ABU DHABI // The former coach of Al Ain Football Club has been handed a three-month suspended jail term for defamation.
He has also been told to pay the club Dh21,000 in compensation.
Cosmin Olaroiu, who is now with Al Ahli, defamed his former club by implying that they took money from him to buy shirts for players, the Misdemeanours Court ruled on Monday.
Olaroiu will be monitored for three years and if he commits any crime in that period, the court said it could impose three months as a sentence or additional one.
Olaroiu, who is from Romania, left Al Ain for Al Ahli in acrimonous circumstances last year.
Last November, he was hit with a Dh100,000 fine by the Football Association and banned from coaching for six months for "showing a lack of commitment" towards his contract with Al Ain and "violating it".
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The story of Edge
Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, established Edge in 2019.
It brought together 25 state-owned and independent companies specialising in weapons systems, cyber protection and electronic warfare.
Edge has an annual revenue of $5 billion and employs more than 12,000 people.
Some of the companies include Nimr, a maker of armoured vehicles, Caracal, which manufactures guns and ammunitions company, Lahab
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VEZEETA PROFILE
Date started: 2012
Founder: Amir Barsoum
Based: Dubai, UAE
Sector: HealthTech / MedTech
Size: 300 employees
Funding: $22.6 million (as of September 2018)
Investors: Technology Development Fund, Silicon Badia, Beco Capital, Vostok New Ventures, Endeavour Catalyst, Crescent Enterprises’ CE-Ventures, Saudi Technology Ventures and IFC
INVESTMENT PLEDGES
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Smileneo: $5.8m
Soum: $4m
imVentures: $100m
Plug and Play: $25m
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