Sports

Penalty for ‘bad boy’ Botha 08 Mar 2014 - 12:53 am

SYDNEY: South African Johan Botha will miss South Australia’s crucial final round Sheffield Shield match after being suspended by Cricket Australia yesterday. Botha,...

Root doubtful for World T20 with thumb injury: ECB 08 Mar 2014 - 12:51 am

LONDON: England batsman Joe Root is a major doubt for the World Twenty20 tournament this month after fracturing his thumb during England’s one-day...

Bradl believes he can get the wins in 2014 08 Mar 2014 - 12:50 am

BY RIZWAN REHMAT DOHA: Honda rider Stefan Bradl (pictured ), who managed just a single podium finish last season, feels confident of posting...

Espargaro feels confident ahead of the new season 08 Mar 2014 - 12:49 am

Spanish MotoGP rider Aleix Espargaro is being interviewed by MotoGP TV crew at Losail International Circuit yesterday. DOHA: Spanish MotoGP rider Aleix Espargaro...

Bribery case hangs over Formula One boss Ecclestone 08 Mar 2014 - 12:47 am

LONDON: A German bribery trial that opens next month in Munich will decide the fate of Bernie Ecclestone, the 83-year-old Briton who has...

2022 World Cup in good hands: AFC chief 07 Mar 2014 - 03:05 am

The Minister of Energy and Industry H E Dr Mohamed bin Saleh Al Sada (second left), with AFC President, Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim...

Kazakistan rowers dominate in Qatar 07 Mar 2014 - 02:48 am

The Japanese pair of Shiho Yonekawa and Chika Miyata, winners in the Women’s Open Pair 2000m, pose for a picture along with silver...

Squash: Qatar Junior Open Championship 07 Mar 2014 - 02:43 am

The podium winners at the Qatar Junior Open championship pose for a picture along with officials of Qatar Squash Federation at Khalifa International...

QNB Group signs three-year sponsorship with AFC 07 Mar 2014 - 02:38 am

The Minister of Energy and Industry H E Dr Mohamed bin Saleh Al Sada (left), is seen with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC)...

QP, Qatargas and RasGas new commercial partners of AFC 07 Mar 2014 - 02:38 am

The General Manager, Group Communication, Qatar National Bank (QNB), Yousef Ali Al Darwish (left); and President of West Asian World Sport Group, Pierre...

Qatar’s Al Haidus fourth in Runabout Pole 2 07 Mar 2014 - 02:36 am

DOHA: Kuwait’s Yousef Al-Abdulrazzaq, Frenchman Jeremy Poret and French lady Jennifer Menard were the stand-out performers in their Runabout, Ski GP1 and Ski...

Germany register narrow Chile win 07 Mar 2014 - 02:32 am

German national team coach Joachim Loew talks to Jerome Boateng (left) during their international friendly match against Chile in Stuttgart on Wednesday night....

England victory leaves Hodgson with plenty of questions 07 Mar 2014 - 02:31 am

LONDON: Adam Lallana almost certainly secured a place in the England squad for the World Cup but a generally sluggish performance in a...

Campbell-Brown seeks redemption 07 Mar 2014 - 02:30 am

SOPOT, Poland: Jamaican sprinting legend Veronica Campbell-Brown will make her first track appearance in 10 months at the World Indoor Championships, just weeks...

Another win for Sri Lanka 07 Mar 2014 - 02:28 am

Sri Lanka’s Ajantha Mendis (left) and Sachithra Senanayake celebrate the dismissal of Bangladesh’s Anamul Haque during their Asia Cup 2014 one-day international (ODI)...

Root sparkles with 107 as England take series 07 Mar 2014 - 02:26 am

England’s Stuart Broad stands with umpire Marais Erasmus during the third one-day international cricket match against the West Indies’ at North Sound, Antigua...

South Africa in no hurry to select new Test skipper 07 Mar 2014 - 02:22 am

CAPE TOWN: With their next Test series in Sri Lanka in July, Cricket South Africa (CSA) say they are in no rush to...

Pietersen England’s ‘scapegoat’: Richards 07 Mar 2014 - 02:21 am

LONDON: Kevin Pietersen has been made a “scapegoat” for England’s Ashes humiliation in Australia, according to West Indies great Vivian Richards. England controversially...