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Pakistan Cricket Board eye Qatar as off-shore venue 07 Jan 2014 - 10:13 am

A view of the West End Park International Cricket Stadium, at Industrial Area in Doha. The stadium will host a three-nation tournament involving...

Qatar Volleyball Association League: Police clinch win over El Quiyada 07 Jan 2014 - 10:11 am

Action from the Qatar Volleyball Association League match between El Quiyada and Police at the Al Arabi Indoor Stadium yesterday. Police won 3-1....

Chargers jolt Bengals for win 07 Jan 2014 - 10:10 am

NEW YORK: The San Diego Chargers took full advantage of a second-half meltdown by the Cincinnati Bengals to claim a 27-10 AFC wild...

Heat rally to overcome Raptors 07 Jan 2014 - 10:10 am

NEW YORK: Rallying from a nine-point, third-quarter deficit, the Miami Heat earned a victory over the Toronto Raptors in a battle of division...

Toulouse beat Clermont, keep home dominance 07 Jan 2014 - 09:52 am

PARIS: Four-time European champions Toulouse remained unbeatable at their Ernest-Wallon fortress this league season with a 19-12 victory over Top 14 leaders Clermont...

Kaka surpasses century in Atalanta rout 07 Jan 2014 - 09:51 am

MILAN: Brazilian forward Kaka boosted his World Cup hopes by scoring his 100th and 101st goals for AC Milan in a welcome 3-0...

Former players slam ‘spineless’ England after Ashes rout 07 Jan 2014 - 09:50 am

LONDON: England’s Ashes whitewash triggered a scathing attack from former players with Ian Botham lashing out at the team’s “spineless” display in Australia....

Brazil’s World Cup work has begun too late, says Blatter 07 Jan 2014 - 09:29 am

BERNE: FIFA president Sepp Blatter cannot remember a World Cup host nation falling as far behind with their preparations as Brazil have, he...

Portugal pays final homage to Eusebio 07 Jan 2014 - 09:28 am

LISBON: Portugal paid final homage yesterday to footballing legend Eusebio, who grew up in grinding African poverty to become one of the world’s...

Bayern Munich training in Doha 06 Jan 2014 - 09:35 am

Bayern Munich’s Bastian Schweinsteiger in action during the team’s training camp at Aspire Academy. Doha: Volkswagen Middle East and the sole Volkswagen dealer...

Portuguese legend Eusebio dies 06 Jan 2014 - 09:34 am

File photo of Real Madrid’s Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo (right) receiving the “Golden Boot 2011” award from Portuguese football legend Eusebio in Madrid....

Swansea City stun Manchester United 06 Jan 2014 - 09:33 am

Swansea City’s Welsh defender Neil Taylor (right) tries to tackle Manchester United’s Belgian midfielder Adnan Januzaj during the English FA Cup third round...

Qatar’s Abu Issa set for Dakar challenge 06 Jan 2014 - 09:32 am

DOHA: After participating in the cross country rally world championship (quads) and being ranked first at the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge and second...

Success is all about attitude, Nadal tells Aspire Academy students 06 Jan 2014 - 09:31 am

DOHA: Tennis star and world number one, Rafael ‘Rafa’ Nadal, visited Aspire Academy yesterday, fresh from his victory at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open,...

Harris, Johnson heroes as Aussie sweep Ashes series 06 Jan 2014 - 09:30 am

Australia’s cricketers Ryan Harris (left) and Mitchell Johnson (centre) and Peter Siddle celebrate their 5-0 victory in the Ashes Test series against England...

Captain Cook desperate to turn England around 06 Jan 2014 - 09:30 am

SYDNEY: Alastair Cook apologised to England fans for letting them down in the Ashes series and said he wanted to stay on as...

Johnson erased all question marks in fine style, says Clarke 06 Jan 2014 - 09:29 am

SYDNEY: Australia captain Michael Clarke paid fulsome tribute to Mitchell Johnson for his part in the 5-0 Ashes sweep yesterday, saying nobody could...

Hewitt stuns Federer in Brisbane 06 Jan 2014 - 09:28 am

BRISBANE: Australia’s Lleyton Hewitt stunned top seed Roger Federer of Switzerland to win the Brisbane International yesterday. Hewitt raced through the first set...