Sport calendar: September 2010



Sep 2-5 Golf Crans Montana, Omega European Masters Sep 4 Rugby Union Bloemfontein-Sapa, Tri Nations, South Africa v Australia Sep 4 Rugby Union England, Guinness Premiership season starts Sep 4-5 Athletics Split, IAAF Continental Cup Sep 5 Cricket Cardiff, England v Pakistan, 1st T20 Sep 5 Rugby League England, engage Super League season ends Sep 5-12 Squash Holland, Women's World Open Championship Sep 7 Cricket Cardiff, England v Pakistan, 2nd T20 Sep 8-11 Racing Doncaster, St Leger Meeting Sep 8-12 Motorsport Sapporo, WRC - Rally Japan Sep 9-12 Golf Hilversum, KLM Open Sep 9-13 Judo Tokyo, World Championships Sep 9 American Football North America, New NFL season begins Sep 10 Cricket Durham, England v Pakistan, 1st ODI Sep 11 Rugby Union Sydney, Tri Nations, Australia v New Zealand Sep 11 Horse Racing Ireland, Irish St Leger, The Curragh Sep 10-12 Rugby League England, engage Super League play-offs start Sep 12 Formula One Monza, Italian Grand Prix Sep 12 Motor Cycling San Marino, MotoGP Sep 12 Cricket Leeds, England v Pakistan, 2nd ODI Sep 17-19 Tennis TBC, Davis Cup semi-finals/play-offs Sep 17 Cricket London, England v Pakistan, 3rd ODI Sep 19 Motor Cycling Hungary, MotoGP Sep 19 Athletics Newcastle, Bupa Great North Run Sep 20 Cricket London, England v Pakistan, 4th ODI Sep 22 Cricket Southampton, England v Pakistan, 5th ODI Sep 23-26 Golf TBC, The Viviendi Sep 23-Oct 3 Basketball Czech Republic, FIBA World Championship for Women Sep 24-26 Horse Racing Hilversum, KLM Open Sep 24-26 Horse Racing Ascot, Ascot Festival Sep 25-Oct 10 Equestrian Kentucky, World Equestrian Games Sep 26 Formula One Singapore, Singapore Grand Prix Sep 27-Oct 3 Tennis Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian Open Sep 27-Oct 3 Tennis Bangkok, Thailand Open Sep 27-Oct 3 Tennis Tokyo, Tokyo Pan Pacific Open Sep 29-Oct 3 Cycling Melbourne, Road World Championship Sep 29-Oct 3 Motorsport Epinal, WRC - Rally France

360Vuz PROFILE

Date started: January 2017
Founder: Khaled Zaatarah 
Based: Dubai and Los Angeles
Sector: Technology 
Size: 21 employees
Funding: $7 million 
Investors: Shorooq Partners, KBW Ventures, Vision Ventures, Hala Ventures, 500Startups, Plug and Play, Magnus Olsson, Samih Toukan, Jonathan Labin

The specs

Engine: 5.0-litre V8

Power: 480hp at 7,250rpm

Torque: 566Nm at 4,600rpm

Transmission: 10-speed auto

Fuel consumption: L/100km

Price: Dh306,495

On sale: now

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

The specs

Engine: Dual 180kW and 300kW front and rear motors

Power: 480kW

Torque: 850Nm

Transmission: Single-speed automatic

Price: From Dh359,900 ($98,000)

On sale: Now

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
While you're here

Michael Young: Where is Lebanon headed?

Kareem Shaheen: I owe everything to Beirut

Raghida Dergham: We have to bounce back

Tips for avoiding trouble online
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  • Do not publish or repost racist or hate speech, yours or anyone else’s
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  • Do not defame anyone. Have a difference of opinion with someone? Don’t attack them on social media
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PROFILE OF HALAN

Started: November 2017

Founders: Mounir Nakhla, Ahmed Mohsen and Mohamed Aboulnaga

Based: Cairo, Egypt

Sector: transport and logistics

Size: 150 employees

Investment: approximately $8 million

Investors include: Singapore’s Battery Road Digital Holdings, Egypt’s Algebra Ventures, Uber co-founder and former CTO Oscar Salazar

At a glance

Global events: Much of the UK’s economic woes were blamed on “increased global uncertainty”, which can be interpreted as the economic impact of the Ukraine war and the uncertainty over Donald Trump’s tariffs.

 

Growth forecasts: Cut for 2025 from 2 per cent to 1 per cent. The OBR watchdog also estimated inflation will average 3.2 per cent this year

 

Welfare: Universal credit health element cut by 50 per cent and frozen for new claimants, building on cuts to the disability and incapacity bill set out earlier this month

 

Spending cuts: Overall day-to day-spending across government cut by £6.1bn in 2029-30 

 

Tax evasion: Steps to crack down on tax evasion to raise “£6.5bn per year” for the public purse

 

Defence: New high-tech weaponry, upgrading HM Naval Base in Portsmouth

 

Housing: Housebuilding to reach its highest in 40 years, with planning reforms helping generate an extra £3.4bn for public finances