Busan, Oct 15: The United Arab Emirates could be the next nation to invest in a foreign legion of athletes following a miserable Asian Games. The Arabian Gulf state is to examine granting nationality to foreign sportsmen allowing them to compete under the UAE flag. "We must think of granting nationality to athletes who can represent us," said Ibrahim Malik, secretary of the UAE Olympic Committee.

"This could help us win medals and uplift our standard so that we can be a force at the Asian level," Abdul Malik was quoted as saying in the daily Gulf News. Bureau Report