Sports

D-day arrives as Qatar sets the ball rolling for NSD events 08 Feb 2016 - 01:36 am

DOHA: With only one day to go to the start of Qatar’s National Sport Day, the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) is encouraging all...

Higuain hits 24th goal as Napoli, Juve pull away 08 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Football Soccer - Napoli v Carpi Serie A - San Paolo Stadium, Naples, Italy - 07/02/16. Napoli's Gonzalo Higuain celebrates after scoring against...

Zouma stretchered off against Man United 08 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Chelsea's Kurt Zouma lies on the pitch after sustaining an injury. (Reuters / Stefan Wermuth) London: Chelsea's France international centre-back Kurt Zouma was...

Ozil, Ox get Arsenal back to winning ways 07 Feb 2016 - 06:38 pm

Bournemouth, United Kingdom: Arsenal returned to third place in the Premier League after Mesut Ozil and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain's goals ended a four-game winless...

Fans fulfill mask pledge to monkey chant victim Koulibaly 07 Feb 2016 - 06:14 pm

People hold flyers depicting the face of Napoli's French defender Kalidou Koulibaly before the Italian Serie A football match SSC Napoli vs Carpi...

'Ill-disciplined' Etixx barred from Tour of Qatar 07 Feb 2016 - 05:30 pm

Etixx-Quick Step team leader Dutch Niki Terpstra wearing the overall leader’s Golden Jersey on the podium during the 2015 Tour of Qatar. (file...

Mladenovic puts France ahead over Italy 07 Feb 2016 - 05:11 pm

France's Kristina Mladenovic returns the ball to Italy's Sara Errani during the Federation Cup tennis world group first round match between France and...

Willett wins Dubai Desert Classic 07 Feb 2016 - 04:53 pm

DUBAI: Britain's Danny Willett won his fourth European Tour title on Sunday when he took the Dubai Desert Classic by a stroke from...

Barca equal unbeaten record with Levante win 07 Feb 2016 - 04:11 pm

Barcelona's Uruguayan forward Luis Suarez celebrates a goal during the Spanish league football match Levante UD vs FC Barcelona at the Ciutat de...

Dutch defeat Russia in Fed Cup 07 Feb 2016 - 03:20 pm

Kiki Bertens of Netherlands celebrates her victory over Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia in their Fed Cup World Group tennis match in Moscow February...

German police say 23 officers hurt after Schalke football match 07 Feb 2016 - 03:03 pm

Schalke's midfielder Johannes Geis scores froma free kick during the German Bundesliga first division football match FC Schalke 04 v Wolfsburg in Gelsenkirchen,...

Mourinho says he will be back soon 07 Feb 2016 - 02:58 pm

Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho watches the German Bundesliga soccer match between Hertha BSC and Borussia Dortmund in the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany,...

Norris sweeps Myanmar Open despite last day scare 07 Feb 2016 - 02:56 pm

Shaun Norris of South Africa posing with the winner's trophy after the final round of the Myanmar Open at Royal Mingalardon Golf and...

Yasir Shah banned for three months: ICC 07 Feb 2016 - 02:14 pm

Dubai: Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah has been banned for three months after pleading guilty for a failed dope test last year, the International...

All Blacks edge Australia at the death to win inaugural Sydney title 07 Feb 2016 - 01:10 pm

The New Zealand team pose with the trophy after beating Australia 27-24 in the Cup final in the Sydney Sevens rugby union tournament...

Paris replaces injured Richardson for Australia 07 Feb 2016 - 10:58 am

Joel Paris Sydney: Paceman Kane Richardson has been ruled out of Australia's final one-day international against New Zealand with back trouble and will...