The delay to the start of the 2015/16 Arabian Gulf League season takes The National Sport front page on Wednesday, August 5.
The Pro League Committee is set to announce new dates for the upcoming season after the Gulf Cup of Nations in Kuwait was postponed until next year.
As a result, the AGL have pushed back the start of the new season to September, more than one month after the initially proposed start of August 19.
The National’s Ahmed Rizvi has the full story here
The National Sport's editor Paul Oberjuerge argues that why the delay is less than ideal, the Arabian Gulf League itself cannot really be blamed
Meanwhile, Ali Khaled looks at it from the viewpoint of the UAE national team, which is sure to be quietly pleased with the delay.
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