LONDON: Former Test bowlers Richard Illingworth and Paul Reiffel have been promoted to cricket’s elite umpiring panel in place of Asad Rauf and...
LONDON: Former Test bowlers Richard Illingworth and Paul Reiffel have been promoted to cricket’s elite umpiring panel in place of Asad Rauf and...
SYDNEY: Mickey Arthur’s (pictured left) appointment as the first foreign coach of the Australian team 19 months ago was supposed to usher in...
Qatar’s Naven Stjepanovic (in maroon) attempts to score during his side’s match against Bosnia and Herzegovina at Qatar International Handball Championship at Al...
Switzerland: An International Olympic Committee report on the three cities wanting to host the 2020 Summer Olympics indicated there was no clear favourite...
MELBOURNE: The British and Irish Lions maintained their momentum ahead of Saturday’s second Test with a comprehensive 35-0 win over the Melbourne Rebels...
NEW YORK: US Open champion Justin Rose has withdrawn from this week’s AT&T National at Congressional Country Club, citing fatigue after a demanding...
LONDON: Rafael Nadal came under pressure yesterday to turn his back on Wimbledon if he wants to extend his career and preserve his...
LONDON: Five-time champion Serena Williams insisted yesterday that her bitter, public feud with Maria Sharapova was not on her mind as she stormed...
LONDON: Wimbledon’s ticket policy came under scrutiny yesterday after several of the tournament’s top stars played against a backdrop of empty seats. As...
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana: Johnny Weissmuller came back from the 1924 Olympics in Paris with a chest full of medals, put on a loin cloth...
DES MOINES, Iowa: Healthy at last, Tyson Gay notched a 100m-200m double in scintillating style at the US athletics championships, but the US...
Doha: The Qatar national men’s rugby team moves a division higher in the Asian Rugby Football Union (ARFU) standings with a convincing win...
DOHA: Nasser bin Khalifa Al Attiyah, President of Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation (QMMF), yesterday attended the three-day 2013 FIA Sport Conference Week....
DOHA: Four Filipino national basketball referees here were awarded with a higher level of licence by the Philippine basketball governing body that would...
BOSTON: A National Hockey League season that nearly never was will be remembered as one of the greatest after the Chicago Blackhawks stunned...
PARIS: Chris Froome is overwhelming favourite for the Tour de France but the return of former winner Alberto Contador after a one-year hiatus...
PARIS: Former cyclist Laurent Jalabert (pictured) said yesterday that he was stepping down as a television and radio pundit for the forthcoming Tour...
Rafael Nadal of Spain (left) and Steve Darcis of Belgium walk off the court after Nadal was defeated by Darcis in their men’s...