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Monday, November 23 - 2009
Different Class - Gebrselassie takes to the cockpit of a Victory Team Class 1 powerboat alongside Class 1 World Champion Nader Ben Hendi.

Haile's got that victory feeling!

Haile Gebrselassie received some powerful support on the eve of his world record bid in today's (... Read full article »
United Arab Emirates: Thursday, January 15 - 2009 at 16:46
Haile Gebrselassie.

World's elite and budding amateurs gather for planet's richest marathon

The 2009 Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon will hit the streets of the city at 6.30am on Friday (... Read full article »
United Arab Emirates: Thursday, January 15 - 2009 at 11:29
Haile Gebrselassie.

Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon stage set for richest race in history

Nine months after Dubai stunned the athletics world by launching the richest running race of all... Read full article »
United Arab Emirates: Thursday, January 17 - 2008 at 11:05
Dubai Marathon General Co-ordinator Ahmed Al Kamali (left) after signing the five-year Host Broadcaster agreement with Dubai Sports Channel's Rashid Amiri.

Dubai Sports Channel signs five-year TV deal with Dubai Marathon

The 2008 Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon - the world's richest running event - will be... Read full article »
United Arab Emirates: Saturday, December 22 - 2007 at 11:50
Marathon European Record holder Benoit Z - Dubai bound.

Second year of marathon support for sports giant PUMA

The appearance of a host of leading lights of distance running is welcomed by many of the event's... Read full article »
United Arab Emirates: Tuesday, November 27 - 2007 at 11:31
Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon Event Director Peter Connerton (second right) and General Co-ordinator Ahmed Al Kamali (second left) with Media Manager Alan Ewens (left) and Elite Athlete Co-ordinator Larry Barthlow (right) pictured in Boston after announcing Dubai will host the world's richest ever marathon.

Dubai to stage world's richest-ever marathon

The 2008 Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon will be the richest long distance running event in... Read full article »
United Arab Emirates: Saturday, April 14 - 2007 at 10:47
Runners from 104 countries will take part in Friday's Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon.

104 nationalities set to run in 2007 Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon

Runners from 104 countries will take part in Friday's Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon, making... Read full article »
United Arab Emirates: Thursday, January 11 - 2007 at 11:58

Middle East's richest running event just got richer

The 2007 Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon, which gets underway from beside the Dubai World Trade... Read full article »
United Arab Emirates: Wednesday, January 10 - 2007 at 13:54
Winner of the 2006 Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon crosses the finish line

Standard Chartered sponsors Dubai Marathon for three more years

In a move that confirms the event's status as one of the region's biggest sporting occasions,... Read full article »
United Arab Emirates: Saturday, November 11 - 2006 at 16:45
Back on track - the Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon 2006 will take place on February 17.

New date for Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon

The Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon 2006, postponed from its original date in early January, is... Read full article »
United Arab Emirates: Saturday, January 14 - 2006 at 15:25
Dr Federico Rosa (second left) pictured with Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon race organisers Peter Connerton and Ahmed Kamali and Elite Athlete Co-ordinator Larry Barthlow.

Dubai Marathon among world's best claims leading athletics Chief

One of the most influential figures in world athletics has given the Standard Chartered Dubai... Read full article »
United Arab Emirates: Monday, September 26 - 2005 at 09:25
Ray Ferguson, CEO Standard Chartered Bank in the UAE (fourth from left) and event director Peter Connerton (fourth from right) with leading officials at the press launch of the Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon 2005

Runners on their marks for Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon 2005

Dubai's famous streets and highways will be turned into the Middle East's biggest running track... Read full article »
United Arab Emirates: Wednesday, January 05 - 2005 at 14:03