Sports from Thursday, November 13th, 2025

The UAE and Iraq played out a 1-1 draw in the first leg of their 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier playoff in Abu Dhabi.

Dubai has unveiled an ambitious Sports Sector Strategic Plan 2033, setting a bold goal for the emirate to become the world’s top sporting city within the next decade.

Michael Kim produced a brilliant burst of scoring on the back nine to lead by one shot after the first round of the 2025 DP World Tour Championship.

Swing bowler Jacob Duffy took four for 35 as New Zealand cruised to an emphatic eight-wicket victory over West Indies in the fifth and final Twenty20 in Dunedin on Thursday, clinching the series 3-1.

The tri-nation Twenty20 international series featuring hosts Pakistan as well as Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe will be played entirely in Rawalpindi from November 18, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said on Thursday, after this week's bombing in the capital Islamabad.

Defending champion Jannik Sinner reached the semi-finals of the ATP Finals with a 6-4 6-3 win over two-times winner Alexander Zverev on Wednesday, with Ben Shelton eliminated after losing earlier to Felix Auger-Aliassime in the same group.

The UAE national football team will be hosting their Iraqi counterparts in Abu Dhabi on Thursday for the first leg of the Asian play-off rounds to qualify for the 2026 World Cup.