Sports / Football

Celtic beat Hibs but title party on ice 07 Apr 2013 - 11:19 am

Glasgow: Celtic came within touching distance of clinching the Scottish Premier League with a 3-0 win over Hibernian but James McFadden’s late equaliser...

Menez, Ibra power PSG past Rennes 07 Apr 2013 - 11:19 am

PARIS: A superb strike from Jeremy Menez and a late goal from Zlatan Ibrahimovic guided Paris Saint-Germain to a 2-0 victory at Rennes...

Jordan win AFC West Under-14 Girls’ Championship in Qatar 06 Apr 2013 - 03:51 am

The players and officials of Jordan team, winners of the AFC West Under-14 Girls’ Championship, celebrate at Al Arabi’s Grand Hamad Stadium yesterday....

Mixed night for English trio 06 Apr 2013 - 03:49 am

PARIS: It was a mixed night for England’s trio of contenders in the Europa League on Thursday night, with Chelsea winning their quarter-final...

Walcott wants Arsenal to aim higher 06 Apr 2013 - 03:49 am

BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom: Theo Walcott has told his Arsenal team-mates they need to have loftier ambitions than just qualifying for the Champions League....

QSL: Al Gharafa, Al Sadd clash today 06 Apr 2013 - 03:49 am

Doha: Qatar Stars League (QSL) leaders Al Sadd will look to widen the points advantage at the top when they take on Al...

FIFA, South Africa defuse match-fixing probe spat 06 Apr 2013 - 03:48 am

ZURICH: South Africa and FIFA have managed to head off a full-blown battle over the country’s probe of a pre-2010 World Cup match-fixing...

Relegation battle hots up 05 Apr 2013 - 05:30 am

LONDON: Queens Park Rangers manager Harry Redknapp once signed Paolo Di Canio as a player but will hope his friend makes a losing...

Barca contemplate life without Messi 05 Apr 2013 - 05:29 am

MADRID: Lionel Messi’s (pictured) Barcelona team-mates will take on the rare challenge of coping without their talismanic World Player of the Year when...

Bahrain defeat UAE to register first victory in AFC Under-14 girls’ championship 05 Apr 2013 - 05:29 am

Doha: Bahrain recorded their first win of the AFC Under-14 girls championship with a commanding 6-2 win against United Arab Emirates. A brilliant...

Ruthless Real ease to 3-0 win 04 Apr 2013 - 01:37 am

Real Madrid striker Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates after scoring the opening goal during their Champions League quarter-final first leg match against Galatasaray Istanbul at...

Qatar, UAE share spoils 04 Apr 2013 - 01:33 am

Doha: In only their second competitive match, the Qatar girls’Under-14s celebrated a point against the United Arab Emirates in the AFC Under-14 Championships...

Qatar’s Lekhwiya go top 04 Apr 2013 - 12:48 am

Doha: Qatar international Sebastian Soria scored two late goals as unbeaten Lekhwiya beat Uzbekistan’s Pakhtakor 3-1 yesterday to leapfrog the top of Group...

Referees grilled in AFC Cup match-fixing probe 04 Apr 2013 - 12:48 am

SINGAPORE: Three Lebanese football referees were dropped from an AFC Cup tie in Singapore and questioned by anti-corruption officers yesterday in the city-state’s...

Barca left to rue ‘expensive’ night in Paris 04 Apr 2013 - 12:48 am

MADRID: The Catalan press were left to reflect on a bittersweet evening for Barcelona after they conceded late and lost Lionel Messi (pictured)...

English clubs eye redemption in Europa League 04 Apr 2013 - 12:47 am

LONDON: After a collective blow-out in the Champions League, England has a three-pronged attack on Europe’s second tier competition with Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur...

Galatasaray ready for Real 03 Apr 2013 - 10:29 am

Real Madrid’s Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo (left), Real Madrid’s Ghanaian midfielder Michael Essien (centre) and Real Madrid’s Portuguese defender Fabio Coentrao take part...

Debutants Malaga eyeing prize Dortmund scalp in quarters 03 Apr 2013 - 10:27 am

Malaga’s midfielders Francisco R Alarcon ‘Isco’ (left) and Ignacio Camacho during a training session in Malaga, Spain, yesterday. Malaga take on Borussia Dortmund...