Dubai Sports Events
Tourists in Dubai can enjoy virtually in any sport activity they can imagine but besides countless sport activities for tourists Dubai is also famous for numerous sports events which entertain millions of sports fans worldwide. Sports events organized in Dubai also attract numerous sports enthusiasts as well as top sports stars in the city.
Most popular sports in Dubai are football and cricket, while the city has hosted several India-Pakistan matches. Dubai also hosts the Dubai Desert Classic golf tournament since 1989 which is a part of the European Tour and the first European Tour organized in the Middle East that attracts the biggest golf stars from all over the world. The city is also the host of annual Dubai Tennis Championships and The Legends Rock Dubai as well as the Dubai Seven which is one of the best known rugby sevens competition. One of the most famous sports events that takes palace in Dubai is the annual Dubai World Cup, a Thoroughbred horse race that is held at the Nad Al Sheba Racecourse and is the world's richest horse race. Dubai is also famous for its camel racing which is a very popular sport and is also a major tourist attraction.
Enthusiasm for sport in Dubai also proves the Dubai Sports City, a US$4 billion and
4,600,000 square meters (50,000,000 square feet) big sport facility that is
currently still under construction. The Dubai Sport City that will consist of
several sport complexes as well as of apartment buildings is expected to be finished
in 2011 and will undoubtedly attract even sports fans and sports stars in the city.