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Football: Nigeria, Egypt paired in Cup of Nations draw 08 Apr 2015 - 05:47 pm

Johannesburg--Nigeria and Egypt were drawn together and so were Cameroon and South Africa in the highlights of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations...

Tennis: Sharapova to spearhead Russia against Germany 08 Apr 2015 - 03:59 pm

Maria Sharapova Moscow--World number two Maria Sharapova will spearhead Russia in their Fed Cup World Group semi-final against Germany at Sochi on April...

RugbyL: Leeds fine England's Hardaker 08 Apr 2015 - 03:55 pm

Zak Hardaker London--Leeds and England full-back Zak Hardaker has been fined one month's salary and must take an anger management course, the Super...

Football: Ribery's injury return has Bayern boss baffled 08 Apr 2015 - 03:51 pm

Franck Ribery Berlin--Bayern Munich's Pep Guardiola lost his usual composure when asked about France winger Franck Ribery's possible return from an ankle injury...

Omani swimmers rule Beach Games 08 Apr 2015 - 01:05 am

Gold medal winner Mohammed bin Nasseb Al Habsi of Oman celebrates at the Katara Cultural Village in Doha yesterday. Doha: Oman dominated the...

Lekhwiya, Al Sadd set for ACL action today 08 Apr 2015 - 12:53 am

Guangzhou R&F’s Tang Miao (left) fights for the ball with Seongnam FC’s Kim Dong-Hee (right) during a AFC Champions League Group F match...

City deja vu leaves Pellegrini exposed 07 Apr 2015 - 10:21 pm

Crystal Palace’s English striker Glenn Murray celebrates after scoring a goal against Manchester City at Selhurst Park in London on Monday night. London:...

Lights, camera, cricket: IPL show begins today 07 Apr 2015 - 10:19 pm

Captain from all IPL team with IPL Trophy during the Pepsi IPL 2015 opening night event held at the Salt Lake Stadium in...

China’s greatest track and field athlete Xiang retires 07 Apr 2015 - 10:17 pm

In this file picture taken on August 29, 2011, China’s Liu Xiang reacts after competing in the men’s 110m hurdles final at the...

Cycling: Felline pips Aussie Matthews in Basque sprint finish 07 Apr 2015 - 07:32 pm

Vitoria, Spain--Italy's Fabio Felline edged out Michael Matthews of Australia to win the second stage of the Tour of the Basque Country on...

Football: Blatter opposes Palestinian bid to bar Israel 07 Apr 2015 - 07:29 pm

Cairo--FIFA president Sepp Blatter on Tuesday expressed his opposition to a Palestinian bid to bar Israel from international competition, saying such a move...

Football: Bayern set for 'ballsy' battle without Schweinsteiger 07 Apr 2015 - 07:19 pm

Berlin--Thomas Mueller says injury-hit holders Bayern Munich must show some 'balls' at Bayer Leverkusen on Wednesday for a place in the German Cup's...

Football: Tevez out of Juve's Cup semi-final 07 Apr 2015 - 06:39 pm

Rome--Juventus will have to overturn a 2-1 first leg deficit to Fiorentina without top scorer Carlos Tevez in Tuesday's second-leg of the Italian...

Football: AFC Champions League results 07 Apr 2015 - 05:35 pm

Tokyo--Results from the AFC Champions League on Tuesday: Group B Al Shabab (KSA) 0 Naft Tehran (IRI) 0 Group F Seongnam FC (KOR)...

Athletics: China Olympic winner Liu Xiang retires 07 Apr 2015 - 02:17 pm

Liu Xiang Beijing--China's greatest track and field athlete Liu Xiang announced his retirement Tuesday, with the injury-plagued Athens 2004 gold medal winner saying...

Lekhwiya eye Al Ahli scalp to seize QSL title 07 Apr 2015 - 12:21 am

Referee shows red card to Lekhwiya captain Luiz Martin during the hotly-contested game against Al Shahaniya on Saturday in Doha. Doha: After missing...

QSL: Interesting facts, outcome of Round 24 07 Apr 2015 - 12:20 am

Action during the QSL match between Al Sadd and Al Gharafa at the Al Sadd SC on Friday. Doha: The interesting round 24...

Dortmund target Europa place via Cup success 07 Apr 2015 - 12:17 am

Bayern Munich’s Spanish midfielder Thiago Alcantara and Dortmund’s midfielder Sven Bender (right) vie for the ball possession during their German first division Bundesliga...