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Qatar Junior Open Squash Championship 02 Mar 2014 - 10:20 am

Action from the Qatar Junior Open Squash Championship at Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex yesterday. The tournament is held on five categories:...

Dutch aim to use ‘innovative ideas’ for beach worlds in 2015 02 Mar 2014 - 10:17 am

Amsterdam’s Dam Square one of the venues where the 2015 Beach Volleyball World Championships for men and women will be held in June...

McIlroy clings to PGA lead 02 Mar 2014 - 10:15 am

Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark watches her fiancee Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland (not pictured) play a shot during the second round of the...

Billiards: Qatar tops in West Asian Championship 02 Mar 2014 - 10:14 am

Qatar’ Bashar Hussain and Ali Al Obaidly, winners in the team event at the West Asian Championship for Billiard Games, pose with the...

Cycling: Rowsell topples Hammer for pursuit gold 02 Mar 2014 - 10:12 am

CALI: Great Britain’s Joanna Rowsell (pictured) won her first individual world title Friday, beating defending champion Sarah Hammer in the women’s individual pursuit...

Oklahoma beat Memphis 02 Mar 2014 - 10:12 am

NEW YORK: Forward Kevin Durant scored 30 of his game-high 37 points in the second half to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to...

Collins jersey sale proceeds to go to charity 02 Mar 2014 - 10:10 am

NEW YORK: The NBA said on Friday it will donate all proceeds from the sale of Brooklyn Nets jerseys that once belonged to...

Buffalo Sabres beat San Jose Sharks 4-2 02 Mar 2014 - 10:09 am

NEW YORK: The Buffalo Sabres defeated the San Jose Sharks 4-2 just hours after trading captain Steve Ott and franchise goaltender Ryan Miller...

Hockey Festival set to begin 02 Mar 2014 - 10:09 am

Doha: Close on the heels of the successful First West Asia Hockey event, Qatar Hockey Federation will be hosting the star-studded Hockey Festival...

Khan wins in play-off 02 Mar 2014 - 10:08 am

NEW DELHI: India’s Rashid Khan claimed a play-off victory over Bangladesh’s Siddikur Rahman at the SAIL-SBI Open in New Delhi yesterday with a...

Dimitrov topples Murray to reach final 02 Mar 2014 - 10:08 am

ACAPULCO, Mexico: Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov edged second-seeded Andy Murray in three sets yesterday to reach the final of the ATP Mexico Open, where...

Rutledge storms to Qatar wins in season opener 02 Mar 2014 - 10:07 am

DOHA: Australian rider Meghan Kat Rutlegde brought delight to Kawasaki camp by winning both the races in round one of the WMX World...

Skelleftea to host the FIM Snowcross World Championship 02 Mar 2014 - 10:06 am

FUNCHAL, Portugal: Since Youthstream took over the rights to the Snowcross World Championship in 2011 they have attempted to take Snowcross to a...

IFAB rejects UEFA request on triple punishment 02 Mar 2014 - 10:04 am

ZURICH: A request from UEFA to change the so-called triple punishment rule has been rejected by soccer’s law-making body while a proposal to...

Sunderland plot City ambush in League Cup final 02 Mar 2014 - 10:04 am

LONDON: Ten months on from their shock FA Cup final defeat by Wigan Athletic, Manchester City find themselves again cast as potential Goliaths...

Veils and turbans given the go ahead by FIFA 02 Mar 2014 - 10:04 am

ZURICH: Football’s world governing body FIFA yesterday officially authorised the wearing of head covers for religious purposes during matches. “It was decided that...

Afghanistan shock Bangladesh 02 Mar 2014 - 03:03 am

Afghan bowler Shapoor Zadran (second right) and team-mates celebrate their win during the Asia Cup one-day tournament against Bangladesh at the Khan Shaheb...

Qatar wins women’s handball tournament in Doha 01 Mar 2014 - 06:03 am

The podium winners at the four-nation Qatar International Women’s Handball championship pose for a picture along with Ahlam Salem Mubarak Al Mana, President...