Sports

Foreigners should train with China team: ITTF 13 Jan 2014 - 10:58 am

Adham Sharara (centre), President of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), is seen along with Khaleel Al Mohannadi, President of Qatar Table Tennis...

Rafter returns to play doubles with Hewitt 13 Jan 2014 - 10:57 am

MELBOURNE: Former US Open champion Pat Rafter (pictured) is coming out of a 13-year retirement to partner Lleyton Hewitt in the doubles at...

City ride Newcastle storm to go top; win for Liverpool 13 Jan 2014 - 10:56 am

LONDON: Manchester City took over at the top of the Premier League table after winning 2-0 against Newcastle United in a tempestuous encounter...

Pepe winner moves Madrid closer to leaders 13 Jan 2014 - 10:55 am

Barcelona’s Argentinian forward Lionel Messi (left) vies with Atletico Madrid’s midfielder Koke during the Spanish League match at the Vicente Calderon Stadium in...

Marseille come from behind to claim welcome victory 13 Jan 2014 - 10:55 am

PARIS: Marseille are now unbeaten in five domestic games under Jose Anigo after coming from behind to beat Evian 2-1 in Annecy yesterday....

Kirk leads in Hawaii 13 Jan 2014 - 10:54 am

HONOLULU: Chris Kirk sank a nine-foot birdie putt on the last hole to grab a one-stroke lead over fellow Americans Will Wilcox and...

Ernie Els, John Daly to play in Qatar Masters 13 Jan 2014 - 10:53 am

Doha: Four-time major winner Ernie Els and two-time major champion John Daly are the latest big names to confirm their participation in the...

Al Kass International Cup all set for kick-off 13 Jan 2014 - 10:52 am

(From left) Ali Al Muftha, Ward Abdallah, Hamad Al Mannai, and Miguel Heitor at a press conference on the Al Kass under-16 event...

Patriots, Seahawks advance 13 Jan 2014 - 10:51 am

FOXBOROUGH: The New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks each moved within one victory of the Super Bowl after National Football League home play-off...

Rockets hold off Wizards to win 114-107 13 Jan 2014 - 10:51 am

NEW YORK: Houston guard James Harden scored eight straight points in the final minutes as the Rockets held off a furious Washington Wizards...

Fiji pledges to regain IRB funding 13 Jan 2014 - 10:47 am

SUVA: Fiji’s cash-strapped rugby union pledged yesterday to be back on side with the International Rugby Board in four months after its World...

Toulon, Clermont, Munster in European Cup quarter-finals 13 Jan 2014 - 10:47 am

PARIS: Defending champions Toulon, heavyweight French rivals Clermont, and former winners Munster all secured places in the quarter-finals of the European Cup on...

Canadiens beat Blackhawks 2-1 13 Jan 2014 - 10:46 am

NEW YORK: Defenceman Andrei Markov scored twice to lead the Montreal Canadiens to a 2-1 overtime win over the Chicago Blackhawks. Max Pacioretty’s...

A-Rod vows to fight on after doping ban 13 Jan 2014 - 10:44 am

NEW YORK: Alex Rodriguez, the highest-paid player in Major League Baseball, was given a record 162-game doping suspension by an arbitrator on Saturday,...

New Year joy continues for Oosthuizen 13 Jan 2014 - 10:44 am

DURBAN: South Africa’s Louis Oosthuizen won the first European Tour event of the calendar year for the fourth consecutive year when he retained...

Serena, Azarenka to dazzle Doha crowd 13 Jan 2014 - 03:24 am

Tennis player Victoria Azarenka of Belarus, winner of the Qatar Total Open, poses for a picture along with ball boys and girls at...

Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by nine wickets 12 Jan 2014 - 02:27 pm

Pakistan batsman Sarfraz Ahmed (left) plays a shot as Sri Lankan wicketkeeper Prasanna Jayawardene looks on during the fourth day of the second...

Del Potro strolls to Sydney title 12 Jan 2014 - 02:26 pm

Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina (right) receives the winners trophy from former Australian tennis player Ken Rosewall. Del Potro defeated Australia’s Bernard...