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Dubai International Sports
Dubai Sports - Dubai International Sports by Dubai City Guide Summer 2008
Dubai has stolen the international limelight over the past few years and among the many reasons for that is its value as a sporting venue. With the likes of Dubai International Sports City coming up and various international sporting events hosted by Dubai, the city is rapidly gaining popularity as a favoured venue for holding events such as car rallies, tennis championships, golf tournaments, rugby finals, football matches and equestrian races. Dubai’s ruling family is the primary entity involved in creating the ’sporting city’ image, which has escalated to such heights that even hosting the 2016 Summer Olympics was considered for awhile, although the bid didn’t take place.
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Dubai Sports
Dubai Sports And Recreation, by Dubai City Guide summer 2008
Not too long ago, sports in Dubai City meant the traditional activities in the dry desert, such as camel racing, falconry and Saluki racing. But over the last 20 years or so, Dubai has developed from barren desert land in to a bustling metropolis of mega proportions and everything has changed for the better. Now, to speak of Dubai sports means to speak of canoeing, car rallying, cricket, football, golf, equestrian sport, polo, powerboat racing, ice skating, skiing, rock climbing, rugby, sailing, shooting, archery, sand skiing, desert safaris and even trekking and mountaineering.
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