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Pat McQuaid, President of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), informs about the position of the UCI regarding the decision from USADA in the...

MADRID: Barcelona entertain Celtic today looking to maintain their winning start to Champions League Group G with an in-form Lionel Messi but the...

MADRID: Celtic’s hopes of beating Barcelona in the Champions League today could be decided at a maternity ward rather than in the intimidating...

Al Sadd captain Raul Gonzalez (left) celebrates with team-mates Talal Ali Albloushi (centre) and Nadir Belhadj during their Qatar Stars League (QSL) match...

LONDON: Manchester United’s determination to avoid last season’s mistakes, a winning start this term and their unbeaten home record against Portuguese teams are...

LONDON: Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand trained as normal yesterday, amid British media reports of a showdown with coach Alex Ferguson over his...

GENEVA: Team captains playing in Champions and Europa League matches this week will be asked to wear anti-racism armbands as part of a...

The participants of a show jumping contest held in Doha pose for a picture with officials at the Al Rayyan Arena of the...

SEA ISLAND, Georgia: Tommy Gainey couldn’t quite reach golf’s magic number of 59 -- but a sparkling 60 was good enough to give...

Singapore: American twins Bob and Mike Bryan will end the tennis season on top of the world for a record eighth time, the...

KARACHI: Players from the visiting International World XI yesterday said overseas teams should return to tour Pakistan soon, after two Twenty20s against an...

DOHA: Twelves teams will take part in the Qatar Under-19 Schools Cricket Tournament, organised under the aegis of the Qatar Cricket Association (QCA)...

SAN FRANCISCO: San Francisco pitcher Ryan Vogelsong rose to the do-or-die occasion yesterday, striking out nine as the Giants beat St. Louis 6-1...

GENEVA: Disgraced Lance Armstrong’s fate was sealed yesterday, as cycling’s under-fire world governing body decided to back a life ban for doping and...

WASHINGTON: The head of the US anti-doping body called yesterday for a truth commission to uncover drug cheats in cycling, saying that punishing...

PARIS: European cycling federations, race organisers and former riders yesterday broadly welcomed a decision to ban Lance Armstrong for life and scrub his...

GENEVA: Drug cheat Lance Armstrong’s doping programme bore testimony to the disgraced cycling champion’s win-at-all-costs attitude, the head of the International Cycling Union...

FOXBORO, Massachusetts: The New England Patriots squandered a double-digit lead but beat the New York Jets in overtime yesterday to seize the lead...