Kitch and Neeil. Talking sport and business across the UAE.

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With the summer months coming to an end. TSB spoke to Harry Udeshi about a new cricket club starting in Dubai, the United Cricket Club and tried to guess who the mystery international guest may be?

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Oleg Zaretskiy, chief executive of uSky Transport joined the show to discuss the future of transport in the UAE.

The Ucont system, under development by uSky Transport at the Sharjah Research, Technology and Innovation Park, is expected to be up and running as a test site by December. 

Passenger pods are already in operation at the site’s $14 million uSkyTest and Certification Centre as a proof-of-concept of how the technology works. 

Once operational, visitors will be able to see how shipping containers can be moved at high speed on electric cables, as a greener alternative to the thousands of heavy goods vehicles currently used to transport goods. 

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To help celebrate Emirati Women's Day on Sunday 28th August, Fahima Falaknaz, the UAE's First Female Boxer, joined TSB.

She spoke about overcoming challenges, mindsets and her role as a motivational speaker with children.

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Chandrakant Pandit has been named KKR's first Indian head coach 

Pandit, who has enjoyed a successful coaching career with multiple domestic teams, recently guided Madhya Pradesh to their maiden Ranji Trophy title.

He replaces Brendon McCullum in the top job.

Neeil Ojha has this exclusive interview

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Dubai property sales transactions in July highest in the past decade, data shows 

Riccardo Scala, Director - The Private Client Office from Luxuryproperty.com joined the show in studio.

Dubai’s real estate market recorded a total of 7,092 sales transactions in July 2022, the highest in nearly a decade, data showed on Thursday. The peak in 2013 stood at 5,024 transactions. 

The sales transaction volume was up 63.56 per cent over the year-ago period, and 88.41 per cent higher in terms of value. 

The off-plan sales transactions saw the highest transaction volume in July, up 67.13 per cent in terms of volume, and 81.43 per cent in terms of value, compared to the same period last year. 

Rentals, too, grew strongly with 42,698 registered leases of which 56.04 per cent were new contracts while 43.96 per cent were renewed, an overall increase of 4.33 per cent over the year-ago period. 

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Simon Kamsky is the Senior Manager Marketing for Etihad Airways 

Simon joined TSB to discuss Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, who announced the upcoming release of the airline’s first non-fungible token (NFT) collection, ‘EY-ZERO1’. 

The utility-driven series features ten highly detailed 3D aircraft models, each one showcasing a unique Etihad Airways Boeing 787 Dreamliner livery. A total of 2003 limited-edition collectibles, symbolising the year when Etihad Airways was established.

The collectibles include Etihad’s Manchester City FC and Greenliner - themed aircraft, among others. 

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New research has shown that some older-style neighbourhoods, such as Al Fahidi in Dubai, which has a higher density of buildings, tend to keep peak temperatures down better than more modern low-rise neighbourhoods, such as Jumeirah in Dubai. 

Air temperatures in the country’s more traditional residential neighbourhoods can be 1°C to 2°C lower than those in more modern areas, researchers from Ajman University have found. 

“The results reveal that the highest density traditional urban form achieved the best thermal comfort values due to the street geometries and less exposure to solar radiation compared with the other configurations,” the researchers wrote. 

There is recognition among some architects and others in the building sector that it is important to find ways to keep buildings cool without using energy, not least because air conditioners are consuming increasing amounts of energy. 

Between 1990 and 2016, the quantity of energy used to cool internal spaces in the Middle East increased five-fold, from 25 to 125 terawatt hours of electricity, World Bank figures indicate. 

As climate change causes temperatures to rise, and as countries become more affluent, the number of air conditioners globally is forecast to triple to five billion by the middle of this century. 

To know more about this we have Vidya Nair, an architect who has been in the UAE for the past 12 years to tell us about the temperature difference between these two regions.

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