A UAE midfielder capped off his side's 7-2 thrashing over Lebanon with a bizarre penalty attempt.

The desert city of Abu Dhabi is the newest location for a vast caviar farm that dwarfs its global competitors.

It's an oasis in the desert, filled with massive and mind-bending wonderments, all easily accessible by train, air, ferry ... or camel. Jim Eagles takes a look.

A New Zealander has been jailed in Dubai for having consensual sex with two women, both of whom have also been jailed.

Championship is led by Whincup, van Gisbergen lies third.

Kiwi Toby Carroll has been bailed from a Dubai prison and his two girlfriends have revealed new details of the events before their arrests.

As Toby Carroll begins his 49th day in a Dubai prison, his family fear his property career could already be ruined.

Model Priscila Ferreira is at the centre of a love triangle in which a Kiwi man is being held by Dubai police.

A British woman found in bed with a NZ man in a Dubai apartment had previously worked as lapdancer, a British newspaper reported today.

The New Zealand man caught in a violent love triangle in Dubai has reportedly spent six weeks in jail without being charged.

A NZ man is in a Dubai jail after calling police for help when a jilted lover allegedly attacked him with a knife.

Eww, eww and awe ... Shayne Currie suffers vertigo in the world's tallest building.

New Zealand's Sophia Batchelor failed to qualify on the first day of the world short-course swimming championships at Dubai.

A court in the United Arab Emirates has ruled that a man can beat his wife and children as long as no marks are left.

Dubai's Burj al-Arab hotel serves up a sensory feast like no other, writes Geoff Cumming.

Kerri Jackson ponders whether Dubai is the perfect long-haul stopover.

Fifteen lucky poker players are headed from Auckland to Queenstown this week for a chance to strike it rich.