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LOS ANGELES: A fist-pumping, high-fiving Steve Ballmer enthusiastically vowed to run a “hard core” NBA franchise that will win championships during a rally...

Former England striker Michael Owen LONDON: Manchester United will return to the top four of the Premier League this season but it is...

Chelsea’s John Terry (left) challenges for the ball with Burnley’s Lukas Jutkiewicz during an English Premier League match at Turf Moor, Burnley, yesterday....

Ahmed Al Harami (left), QSL Chief of Competition and Football Development, shakes hands with Ali Mohamed Al Kubaisi, AZF Chief Corporate Services Officer,...

PARIS: French secretary of state for sports Thierry Braillard yesterday dubbed as “scandalous” the headbutt Brazilian striker Brandao landed on Paris Saint-Germain midfielder...

DOHA: The Qatar Stars  League’s performance analysis specialists — Prozone — held their annual workshop at the Millennium Hotel here on Sunday.  This...

DOHA: The Qatar Stars League’s (QSL) technical committee met at the Al Bidda Tower, the home of Qatari football, here on Sunday. The...

Doha: Al Sailiya team administrator Mohammed Qambar believes that repeating last season’s successes will prove difficult because the team had surpassed all the...

H E Sheikh Hassan bin Jabor Al Thani, who along with British throttle man Steve Curtis will attempt to break the speed record...

Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapakse (second from right) shakes hands with Mahela Jayawardene after the second Test match between Sri Lanka and Pakistan...

LONDON: India have been fined for a slow over rate during their heavy defeat by England in the fifth Test at The Oval,...

London: Strike bowler Stuart Broad, one of the heroes of England’s 3-1 test series victory against India, was yesterday left out of a...

KARACHI: A spell of chaos and uncertainty in Pakistan cricket came to an end yesterday when Shaharyar Khan was elected unopposed for his...

LONDON: Alastair Cook said support from his wife, Alice, had persuaded him to stay on as England captain after leading the side to...

Camilo Villegas of Colombia poses with the Sam Snead Cup after winning the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club, Greensboro, North Carolina yesterday.  ...

NEW YORK: South Korea’s Park In-Bee successfully defended her title in a play-off at the LPGA Championship yesterday, leaving runner-up Brittany Lincicome in...

NANJING: Rahma Al Dulaimi, the youngest member of the Qatari team at 15 years, had a respectable finish at the women’s all-around qualification...

NANJING: Every breath Singaporean shooter Teh Xiu Yi took and every move she made in the final of the Youth Olympics was accompanied...