Trainer Patrick Prendergast reports Sugar Boy to be “very sore” following his run in the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at the Curragh on Saturday.

A Dubai court yesterday sentenced three Britons to four years in jail on drug charges, a decision that may overshadow a visit to Britain by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) president because of allegations the defendants were tortured.

THAILAND’S revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej is the world’s richest royal, according to a Forbes magazine list, dominated by Middle Eastern monarchs riding high on surging oil prices.

The United Arab Emirates today announced it will hold a limited form of voting to pick members of a consultative council, a cautious step toward widening political participation in a country that has never held elections.

Leeds United PLC, the struggling football club, was saved from administration last night after a deal was agreed in principle between the club and its bondholders, to release £4m (€5.70m) of working capital, according to reports.