Gulf Cup

The UAE had defeated Kuwait in an acrimonious final to win the Gulf T20I Championship in Dubai on Saturday night. The UAE had to bat well for a small 153 and put on a brilliant 2-run win that was a memorable match in their cricket history.  The innings started tentatively for the home team and the opening batsman Tanish Suri put in an early stand with 34 runs. The contributions of Alishan Sharafu and Rahul Chopra (28 each) were a bit of stabilisation

As the Qatar Football Association (QFA) on Tuesday announced the final 23-man Al Annabi team for the forthcoming competition to be held in Basra, Iraq, Muhammed Muntari would be absent from the 25th Arabian Gulf Cup. Muntari, who scored the lone goal for Qatar at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, was forced to withdraw from the competition after sustaining a knee injury in practise, according to the Qatar Football Association (QFA). The Al Duhail player was earlier named in the revamped 27-player