The UAE Football Association (UAEFA) has announced that it will be canceling this season’s competition.
This means contests for the President’s Cup and the First Division League will no longer take place.
The association clarified that the decision comes in light of the current circumstances affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
They also coordinated with the relevant authorities in the country, after FIFA released its latest updates, to cancel the events.
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Former Austria goalkeeper Alex Manninger, who played for Arsenal and a string of Italian clubs, died in a road accident on Thursday aged 48, the Austrian Football Association (OEFB) said.
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His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, said that the completion of Dubai’s first air taxi station marks a strategic leap in the emirate’s journey to lead the future of urban mobility.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has summoned Omar Abdulmajid Hamid Al Obaidi, Chargé d’Affaires at the Iraqi Embassy in the UAE, delivering a strongly worded note of protest over unprovoked attacks launched from Iraqi territory.
The UAE Ministry of Education has postponed school bus operations for all public and private nurseries, kindergartens and schools as in-person learning resumes.
