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Milan and Barcelona meet again as Drogba eyes return 19 Feb 2013 - 03:21 am

Bayern Munich’s head coach Jupp Heynckes looks on during a press conference for the Champions League round of 16 football match against Arsenal...

Heynckes tells Arsenal fans to lay off Wenger 19 Feb 2013 - 03:19 am

LONDON: Bayern Munich manager Jupp Heynckes has urged Arsenal supporters to stop criticising Arsene Wenger (pictured) because the Gunners boss can no longer...

Ivanovic reaches Dubai second round; Stephens bows out 19 Feb 2013 - 03:19 am

DUBAI: Former French Open champion Ana Ivanovic beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-3, 7-6 in the first round of the Dubai tennis championships yesterday while...

Bahrain hoping for near-record turnout at F1 race 19 Feb 2013 - 03:19 am

Manama: Bahrain is hoping for a near-record turnout at this year’s Formula One Grand Prix despite continued violent unrest and political turmoil in...

Sochi Winter Olympics preparations 19 Feb 2013 - 02:09 am

A general view of the Olympic stadium for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics in Adler, near Sochi, Russia, yesterday. Construction will be completed...

South Africa set for ranking windfall 18 Feb 2013 - 11:28 pm

South Africa’s Hashim Amla plays a shot on the fourth day of the second cricket test match against Pakistan in Cape Town on...

Qatar International Equestrian Festival 18 Feb 2013 - 11:26 pm

Sheikh Nawaf Nasser bin Khaled Al Thani, Chairman and CEO of Nasser Bin Khaled, and Sheikh Mohammed bin Faleh Al Thani (second right),...

Qatar International Regatta - Sail The Gulf 2013 18 Feb 2013 - 11:24 pm

Sailors taking part in the Qatar International Regatta - Sail The Gulf 2013 - practice at Doha Sailing Club, yesterday. Around 220 sailors...

Qatar Al-Anabi Racing Top Fuel Team opens 2013 NHRA season with dazzling win 18 Feb 2013 - 11:24 pm

POMOMA, California: It was the perfect way to open the 2013 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing season. Al-Anabi silver driver Shawn Langdon won...

Team AISM win third leg of sailing Tour 18 Feb 2013 - 11:23 pm

Dubai: Dubai based Team AISM led by America’s Cup skipper Bertrand Pacé won the third leg of the EFG Bank Sailing Arabia The...

Merrick wins first PGA title 18 Feb 2013 - 11:22 pm

John Merrick laughs with the trophy after his play-off win over Charlie Beljan on the second play-off hole during the final round of...

Familiar foes await McIlroy and Woods in WGC Match Play 18 Feb 2013 - 11:21 pm

Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland and Tiger Woods of the US (right) hold their coffee cups as they are offered traditional Arabic coffee...

Doha Golf Club celebrates Qatar National Sports Day 18 Feb 2013 - 11:20 pm

Doha Golf Club staff celebrate Qatar National Sports Day by playing a cricket tournament at Doha Golf Club.

Wozniacki says McIlroy ‘comfortable’ with new clubs 18 Feb 2013 - 11:20 pm

HONG KONG: Rory McIlroy’s tennis star girlfriend Caroline Wozniacki yesterday insisted golf’s world number one was “very comfortable” with his new brand of...

Williams eyes Olympic Sevens gold 18 Feb 2013 - 11:19 pm

SYDNEY: Former All Black Sonny Bill Williams admits the chance to win Olympic gold could tempt him to switch to rugby Sevens for...

Junior school hockey tourney begins today 18 Feb 2013 - 11:19 pm

Doha: Nineteen teams will be seen in action in the inter-school hockey tournament organised by the Qatar Hockey Federation at the Hockey Fields...

Sochi will be ready to host F1 in 2014, says Mayor 18 Feb 2013 - 11:17 pm

MOSCOW: Sochi will be ready to stage a leg of the Formula One season in November 2014, Anatoly Pakhomov, the mayor of Russia’s...

Azarenka aiming to regain top ranking from Serena 18 Feb 2013 - 11:16 pm

Marion Bartoli of France serves to Czech Republic’s Klara Zakopalova during their WTA Dubai Open tennis match in Dubai yesterday. DUbai: Victoria Azarenka...