Preparations for the 2026 World Triathlon Multisport Championships Abu Dhabi have reached a major milestone, with organisers unveiling spectacular race routes and confirming growing international participation as momentum builds towards one of the world's largest multisport events.
What does it look like when two women decide that "good enough" simply isn't good enough? For Paloma and Sirine, the co-founders of Soul Mvnt, it meant leaving behind successful careers in luxury fashion and strategy consulting to build something Dubai had never quite seen before: a studio where the music moves you, the design speaks to you, and the community holds you. Tucked into the creative hub of d3, Soul Mvnt is redefining what a fitness studio can be. It's part training ground, part sanctuary, part social space and entirely intentional. From the Lagree Mega Pro machines to the marble DJ booth, from the Korean Recovery sessions to the post-class wellness bar, every detail has been considered with one question in mind: how do we make people feel something? We sat down with both founders to talk about building a lifestyle brand from the ground up, the power of contrast in wellness, and why slowing down might just be the most radical thing you can do for your body.
The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) and Euroleague Basketball have announced the launch of the Euroleague Basketball SuperCup, a new competition that will officially open the European club basketball season. The first edition will take place at Etihad Arena on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, on 18 and 19 September.
As the MENA region gears up for the highly anticipated FIFA World Cup 2026™, talabat, the region’s leading everyday delivery app, has announced a strategic partnership with TOD by beIN, the exclusive streaming platform for the tournament, to bring fans a more seamless and rewarding match-day experience from home.
AC Milan has opened its first retail corner outside Italy at SIRO One Za’abeel, giving fans across the region a dedicated space to discover the Club through football, fashion and performance.
Yas Heat Academy, located at Yas Marina Circuit, has marked a major milestone for UAE motorsport, with drivers Essa Al Hammadi and Faris Haroun becoming the first Emirati drivers to represent the United Arab Emirates at the FIA Karting Academy Trophy.
Most of us spend years building the kind of competence that lets us walk into a room and feel at ease. So what happens when you deliberately give that up?
Alan and Jon of Dutch Brothers Racing have built successful careers on being capable and in control. Now they are choosing to become complete beginners again, on a racetrack in Abu Dhabi, with the cameras rolling. Their programme, DBR, is built around a simple idea: every lap has meaning. The good sessions, the bad ones and everything learned in between are all part of the story, and they are sharing it openly.
We sat down with them to talk about what it really takes to start something difficult later in life. They spoke candidly about the discomfort of being the least experienced person in the paddock, the discipline of training their minds and bodies for the demands of the circuit, and the families and team quietly making it all possible. They also shared how being coached, corrected and occasionally humbled by a stopwatch has changed the way they lead at work.
It is a conversation about motorsport, but it is also about something many of us wrestle with: whether ambition has an expiry date, and what we discover when we stop protecting our pride and start doing the work in public.
Tatler Asia is proud to announce the launch of the Tatler Padel Series 2026, marking a significant milestone as Asia’s first premium padel tournament. Spanning six months, the series will travel across major hubs in the region, offering a dynamic platform for competition and connection through the fast-growing sport of padel. The event is proudly supported by its regional partners, Standard Chartered as the Presenting Sponsor and Club Med as the Official Lifestyle Partner. The United Arab Emirates is the only Middle East market to be included in the tournament.
In a city that runs at full speed, time is the one thing nobody has enough of. Early mornings packed with meetings, evenings swallowed by social commitments, and somewhere in between, the persistent guilt of a gym session that just didn't happen. For Dubai's community of high-performers, the traditional fitness model, built around hour-long classes and packed weights rooms, is starting to feel increasingly incompatible with real life. Enter EMS. Electrical Muscle Stimulation has been quietly revolutionising the way people train, and the team behind Vibe Fitness EMS are bringing it to the heart of Dubai with a bold promise: twenty minutes, up to 98% muscle activation, and results that rival a ninety-minute session in a conventional gym. We sat down with the founders to understand the science, the technology, and the vision behind one of the UAE's most talked-about fitness concepts, and to find out whether the future of working out might just be a matter of minutes.
From 26 to 28 June 2026, C Resorts will present the 5th edition of the C Kite Festival at C Mauritius Palmar, reaffirming its commitment to creating signature experiences that go beyond hospitality and contribute to the international visibility of Mauritius.
C Resorts is pleased to announce the renewal of its collaboration with Mauritian professional kitesurfer Louka Pitot, who will continue to represent the brand as its official ambassador.
Nicole Day is a woman who refuses to live an absent life. As a coach and speaker, she has become a leading voice for women seeking to bridge the gap between physical strength and emotional presence. By reframing life’s hardest chapters as opportunities for "expansion" rather than failure, Nicole teaches us that wellness is ultimately about the authority we have over our own minds. In this interview, she shares her blueprint for building a life that doesn't just look good from the outside, but feels whole from within.
Constance Hotels & Resorts is proud to announce its partnership with French professional golfer Emma Falcher, who joins the brand as official ambassador for the 2026–2028 seasons.
Every golfer knows the feeling of leaving the course without really understanding why the round went the way it did. For GolfHero founder Keila Doyle, that frustration was the whole point of origin. A beginner golfer with no reliable way to track her progress, she found herself relying on paper scorecards and guesswork, the same problem her coach told her nearly every one of his students faced.
That gap became GolfHero, a UAE founded golf technology platform built to turn scorecards into real performance insight. In this conversation, Keila talks about what changed in her own practice once she could finally see the data behind her game, why short game weaknesses so often go unnoticed even with a coach watching closely, and how she sees AI and coaching working together rather than competing. She also shares her honest take on the data apps that came before GolfHero, and why keeping things simple has stayed at the center of how she wants the platform to grow.
Balance, for most people, is something they chase. For Hessa, it's something she schedules. An endurance runner, competitive equestrian, MBA graduate, and full-time professional, she has built a life that leaves very little to chance and everything to commitment. In this conversation, she opens up about early mornings, recovery rituals, breaking barriers as an Emirati woman in sport, and why her ultimate goal is an Olympic starting line.
True boutique wellness is rarely found in the pursuit of “more”, rather, it is found in the discovery of balance. At EQUI, this balance is treated as a clinical science. By blending Time Under Tension with the proprietary Megacore method, EQUI challenges the "more is more" culture of Dubai’s fitness scene, replacing it with a focus on nervous system intelligence and structural longevity. Here, the environment is as much a performance tool as the machine itself. While traditional spaces rely on artificial stimulation, EQUI’s "Functional Sanctuary" utilizes clean lines and negative space to lower cognitive load, allowing the mind to achieve a "Flow State" under the unique, sustained tension of the Megacore machine. We explore the philosophy of Equilibrium and why the future of boutique movement lies in the delicate harmony between high-intensity effort and architectural restraint.
As Dubai hosts the world-class Premier Padel P1 tournament this week, the city has once again become the heartbeat of the region’s booming padel scene. Among the global stars stepping onto the court, Fares Al Janahi stands out, not just as the UAE’s top player, but as a symbol of how far the sport has come locally. Once a promising tennis athlete, Al Janahi transitioned into padel with a vision that’s now materializing on home soil. Competing alongside elite international players, he represents a new generation of Emirati athletes balancing high-performance training with a focus on recovery, mental clarity, and longevity. As Premier Padel P1 unfolds in Dubai, Al Janahi’s journey mirrors the momentum of the sport itself - a dynamic, disciplined, and driven by wellness as much as competition.
In a world that glorifies speed but rarely masters it, Karim Hany Rashed stands as an exception - a man who turns momentum into art. At just 27, he bridges two high-performance worlds: the boardrooms of real estate and the drifting circuits of the Middle East. Yet behind the precision of his turns and the power of his engines lies a quieter philosophy - one built on balance, wellness, and sustainable performance. For Karim, success is not a sprint but a finely tuned machine: disciplined, deliberate, and deeply human. In this conversation, he shares how mindfulness, physical resilience, and innovation intersect at every corner - on the track, in business, and within the mind.