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Qatar overcome Belarus, finish second in Group A 24 Jan 2015 - 01:39 am

Qatar’s Markovic Zarko (1) scores against Belarus during the 24th Men’s Handball World Championship at Losail Multipurpose Hall yesterday. Qatar won 26-22. RIGHT:...

Croatian brother wins Group B clash against Bosnian sibling 24 Jan 2015 - 01:38 am

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Ivan Karacic (left) is held by his brother Croatia’s Igor Karacic. Doha: Igor Karacic top scored to help Croatia to...

Qatar 2015 volunteers paint Doha in orange 24 Jan 2015 - 01:37 am

Volunteers of the 24th Men’s Handball World Championship. DOHA: They are busy painting the town ‘orange’. No, we are not talking about The...

Iraq, UAE enter semis on day of Asian Cup upsets 24 Jan 2015 - 01:36 am

UAE’s Ismail Ahmed celebrates his match winning penalty kick during the penalty shoot out in their Asian Cup quarter-final match against Japan at...

Porsche GT3 Cup: Schmid claims Race 1, Mehairi runner-up at Losail 24 Jan 2015 - 01:34 am

Al Nabooda Racing’s Clemens Schmid in action during Race 1 of Round 3 of the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East, yesterday at...

Nedobity grabs pole at the Qatar Challenge 24 Jan 2015 - 01:34 am

Doha: Pavel Nedobity took the pole position of the fourth round of Qatar Challenge with a time of 2:27.390 at the qualifying session....

Four share lead at Doha Golf Club 24 Jan 2015 - 01:29 am

LEFT: Emiliano Grillo tees off in the third round lead of the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters at Doha Golf Club (DGC) yesterday. RIGHT:...

‘Big Ben’ tops Asian hopes at DGC 24 Jan 2015 - 01:28 am

India’s Shiv Kapur (left), who carded a third-round 72, and European Tour rookie Ben An Byeong-hun of Korea were the top Asian players...

Qatar Masters organisers announce refund policy 24 Jan 2015 - 01:27 am

Kids enjoy their round of golf at the Family Zone at Doha Golf Club (DGC) yesterday. QAFCO are the sponsors the popular Family...

Sensational Seppi dumps Federer at Australian Open 24 Jan 2015 - 12:50 am

Andreas Seppi of Italy shakes hands with Roger Federer of Switzerland after defeating him in their singles, third-round match at the Australian Open...

Football: Returning Gyan the hero as Ghana beat Algeria 23 Jan 2015 - 10:48 pm

Ghana's forward Asamoah Gyan (L) kicks the ball to score a goal past Algeria's defender Carl Medjani during their 2015 African Cup of...

NBA: Nuggets' scoring leader Lawson arrested 23 Jan 2015 - 10:31 pm

Nuggets PG Ty Lawson arrested on suspicion of DUI Denver - Denver Nuggets guard Ty Lawson, the NBA team's top scorer with 16.7...

NFL: Players union fights new personal conduct policy 23 Jan 2015 - 10:10 pm

New York - National Football League team owners are facing a legal challenge over the new personal conduct policy they adopted last month...

NHL sends GoPro cameras onto the ice 23 Jan 2015 - 08:24 pm

Washington - Ice hockey fans will get a new perspective on the fast-moving game when National Hockey League players don GoPro cameras, starting...

Penalty chip almost gives UAE boss heart attack 23 Jan 2015 - 07:15 pm

Sydney---UAE coach Mahdi Ali hailed Omar Abdulrahman's audacious chipped "panenka" penalty in Friday's shock Asian Cup quarter-final win over Japan -- but ordered...

Ferrero hints at Eto'o arrival 23 Jan 2015 - 06:43 pm

Milan---Sampdoria president Massimo Ferrero has hinted that Samuel Eto'o could finally complete his move to the Serie A side after two weeks of...

Cameroon's Enoh out of rest of group stage 23 Jan 2015 - 05:53 pm

Eyong Enoh Malabo, Equatorial Guinea---Cameroon coach Volker Finke on Friday confirmed that midfielder Eyong Enoh will not feature in either of the Indomitable...

Mourinho warns away Schurrle suitors 23 Jan 2015 - 05:46 pm

Cobham, United Kingdom---Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho said on Friday that it will take a "phenomenal" offer for him to sell out-of-favour German winger...