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MADRID: Leaders Barcelona struck a potentially decisive blow in the La Liga title race when Lionel Messi scored twice in a 4-1 win...

PARIS: A first half injury-time goal from Blaise Matuidi gave Paris Saint-Germain a 1-0 victory in their top-of-the-table clash with Lyon at the...

LONDON: Tour de France winner and Olympic time-trial champion Bradley Wiggins was named BBC Sports Personality of the Year at a star-studded live...

JOHANNESBURG:  South Africa was plunged into crisis yesterday just a month before it hosts the African Nations Cup finals with the suspension of...

Jonathan Trott (left) celebrates 0his eighth Test century against India on the fifth day of the fourth Test match in Nagpur, yesterday.  Nagpur:...

HOBART: Australia removed both Sri Lanka openers cheaply to leave the tourists clinging on at 65 for two and chasing an unlikely 393...

Nagpur: India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has said England deserved the series win after the fourth and final cricket Test ended in a...

Nagpur: Alastair Cook savoured a “very special” series win after England triumphed in India for the first time in 27 years. Centuries from...

DHAKA: Bangladesh have agreed in principle to tour Pakistan and become the first team to play international cricket there since an attack on...

Doha:  Top-ranked Pakistan is one of the favourites to win the Asian Champions Trophy hockey championship which begins from December 20 in Qatar,...

Doha: Indian captain Sardar Singh (pictured) feels he is ‘lucky but not   surprised’ that he emerged as the highest-paid player at the inaugural...

BY ARMSTRONG VAS Doha: Wanderers Hockey – a first division club of Qatar National League - will launch the first edition of their...

SYDNEY: South African runner Oscar Pistorius, known as the “Blade Runner” for his carbon fibre blades, has been confirmed to race in Australia,...

Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy (right) poses with his girlfriend, Denmark’s tennis champion Caroline Wozniacki, after winning the DP World Tour golf Championship in...

Qatar National Badminton Coach Manoj Sahibjan successfully completed the BWF Coaches Training Course, hosted by the Bahrain Badminton and Squash Federation (BB&SF) in...

TORONTO: The injury-depleted Toronto Raptors won consecutive games for the first time in eight months with a 103-96 victory over the Houston Rockets...

YOKOHAMA: Brazilian giants Corinthians won the Club World Cup in Japan yesterday, overcoming European champions Chelsea 1-0 in a closely-fought encounter. Striker Guerrero...