Action continues at the Tokyo Olympics with the UAE's last medal hope - judoka Ivan Remarenco - competing on Thursday.
Below are other athletes from the Mena region who will be fighting for glory at the Games.
Baseball
Yokohama Baseball Stadium
With the softball over, the baseball begins. This will be Israel’s first appearance in the Olympics, they will be making their debut against the 2008 Olympic Champions, South Korea.
Boxing - various preliminaries
Kokugican Arena
Several weight divisions featuring excellent fighters all battling it out in the round of 16. Two Algerians will be stepping into the ring today. First up in the men’s middle weight (69-75kg) is Younness Nemouchi who will be fighting against Eumir Marcial from the Philippines. Then, in the evening session, double-Olympian Chouaib Bouloudinats will be fighting Richard Torrez Jr from the US in the super heavyweight class (+91kg).
In the last super heavyweight bout of the day, the 2019 African Games champion, Yousry Hafez from Egypt will be up against Kamshybek Kunkabayev from Kazakhstan.
Fencing
Makuhari Messe
Women’s foil makes a return to the Olympics after being left off the schedule in Rio 2016. Egypt’s opener will be against the world champions, Russia.
Judo - women’s -78kg and men’s -100kg
Nippon Budokan
It’s competition day in the women’s -78kg and men’s -100kg weight categories.
Representing the UAE in the men’s -100kg weight class, is Ivan Remarenco. The double Olympian will go into the last 32 facing off against 2020 Pan American champion and world number eight, Shady Elnahas from Canada.
Also in the elimination round of 32 is world number 13, Ramadan Darwish from Egypt who will start the day against Hussain Shah from Pakistan.
Upon making it through to the last 16, they may be drawn against Israel’s Peter Paltchik, European Championship winner in 2020 and world ranked number four.
In the women’s -78kg category, also from Israel, is Inbar Lanir, who will be taking on Munkhtsetseg Otgon from Mongolia.
Rowing
Sea Forest Waterway
After some choppy weather in Tokyo over the past few days, 14 of the 18 races today were rescheduled. With just a little rain on the forecast, we should have a full day of racing with a handful of Mena talent to get behind.
Nazanin Malaei will be rowing for a place in the medals final of the women’s single sculls. Husein Alireza from Saudi Arabia, Abdelkhalek Elbana from Egypt and Mohammed Al Khafaji from Iraq will be aiming for a high finals place in the men’s single sculls.
Algeria’s men and Tunisia’s women will be rowing in the lightweight double sculls finals.
Sailing - various
Enoshima, Fukisawa and Kamakura
The final day of the women’s windsurfing RS:X competition, with Britain’s Emma Wilson currently in line for gold. Israel’s Katy Spychakov is currently in seventh.
The women’s two-person dinghy competition continues, look out for Israel’s Noya Bar Am and Shahar Tibi.
Shooting - women and men’s trap finals
Asaka Shooting/ Shotgun ranges
Kuwait’s Abdulrahman Al Faihan is currently leading the field in the qualification rounds. Countryman Talal Al Rashidi, Abdel Aziz Mehelba and Ahmed Zaher of Egypt, and Mohammed Al Rumaihi from Qatar will be hoping they can do enough to make the finals.
Ray Bassil from Lebanon and Maggy Ashmawy from Egypt will be looking for better performances today to stand a chance of getting into the finals in the women’s competition.
Swimming - various
Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Plenty of action today in the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.
Several Mena swimmers to look out for in the evening session in the men’s 100m butterfly qualifying heats.
Yousif Bu Arish from Saudi Arabia, Abdulla Ali Yusuf from Bahrain, Kuwait’s Abbas Qali and Youssef Ramadan from Egypt will all be swimming for a place in the final. So too will Tomer Frankel and Gal Cohen Groumi representing Israel.
In the women’s 200m backstroke, look out for Aviv Barzelay from Israel.
RESULT
Arsenal 1 Chelsea 2
Arsenal: Aubameyang (13')
Chelsea: Jorginho (83'), Abraham (87')
FIXTURES (all times UAE)
Sunday
Brescia v Lazio (3.30pm)
SPAL v Verona (6pm)
Genoa v Sassuolo (9pm)
AS Roma v Torino (11.45pm)
Monday
Bologna v Fiorentina (3.30pm)
AC Milan v Sampdoria (6pm)
Juventus v Cagliari (6pm)
Atalanta v Parma (6pm)
Lecce v Udinese (9pm)
Napoli v Inter Milan (11.45pm)
The line up
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Saturday: Nas, Lion Bbae, Roxanne Shante and DaniLeigh
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The idea of pound parity now seems less far-fetched as the risk grows that Britain may split away from the European Union without a deal.
Rupert Harrison, a fund manager at BlackRock, sees the risk of it falling to trade level with the dollar on a no-deal Brexit. The view echoes Morgan Stanley’s recent forecast that the currency can plunge toward $1 (Dh3.67) on such an outcome. That isn’t the majority view yet – a Bloomberg survey this month estimated the pound will slide to $1.10 should the UK exit the bloc without an agreement.
New Prime Minister Boris Johnson has repeatedly said that Britain will leave the EU on the October 31 deadline with or without an agreement, fuelling concern the nation is headed for a disorderly departure and fanning pessimism toward the pound. Sterling has fallen more than 7 per cent in the past three months, the worst performance among major developed-market currencies.
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The pound fell 0.8 per cent to $1.2033 on Friday, its weakest closing level since the 1980s, after a report on the second quarter showed the UK economy shrank for the first time in six years. The data means it is likely the Bank of England will cut interest rates, according to Mizuho Bank.
The BOE said in November that the currency could fall even below $1 in an analysis on possible worst-case Brexit scenarios. Options-based calculations showed around a 6.4 per cent chance of pound-dollar parity in the next one year, markedly higher than 0.2 per cent in early March when prospects of a no-deal outcome were seemingly off the table.
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