Sony Pictures International Productions has forged a multi-year agreement with Qatar's nascent Film Committee to co-finance a slate of Arabic-language films from the Middle East and North Africa. The deal is one of several pacts with Hollywood studios being unveiled at the inaugural Doha Film Festival‘s Industry Days by Hassan Al Thawadi,

L.A.-based post-production and visual effects giant Company 3, the recent credits of which include F1, Frankenstein and Wicked: For Good, is set to open an operation in the Qatari capital of Doha, with the move coinciding with a new untethered post-production rebate.

Luke Riley left a lasting first impression in the UFC. After a slow start, Riley (12-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) found a way to close the show against Bogdan Grad in their featherweight matchup to close out the prelims of UFC Fight Night 265 at ABHA Arena in Doha, Qatar. Grad (15-4 MMA, 1-2 UFC) found himself looking up at the lights 30 seconds into Round 2.

Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev made good om some lopsided pre-fight odds when he won his UFC debut in just 33 seconds.

Miramax has forged a production partnership with Qatar's nascent Film Committee with an Arabic adaptation of its 2001 rom-com Serendipity in the works

Who takes a fight on two days' notice and flies halfway around the world for it, just three weeks after last fighting, anyway?!

Paddy Pimblett went crazy as teammate Luke Riley kept his undefeated streak going in emphatic fashion at UFC Qatar. Pimblett travelled over to the Middle East to watch his teammates in action,