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Fantasy becoming reality in Premier League shakeup 21 Mar 2016 - 04:20 pm

By Martyn Herman LONDON: With two months of a gripping Premier League season left Leicester City are closing on the title and it...

Deschamps cools talk of Ribery's France return 21 Mar 2016 - 04:05 pm

Berlin: France coach Didier Deschamps has played down speculation about Franck Ribery coming out of international retirement to represent his country at Euro...

Serena slams Indian Wells boss for 'women riding men's coattails' remark 21 Mar 2016 - 03:36 pm

Serena Williams from the USA reacts as she plays against Victoria Azarenka from Belarus during their final match at the BNP Paribas Open...

Battered bowlers hoping for respite, says Ali 21 Mar 2016 - 03:16 pm

England's Moeen Ali (L) talks with Adil Rashid during training session at Feroj Shah Kotla cricket ground in New Delhi on March 21,...

Azarenka shocks Williams in Indian Wells final 21 Mar 2016 - 03:14 pm

Victoria Azarenka of Belarus poses with the winner's trophy after defeating Serena Williams of USA in the women's final of the BNP Paribas...

Pakistan face rampant Black Caps in must-win T20 21 Mar 2016 - 02:53 pm

Pakistan's Shoaib Malik (L), Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi (C) and Wahab Riaz (2L) celebrate after dismissing India's Yuvraj Singh during the World T20...

Mahrez, Mane score key Premier League goals 21 Mar 2016 - 01:36 pm

Riyad Mahrez celebrates with teammates after scoring the first goal for Leicester City. Reuters / Dylan Martinez Paris: Algerian Riyad Mahrez and Senegalese...

Djokovic fuels tennis money equality debate 21 Mar 2016 - 01:13 pm

Novak Djokovic of Serbia signs autographs after his win over Milos Raonic of Canada during day fourteen of the BNP Paribas Open at...

Wanda says more Chinese firms likely to become FIFA sponsors 21 Mar 2016 - 11:54 am

L-R) FIFA Marketing Director Thierry Weil, FIFA Vice-President David Chung, the chairman of Dalian Wanda Group in China Wang Jianlin and the first...

Bangladesh urge ICC to lift Taskin ban 21 Mar 2016 - 11:33 am

DHAKA: Bangladesh have appealed to cricket's world governing body to lift the suspension on paceman Taskin Ahmed, who was ruled out of the...

Four Russian track-and-field athletes test positive for meldonium 21 Mar 2016 - 10:53 am

File photo of the Russian Athletics Federation president Dmitry Shlyakhtin. REUTERS/ MAXIM SHEMETOV MOSCOW: Four Russian track-and-field athletes have tested positive for the...

Super Lorenzo storms to win at Qatar GP 21 Mar 2016 - 02:01 am

Spanish rider Jorge Lorenzo of the Movistar Yamaha Team (right) in action during the Motorcycling Grand Prix of Qatar at the Losail International...

All set for Artistic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup 21 Mar 2016 - 01:58 am

Doha: Doha’s Aspire Dome will be under the spotlight when world’s best gymnasts take the centre stage at the 9th Artistic Gymnastics World...

El Jaish, Al Sadd claim wins 21 Mar 2016 - 01:57 am

Doha: Goals from Abderrazak Hamdallah and fine individual strike from Romarinho ensured that El Jaish handed Al Rayyan their second loss of the...

Haroun wins silver for Qatar at World Indoor 21 Mar 2016 - 01:54 am

Abdalelah Haroun of Qatar celebrates after winning silver in the men's 400 meters during the IAAF World Indoor Athletics Championships in Portland, Oregon...

Everton's Howard agrees return to US 21 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Liverpool: United States goalkeeper Tim Howard is to leave Everton at the end of the current season and return to Major League Soccer...

Mitrovic saves Newcastle, Mane sinks Liverpool 21 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Sunderland's Jan Kirchhoff in action with Newcastle's Aleksandar Mitrovic Action Images via Reuters / Lee Smith Manchester, United Kingdom: Aleksandar Mitrovic scored an...