Sports

Countdown to Swimming World Cup begins 04 Aug 2014 - 11:59 pm

Swimming superstar Chad Le Clos who will feature in the FINA World Cup in Doha. Doha: With less than four weeks to go...

NBA to evaluate involvement in global events: Commissioner 04 Aug 2014 - 11:58 pm

Team USA guard Paul George is carted off the floor on a gurney after suffering a lower leg injury during in Las Vegas...

Ageless Hopkins will face Kovalev to unify titles 04 Aug 2014 - 11:57 pm

NEW YORK: Age-defying Bernard Hopkins, trying to become an undisputed light heavyweight world champion at 50, will fight unbeaten Russian Sergey Kovalev in...

Wenger queries Man City club network 04 Aug 2014 - 11:51 pm

LONDON: Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger yesterday queried the arrangement that has allowed former Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard to join Manchester City on loan...

Falcao scores comeback goal to sink Arsenal 1-0 04 Aug 2014 - 11:50 pm

Monaco’s Colombian forward Radamel Falcao reacts during the pre-season football friendly match against Valencia at the Emirates Stadium in north London on Sunday...

Qatari players train in Switzerland 04 Aug 2014 - 11:48 pm

The national senior team is in Switzerland as part of their preparation for the upcoming competitions. Qatar on Saturday beat a Swiss side...

Mourinho blames referee and fitness for Bremen defeat 04 Aug 2014 - 11:40 pm

BREMEN, Germany: Chelsea slumped to their first pre-season defeat on Sunday night as they were beaten 3-0 by Werder Bremen in Germany to...

Nasri drops France retirement hint 04 Aug 2014 - 11:39 pm

LONDON: Manchester City’s France midfielder Samir Nasri (pictured) yesterday indicated that he has decided to quit international football. The 27-year-old has endured a...

Hudson to be named Kiwi coach: Reports 04 Aug 2014 - 11:37 pm

WELLINGTON: Englishman Anthony Hudson is set to be announced as the new coach of New Zealand’s national soccer team after walking out on...

Serena wins WTA Stanford title 04 Aug 2014 - 11:37 pm

Serena Williams of the USA (right) and Angelique Kerber of Germany hold up their trophies for photographers after their final match at the...

Raonic tops at Washington Open 04 Aug 2014 - 11:35 pm

Milos Raonic celebrates with the championship trophy after defeating Vasek Pospisil in the men’s singles final of the Citi Open tournament at the...

Kuznetsova ends four-year WTA title drought 04 Aug 2014 - 11:34 pm

Svetlana Kuznetsova celebrates with the trophy after defeating Kurumi Nara in the women’s singles final of the Citi Open tournament at the Fitzgerald...

Murray happy to plan ahead with Mauresmo 04 Aug 2014 - 11:33 pm

LONDON: Andy Murray returns to action for the first time since surrendering his Wimbledon crown this week, insisting his coaching liaison with Amelie...

McIlroy back on top of the world after victory in Ohio 04 Aug 2014 - 11:32 pm

Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland holds the Gary Player Cup trophy after winning the World Golf Championships Bridgestone Invitational with a score of...

Glasgow the winner but sport falls short at the Games 04 Aug 2014 - 11:31 pm

GLASGOW: As Glasgow basks in the afterglow of hosting a popular 20th edition of the Commonwealth Games, Scotland’s largest city can reflect on...

Qatar-owned PSG eye hat-trick in Ligue 1 04 Aug 2014 - 11:30 pm

Newly appointed coach of Paris Saint-Germain club Laurent Blanc (right) poses next to PSG’s chairman Nasser Al Khelaifi of Qatar during his official...

Sri Lanka, Pakistan gear up for Jayawardene finale 04 Aug 2014 - 10:22 pm

Sri Lankan workers carry a billboard bearing the image of Mahela Jayawardene at the Galle International Cricket Stadium in Galle yesterday. Another poster...

Batsman Bell heralds Gooch net sessions 04 Aug 2014 - 10:21 pm

LONDON: England batsman Ian Bell has hailed former batting coach Graham Gooch for laying the foundations for his stylish 167-run knock against India...