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DENVER, Colorado: The Denver Nuggets kept their NBA play-off hopes alive but touched off a controversy over dirty tactics yesterday while the Memphis...

TOKYO: The Japanese and French athletics federations signed a partnership agreement yesterday to cooperate in boosting their competitive level as they head toward...

ARLINGTON, Texas: Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish won for the fifth time in six Major League Baseball starts yesterday, striking out nine in six...

COMMERCE, Georgia: The hard work is beginning to pay off for Khalid alBalooshi, the second-year driver for the Qatar Al-Anabi Racing Top Fuel...

Qatar’s Hassan Al Thawadi (right), who is contesting the FIFA Executive Committee post representing the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), speaking to journalists at...

Borussia Dortmund's players celebrate at the end of the UEFA Champions League semi-final  MADRID: Borussia Dortmund qualified for only their second ever Champions...

Spanish doctor Eufemiano Fuentes arriving at a courthouse in Madrid in this file picture of January 28, 2013. MADRID, Spain: A Spanish court...

BARCELONA: Bayern Munich’s veteran coach Jupp Heynckes yesterday warned his players ahead of their Champions League semi-final, second leg, that they should not...

Mahendra Singh Dhoni of Chennai Super Kings plays a shot during their IPL match against Pune Warriors, at the Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium...

Doha: Ethiopians have lived many years under the shadow of the Kenyans in middle distance running, but in recent years a new pack...

LAHORE, Pakistan: Pakistan yesterday appointed Australian coach Trent Woodhill to help solve their perennial batting problems during June’s Champions Trophy in England. The...

OEIRAS, Portugal: China’s Peng Shuai showed little sign of a recent shoulder injury at the WTA Portugal Open yesterday as she knocked out...

MOSCOW: Olympics discus silver medalist Daria Pishchalnikova is set to be stripped of her London 2012 medal after the Russian received a 10-year...

Barcelona’s defender Gerard Pique takes part in a press conference at the Sports Center FC Barcelona Joan Gamper in Sant Joan Despi, near...

Jaralla AlMarri (right) of Qatar’s Al Rayyan fights for the ball with Mohammed AlMarshadi of Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal during their AFC Champions...

Doha:  Lekhwiya coach Eric Gerets will be without striker Sebastian Soria and defenders Madjid Bougherra and Kingambo Tresor for today’s meeting with Saudi...

LONDON: Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson revealed yesterday that he is already plotting how to strengthen his squad during the close-season transfer window....

In a file picture taken on March 16, 2013 Wales’s flanker Sam Warburton celebrates during the presentation after winning the Six Nations international...