UAE football fans will get the chance to meet Brazil legend and 2002 World Cup winner Roberto Carlos at Yas Mall this Saturday.
The former Inter Milan and Real Madrid defender is in Abu Dhabi to help promote the Fifa Club World Cup, which will be held in the capital for a second successive year starting December 12.
The Brazil legend will meet with fans from 5pm.
Carlos won the tournament twice with Real Madrid in its previous guise as the Intercontinental Cup in 1998 and 2002 in a glittering career that also saw him lift the Uefa Champions League on three occasions as well as four La Liga titles alongside fellow Galacticos Ronaldo, Zinedine Zidane, Luis Figo and Raul.
Fans of a certain vintage will remember Carlos scoring one of the most memorable goals in history against France at Le Tournoi in 1997.
The Fifa Club World Cup is an annual event organised by football's world governing body that pits against one another the champions of the game's six confederations, together with the host nation. Real Madrid are the Club World Cup holders having won the trophy in Abu Dhabi last December.
The 2018 Club World Cup will take place in the UAE from December 12-22, marking the fourth time the Emirates has hosted the event.
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Ways to control drones
Countries have been coming up with ways to restrict and monitor the use of non-commercial drones to keep them from trespassing on controlled areas such as airports.
"Drones vary in size and some can be as big as a small city car - so imagine the impact of one hitting an airplane. It's a huge risk, especially when commercial airliners are not designed to make or take sudden evasive manoeuvres like drones can" says Saj Ahmed, chief analyst at London-based StrategicAero Research.
New measures have now been taken to monitor drone activity, Geo-fencing technology is one.
It's a method designed to prevent drones from drifting into banned areas. The technology uses GPS location signals to stop its machines flying close to airports and other restricted zones.
The European commission has recently announced a blueprint to make drone use in low-level airspace safe, secure and environmentally friendly. This process is called “U-Space” – it covers altitudes of up to 150 metres. It is also noteworthy that that UK Civil Aviation Authority recommends drones to be flown at no higher than 400ft. “U-Space” technology will be governed by a system similar to air traffic control management, which will be automated using tools like geo-fencing.
The UAE has drawn serious measures to ensure users register their devices under strict new laws. Authorities have urged that users must obtain approval in advance before flying the drones, non registered drone use in Dubai will result in a fine of up to twenty thousand dirhams under a new resolution approved by Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, Crown Prince of Dubai.
Mr Ahmad suggest that "Hefty fines running into hundreds of thousands of dollars need to compensate for the cost of airport disruption and flight diversions to lengthy jail spells, confiscation of travel rights and use of drones for a lengthy period" must be enforced in order to reduce airport intrusion.
