World's highest football live scoreboard on Burj Khalifa
The scoreboard will be updated for football lovers to catch up with the action
The iconic Burj Khalifa will display the world's highest football live scoreboard.
For a month, the scorecard of matches at the world's most popular football championship will be relayed on to the LED screen of Burj Khalifa.
Featuring the flag of the goal-scoring nation as well, the scoreboard will be updated for football lovers to catch up with the action set against the backdrop of The Dubai Fountain.
A true celebration in light, the Football Live Scoreboard is designed to celebrate the world football fever with the rest of the world.
Visitors to Downtown Dubai can watch the action unfold from vintage viewing spots along the Waterfront Promenade of The Dubai Mall or from the Burj Park and beyond.
To catch all the action from the matches, a dedicated tent in the exquisite setting of Armani Hotel Dubai is the place to be.
Football fever has caught up with #BurjKhalifa! Watch the iconic façade of the world’s tallest tower turn into a LIVE scoreboard this Football season! Who will win tonight? pic.twitter.com/6ZRhmf5TRL
— Burj Khalifa (@BurjKhalifa) June 14, 2018
Courtesy: Khaleej Times
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England sticking with Key, McCullum and Stokes despite Ashes humbling
London (AP): England is not sacking anybody following the 4-1 Ashes loss in Australia.
A review of the tour by the England and Wales Cricket Board, announced within hours of the final match in January, was concluded on Monday. Firing people would “be the easy thing to do,” ECB chief executive Richard Gould said but he insisted, "This is not the time to throw everything out."
Managing director Rob Key, coach Brendon McCullum and captain Ben Stokes kept their jobs after the best England side to go to Australia in 14 years lost the Ashes in 11 days with two games to spare.
“Moving people on can sometimes be the easy thing to do. That's not the route that we're going to take,” Gould said. “I've seen the driving ambition and determination that we're lucky enough to have within our leadership group to take the lessons from the Ashes and move forward.”
Gould previously was the chief executive of Bristol City soccer club and said the ECB would not follow the same route as soccer's hire-and-fire culture.
“Cricket is a very unique sport in that it takes a team of leadership ... it's not like football where there's a single point of failure or success with a manager," he said. He added the ECB would not “select or deselect management based on a popularity campaign.”
The main criticisms of England's tour were poor preparation, player misbehavior, and selection mistakes.
At a press conference at Lord's, Gould and Key said McCullum and Stokes have not had a “bust up,” they did not want McCullum to “completely change” but “to evolve,” the behavior of some players was “unprofessional,” there will be more consequences for underperforming, and a commitment to “better long-term planning” ahead of major test series.
Some changes were already implemented for the Twenty20 World Cup, where England reached the semifinals. Gould implied that performance saved McCullum.
Key acknowledged that England supporters would be disappointed to see the management team go unpunished.
“I know people want punishment and that people then should be sacked for that,” Key said. “That doesn't mean we don't feel like we've gone through some serious pain: Brendon, myself, Ben. It's been as tough a time as I think I've had.”
