Travel
Etihad Airways carried 2.2 million passengers in January 2026, up 29% year on year, with a 89.9% load factor and a 127-aircraft fleet. Adds Calgary, Luxembourg.
Airfares to Colombo jumped ahead of the Feb 15 India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup match, with some India routes near Dh4,000 and extra Dubai flights.
Vietnam drew a record 2,453,724 foreign visitors in January 2026, led by air arrivals, as official data showed double-digit gains month to month in Vietnam 2026.
Sports
Tallon Griekspoor and Daniil Medvedev will meet in the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships final after straight-set semifinal wins on hard courts.
England reached the T20 World Cup semifinals by edging Pakistan in Pallekele, while Babar Azam scraped together 25 off 24 in another muted knock.
Jessica Pegula beat Elina Svitolina 6-2, 6-4 in Dubai to win her first Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships title and 10th career trophy.
Elina Svitolina and Jessica Pegula reached the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships final after three-set semifinal wins in Dubai on Feb. 20.
The ICC removed Bangladesh from the 2026 men’s T20 World Cup after it refused to play scheduled matches in India, replacing the team with Scotland.
Cote d’Ivoire and Algeria reached the AFCON quarter-finals in Morocco after winning round of 16 matches in Marrakech and Rabat as the knockout stage continued.