As a surprise gift for landing a job, Megan gave me some tickets to the 2010 Mubadala World Tennis Championships in Abu Dhabi. Taking place only a few minutes from our apartment, this three day tournament over New Year’s Eve weekend brought together six of the world’s best to slug it out. We were fortunate…
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World Cup Action!
The FIFA Club World Cup tournament is an annual soccer championship that brings together the club champion from each of the continents. This year’s tournament hosted in Abu Dhabi, featured local favorites Al Wahda…plus teams from Mexico (our closest home team), Korea, Brazil, Italy, Congo and Papua New Guinea. Lucky for us, one of the…
The Race!
Over the weekend, Megan and I took in some Formula 1 racing at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi. It was our first time watching live F1 racing and we were not disappointed! The action is fast and overall racing facility is impressive. Last year, Abu Dhabi built the track on Yas Island so…
Fumble!
We interrupt your regularly scheduled coverage of Abu Dhabi to bring you this breaking sports news: The Williamsport Vikings edged past the Williamsport Bears by a score of 7-6 in 5th to 8th grade football action last Sunday. Linebacker Kyle O’Ney (our nephew) recovered of a fumble early in the game, which led to the…