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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...

NBA: Lakers top Mavericks 04 Apr 2013 - 12:47 am

LOS ANGELES: Kobe Bryant’s 19th career triple-double lifted the Los Angeles Lakers to a 101-81 triumph over the Dallas Mavericks yesterday in a...

Darvish falls one out shy of perfect game 04 Apr 2013 - 12:40 am

HOUSTON: The Texas Rangers’ Japanese hurler Yu Darvish came within one out of pitching a rare perfect game yesterday, retiring 26 batters before...

Pacquiao likely to fight again in September 04 Apr 2013 - 12:39 am

MANILA: Philippine boxing hero Manny Pacquiao plans to fight again in September, with the bout likely to be staged outside the United States...

Cardinals deal for Palmer 04 Apr 2013 - 12:38 am

New York: The NFC West continued to be National Football League’s hottest division for offseason moves as the Arizona Cardinals and the San...

Sabres end Penguins’ winning streak 04 Apr 2013 - 12:38 am

PITTSBURGH, Pennsyl-vania: The Buffalo Sabres halted the Penguins’ march toward NHL history yesterday, beating Pittsburgh 4-1 to snap the Pens’ winning streak at...

Galatasaray ready for Real 03 Apr 2013 - 10:29 am

Real Madrid’s Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo (left), Real Madrid’s Ghanaian midfielder Michael Essien (centre) and Real Madrid’s Portuguese defender Fabio Coentrao take part...

Debutants Malaga eyeing prize Dortmund scalp in quarters 03 Apr 2013 - 10:27 am

Malaga’s midfielders Francisco R Alarcon ‘Isco’ (left) and Ignacio Camacho during a training session in Malaga, Spain, yesterday. Malaga take on Borussia Dortmund...