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by Chris Evert Pele hoisting the World Cup.Doha winning the bid to host the WTA year-end Championships in 2008-2011. Venus Williams accepting the...

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands: Holder Juan Martin del Potro tested his delicate left wrist over nearly one and three-quarter hours as he beat Gael Monfils...

  MADRID: Belgian Gianni Meersman claimed the Alcudia Trophy on the final day of the Mallorca challenge yesterday. The Omega Pharma-Quick-Step rider pipped Spaniard...

CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh: Thisara Perera removed danger man Anamul Haque off the final ball to hand Sri Lanka a dramatic two-run victory over Bangladesh...

Australia’s Shaun Marsh plays a stroke during day one of the first Test match against South Africa at SuperSport Park in Centurion, yesterday....

Doha: Anti-Doping Lab Qatar (ADLQ) - the first specialised laboratory of its kind in the Middle East - has got the accreditation to...

FROM LEFT: Rohit Sharma, Pragyan Ojha, Harbhajan Singh and Sachin Tendulkar, members of the Mumbai Indians team winner of the IPL 6, pose...

LONDON: Manchester United may be struggling to defend the Premier League title but their “disappointing” form has yet to have an impact on...

LONDON: England manager Roy Hodgson yesterday ruled out the possibility of former captain John Terry coming out of retirement to play for his...

Belgian rider Tom Boonen (right) of Omega-Pharma Quickstep team celebrates on winning stage four of the Tour of Qatar 2014 in Mesaieed yesterday. ...

Chelsea’s Eden Hazard (right) challenges West Bromwich Albion’s Steven Reid during their English Premier League soccer match at the Hawthorns in West Bromwich,...

Real Madrid’s Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates after scoring from the penalty spot during the Spanish King’s Cup semi final second leg match...

  Officials with the mascot Fahed.  Doha: The countdown for the 24th Men’s Handball World Championship commenced on Tuesday and the official mascot of...

PARIS: Fourth-tier Cannes played the role of giant-killers once again yesterday as they dumped out Ligue 1 side Montpellier 1-0 in the last...

ROME: Fiorentina moved to within one win of their first trophy since 2001 as they beat fellow Serie A side Udinese 2-0 in...

China’s Ma Long, winner of the men’s singles title at the Qatar Open 2013 Table Tennis Championships, receiving the trophy from Qatar Table...

Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia serves the ball to Francesca Schiavone of Italy during their match at the Qatar Open tennis tournament in Doha,...

  DOHA: People look at Chinese players differently since Li Na won two Grand Slam titles, the new Australian Open champion claims. Li, who...