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 Dubai Sports City will be the world's first city revolving around the world of sports. It will feature state-of-the-art sporting venues and training facilities along with residential and commercial developments. This will come together as a world class venue for sports events and activities at all levels of competition. All this is intertwined with a residential lifestyle unrivalled in the region and possibly the world.

Dubai Sports City is a destination of enduring spirit and passion, a place whose heart and soul is expressed in rich iconography, timeless rituals and modern heroes. A place where sport is life, champions live, and legends are made. With over 50 million square feet of sporting venues, academies, exceptional homes, cultural activities and retail opportunities, Dubai Sports City is inspired by the greatest cities in the world, but at its heart beats the very essence of sport.

Dubai Sports City is the world’s first purpose-built sports city. Set on 50 million square feet of land within the Dubailand development, Dubai Sports City will feature four magnificent stadia: a 60,000 seat multi-purpose outdoor stadium, a 25,000 capacity cricket stadium, a 10,000 seat multi-purpose indoor arena, and a field hockey venue for 5,000 spectators.

n addition to the sporting facilities, Dubai Sports City will boast all of the residential and commercial developments expected in a purpose-built city, including international schools, world-class medical facilities, hotels, leisure opportunities and a well-being and lifestyle country club, the Next Generation Club. The primary shopping destination at Dubai Sports City will be a sports- themed retail mall with a leasing capacity of approximately 1.2 million square feet. This mall will be complimented by a multitude of shops, markets, retail plazas and boutiques.

Sports City News


Hindustan Times

Pak selectors pick youngsters for ODI, T20s against England
Hindustan Times
PTI Pakistan cricketer Younis Khan (L) raises his bat to the crowd after scoring a half-century during the second day of their third and final Test match against England at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium at Dubai Sports City.

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Posted on 7 February 2012 | 1:54 am


The Express Tribune

Real challenge is playing well on away tours: Misbah
The Express Tribune
By AFP Pakistan's cricketers celebrate victory in the third and final Test match against England at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai Sports City on February 6, 2012. PHOTO: AFP DUBAI: Pakistan test team captain Misbahul Haq is on a high ...
Pakistan complete historic whitewash against EnglandThe Nation, Pakistan
Ton-up Younis helps Pakistan thwart England in 3rd TestHindustan Times
Pakistan complete historic whitewash of EnglandNews Tribe
Associated Press of Pakistan -PakistanToday.com.pk -gulfnews.com
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Posted on 6 February 2012 | 9:50 pm


Emirates 24/7

Lusitanians hockey tourney at Dubai Sports City
Emirates 24/7
(SUPPLIED) Lusitanians Sports Club (LSC) is organising the 13th edition of the Invitation 11-a-side hockey tournament (Men and Women) on Friday at Dubai Sports City, Dubai. The main sponsors for this event are UAE Exchange and Oilfields Supply Center ...

Posted on 5 February 2012 | 11:23 pm


The National

ICC offer financial incentives to be the best in cricket
The National
At an executive board meeting in their Dubai Sports City headquarters, the governing body agreed to substantially inflated incentives for the years leading up to the first world Test championship, which is scheduled for 2017. A total of US$3.8 million ...

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Posted on 1 February 2012 | 12:00 pm


Cricket365 News

Pitch report - Dubai International Cricket Stadium
Cricket365 News
One of four planned or completed stadiums in the ever-evolving Dubai Sports City, the world's first ever purpose-built athletic metropolis, Dubai International Cricket Stadium weighs in with plenty of impressive numbers. Flanked by football, basketball ...
England edge ahead as wickets tumble in third TestThe Express Tribune
Younis Khan puts Pakistan in charge in DubaiArabianBusiness.com
Pakistan in driving seat against England in Dubai TestNews Tribe
BBC News -Bangkok Post -Peninsula On-line
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Posted on 1 February 2012 | 5:51 am


gulfnews.com

Atherton enjoying second innings
gulfnews.com
... while I have also had the privilege of watching England's transition from a pretty ordinary team to a wonderful side over the last two to three years," said Atherton on the sidelines of the first Test against Pakistan at the Dubai Sports City.
A clinical finishThe Express Tribune
The upside of a three-day finishESPNcricinfo.com (blog)

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Posted on 21 January 2012 | 11:20 am


Where are you? Barmy Army get empty UAE feeling
Times of India
We are keen in helping the promotion of sports tourism in the UAE," Maqbul Dudhia, Dubai Sports City general manager, told Gulf News. The second Test will be played in Abu Dhabi (January 25-29), while the third Test returns to Dubai from February 3-7.

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Posted on 19 January 2012 | 5:59 pm


The National

English investors battle Dubai Sports City builders
The National
Buildings take shape around the cricket stadium at Dubai Sports City. Pawan Singh / The National As English cricket fans focused on the Test match against Pakistan in Dubai Sports City, hundreds of UK investors were battling builders over stalled ...

Posted on 19 January 2012 | 12:09 pm


ESPNcricinfo.com (blog)

Pakistan spin bamboozles England for 192
The Express Tribune
... his teammates after he dismissed England's cricket captain Andrew Strauss (unseen) during the first day of the opening Test match between Pakistan's and England's at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium at Dubai Sports City on January 17, 2012.
Pakistan ready to face England in first test match tomorrowNews Tribe
Pakistan post 138 for 2 by lunch on second daygulfnews.com
The Doosra - Expect fireworks7DAYS
BBC Sport -ESPNcricinfo.com (blog) -Emirates 24/7
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Posted on 17 January 2012 | 5:36 am


The Guardian

Pakistan playing England in Dubai? The who, the what, and the why
The Guardian
The ultra-modern 25000-seat Dubai Sports City stadium, venue for the first and third Tests, is at the heart of the £4bn Sports City complex. The ground, opened in 2009, boasts "spacious and unsurpassed quality dressing rooms" for players and officials ...
Panesar stakes claim for a spotin Test with five-wicket haulgulfnews.com
...APP/ Sports --- Cricket- Pakistan-England Free entry for families Friday to ...Associated Press of Pakistan

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Posted on 14 January 2012 | 1:43 pm