Sports and Dubai- does it seems unusual? I am sure you must have heard Dubai as business center or a shopping hub but it has never been counted in sports much.

Few people know the fact that it is the first city to construct its own sports city. Yes, a whole city is being constructed for the sake of sports and play. This sports city will incorporate the hearts of all sporting activities and venues for all sports. Not only sports it will incorporate academic, commercial and residential centers. Seeing the plans of this sports city, it seems to be a bright future for sports activities. Though this city is not completed yet, but it assumed to be completed by end of this year, that is, 2007. This sports city is constructed for over the area of 50 million square feet thus catering to the multi needs of sports. According to plans it would feature large stadiums each featuring high number of seats of near about 60,000. Moreover, this magnificent city will be the center for Ernie Els’ first golf course design in the Middle East. Addition to the above, it would host the first-purpose built

Manchester United Soccer Schools facility in the world.

Apart from this sports city, its not that Dubai has been vacant from the sports events. Being a trade center, sports, as an activity seems the activity that is not talked about much.

Following are the sports that have been hosted by Dubai many times:

• Football: unlike cricket in Asian countries, football is much of the crazes of people in UAE. Not only kids, it has been the interest of adults and while traveling you can see many people kicking the balls and enjoying it.

• Golf: golf is one of the other passions of the people of UAE (Dubai). It’s no more just an American game rather it has been a part of people residing in Dubai. The boom in the construction of golf course is the perfect evidence to prove the passions. Dubai’s country club, UAE emirates club and Dubai Creek golf and yatch club are some places where you have golf’s on your minds and see golf bats in other people’s hands.

• Horse searching: this name may seem to be amusing but as a sport it is immensely popular in Dubai. Moreover, the Dubai world cup is the world’s richest horse searching event through out the world. The price money is 15 million US dollars that are organized by Dubai racing club.

• Water sports: water sports in deserted area may seem to be the impossible thing but the creek parting Dubai features various water sports. These water sports include sailing, windsurfing, water-skiing, and scuba drivi