Vito injury blow for All Blacks

DUBAI // New Zealand's World Cup Sevens hopes have been dealt a considerable blow after it was revealed their kingpin, Victor Vito, may play no further part in the tournament. Vito, who has been hailed as the new Jonah Lomu, sustained a calf injury in the days leading up to the tournament. He baffled the team's medical staff by recovering his fitness in time to make the final squad. However, he then broke down again in warming up for the opening match of day two, against the Arabian Gulf, with a recurrence of the same injury. He limped away from the field, and cut a dejected figure on the sidelines later in the evening when New Zealand sealed their place in the quarter-finals with a comfortable win over Tonga. "He is not ruled out," said the coach Gordon Tietjens. "We will have to see how he is in the morning. He was pretty down about it, pretty devastated." England finally lived up to their pre-tournament billing in the penultimate match of this evening, as they dispatched an in-form Kenya side. They had underwhelmed during an opening day win over Hong Kong, then were nearly embarrassed by Tunisia, who they eventually beat 26-24 early this morning. Their playmaker, Ben Gollings, said: "Deep down, we knew we had a few more gears to go and time has showed that. We are looking forward to the quarter-finals now." England will play Samoa in tomorrow's quarter-finals, and their coach Ben Ryan said: "This team is assembled for big games ? it is what they do very well. "That is going to be a humdinger of a game in the quarter-final. We have had a real love-hate relationship with Samoa, and we actually shared a dressing-room with them today."

pradley@thenational.ae

Five famous companies founded by teens

There are numerous success stories of teen businesses that were created in college dorm rooms and other modest circumstances. Below are some of the most recognisable names in the industry:

Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg and his friends started Facebook when he was a 19-year-old Harvard undergraduate.
Dell: When Michael Dell was an undergraduate student at Texas University in 1984, he started upgrading computers for profit. He starting working full-time on his business when he was 19. Eventually, his company became the Dell Computer Corporation and then Dell Inc.
Subway: Fred DeLuca opened the first Subway restaurant when he was 17. In 1965, Mr DeLuca needed extra money for college, so he decided to open his own business. Peter Buck, a family friend, lent him $1,000 and together, they opened Pete’s Super Submarines. A few years later, the company was rebranded and called Subway.
Mashable: In 2005, Pete Cashmore created Mashable in Scotland when he was a teenager. The site was then a technology blog. Over the next few decades, Mr Cashmore has turned Mashable into a global media company.
Oculus VR: Palmer Luckey founded Oculus VR in June 2012, when he was 19. In August that year, Oculus launched its Kickstarter campaign and raised more than $1 million in three days. Facebook bought Oculus for $2 billion two years later.

Company profile

Name: Tratok Portal

Founded: 2017

Based: UAE

Sector: Travel & tourism

Size: 36 employees

Funding: Privately funded