manner and take care of his or her health and well-being
- A single, divorced or widowed Muslim Emirati female, residing in the UAE may apply to foster a child if she is at least 30 years old and able to support the child financially
UPI facts
More than 2.2 million Indian tourists arrived in UAE in 2023
More than 3.5 million Indians reside in UAE
Indian tourists can make purchases in UAE using rupee accounts in India through QR-code-based UPI real-time payment systems
Indian residents in UAE can use their non-resident NRO and NRE accounts held in Indian banks linked to a UAE mobile number for UPI transactions
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If you go
The flights
Emirates and Etihad fly direct to Nairobi, with fares starting from Dh1,695. The resort can be reached from Nairobi via a 35-minute flight from Wilson Airport or Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, or by road, which takes at least three hours.
The rooms
Rooms at Fairmont Mount Kenya range from Dh1,870 per night for a deluxe room to Dh11,000 per night for the William Holden Cottage.
