Sports

Barca contemplate life without Messi 05 Apr 2013 - 05:29 am

MADRID: Lionel Messi’s (pictured) Barcelona team-mates will take on the rare challenge of coping without their talismanic World Player of the Year when...

Bahrain defeat UAE to register first victory in AFC Under-14 girls’ championship 05 Apr 2013 - 05:29 am

Doha: Bahrain recorded their first win of the AFC Under-14 girls championship with a commanding 6-2 win against United Arab Emirates. A brilliant...

Ruthless Real ease to 3-0 win 04 Apr 2013 - 01:37 am

Real Madrid striker Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates after scoring the opening goal during their Champions League quarter-final first leg match against Galatasaray Istanbul at...

Knight Riders off to a flying start 04 Apr 2013 - 01:37 am

Kolkata: Holders Kolkata Knight Riders gave a fluent start to their campaign with an emphatic six wicket win over a depleted Daredevils in...

QMMF celebrates 10th anniversary of Grand Prix of Qatar 04 Apr 2013 - 01:35 am

Qatar, UAE share spoils 04 Apr 2013 - 01:33 am

Doha: In only their second competitive match, the Qatar girls’Under-14s celebrated a point against the United Arab Emirates in the AFC Under-14 Championships...

Al Sadd enter Emir Cup semis 04 Apr 2013 - 01:30 am

by Danotzki Santos Doha: Al Sadd wanted a victory to get to the semi-final round outright and did it in style by overpowering...

Rossi takes on Spanish Armada 04 Apr 2013 - 01:29 am

LONDON: Valentino Rossi is back on a Yamaha but it will take some heroics for the ageing Italian great to wrest the MotoGP...

Lorenzo sees positives in Rossi’s Yamaha deal 04 Apr 2013 - 01:29 am

BY RIZWAN REHMAT DOHA: World champion Jorge Lorenzo believes veteran MotoGP rider and new team-mate Valentino Rossi will add power and purpose to...

Qatar and IWG sign pact 04 Apr 2013 - 12:50 am

DOHA: The Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) yesterday endorsed the ‘Brighton Declaration’, saying Qatar was fast developing a healthy environment to support women’s participation...

Ryder is out of hospital 04 Apr 2013 - 12:50 am

CHRISTCHURCH: New Zealand cricketer Jesse Ryder (pictured left) has been released from a Christchurch hospital and returned to his home in Wellington after...

Rising Australian fast bowler Starc hits contract jackpot 04 Apr 2013 - 12:50 am

SYDNEY: Cricket Australia unveiled yesterday a list of 20 contracted players for the new season amid reports that star bowler Mitchell Starc is...

Akram to work with Pakistan fast bowlers 04 Apr 2013 - 12:49 am

KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has turned to former captain and fast bowler Wasim Akram and will prepare special pitches for the...

Top-ranked Serena wins WTA clay opener 04 Apr 2013 - 12:49 am

CHARLESTON, South Carolina: World No. 1 Serena Williams (pictured above) served nine aces yesterday during her first match this season on clay, beating...

Qatar’s Lekhwiya go top 04 Apr 2013 - 12:48 am

Doha: Qatar international Sebastian Soria scored two late goals as unbeaten Lekhwiya beat Uzbekistan’s Pakhtakor 3-1 yesterday to leapfrog the top of Group...

Referees grilled in AFC Cup match-fixing probe 04 Apr 2013 - 12:48 am

SINGAPORE: Three Lebanese football referees were dropped from an AFC Cup tie in Singapore and questioned by anti-corruption officers yesterday in the city-state’s...

Barca left to rue ‘expensive’ night in Paris 04 Apr 2013 - 12:48 am

MADRID: The Catalan press were left to reflect on a bittersweet evening for Barcelona after they conceded late and lost Lionel Messi (pictured)...

English clubs eye redemption in Europa League 04 Apr 2013 - 12:47 am

LONDON: After a collective blow-out in the Champions League, England has a three-pronged attack on Europe’s second tier competition with Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur...