Sports

Spurs pile more misery on Grizzlies 18 Jan 2013 - 04:00 am

New york: The San Antonio Spurs made light of Manu Ginobili’s absence to overwhelm Memphis 103-82 on Wednesday, piling on the misery for...

Arsenal and United sneak FA Cup wins 18 Jan 2013 - 03:58 am

Jack Wilshere of Arsenal applauds after the FA Cup Third Round Replay match against Swansea City at the Emirates Stadium, London, Britain, yesterday....

Guardiola’s move stuns Spain press 18 Jan 2013 - 03:58 am

Madrid: Former Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola’s move to Bayern Munich stunned Spain’s partisan sporting press, which marvelled yesterday that he chose the German...

Qatar Stars League action resumes on January 21 18 Jan 2013 - 03:58 am

Doha: Qatar Stars League (QSL) leaders Al Sadd will seek to put behind their disappointing 4-2 loss to Al Arabi in their final...

Qatar’s new coach ready for tough task 18 Jan 2013 - 03:58 am

DOHA: New Qatar coach Fahad Al Thani is ‘ready’ for tough assignments as the football team targets the remaining 2014 FIFA World Cup...

Iraq-UAE Gulf Cup final a boost for local coaches 18 Jan 2013 - 03:57 am

MANAMA: Iraq will take on the United Arab Emirates in the final of the 21st Gulf Cup today after both sides -- the...

Confident UAE target World Cup spot in Tahiti 18 Jan 2013 - 03:56 am

United Arab Emirates (UAE) coach Marcelo Mendes. Picture by: Abdul Basit By Denzil Pinto DOHA: With four days to go until the Asian...

QMMF backed Khalid aims for MERC glory 18 Jan 2013 - 03:56 am

DOHA: Qatari rally driver Khalid Al-Suwaidi, the winner of last year’s Kuwait International Rally, has receiving ongoing support from the Qatar Motor and...

Serena, Murray advance 18 Jan 2013 - 03:54 am

Belarus’s Victoria Azarenka waves to the crowd after victory in her women’s singles match against Greece’s Eleni Daniilidou on the fourth day of...

Murray picks up tips from Thorpe, Lewis 18 Jan 2013 - 03:54 am

MELBOURNE: Andy Murray (pictured) said he’d been taking tips from swimming great Ian Thorpe and heavyweight boxer Lennox Lewis as he strives to...

Cycling: Armstrong loses Olympic medal 18 Jan 2013 - 03:54 am

LOS ANGELES: Lance Armstrong was stripped of his 2000 Olympic bronze medal hours before the airing yesterday of his eagerly-awaited tell-all interview with...

Alonso says Hamilton still his strongest rival in F1 18 Jan 2013 - 03:53 am

Rome: Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso has tipped Lewis Hamilton to win races this season, despite his move from McLaren to Mercedes, and sees the...

Webber and Raikkonen swap race engineers 18 Jan 2013 - 03:53 am

LONDON: Red Bull’s Mark Webber and Kimi Raikkonen of Lotus will be working with new Formula One race engineers this season after their...

Hot wheels 18 Jan 2013 - 01:43 am

Action from the first round of the Arabian Drag Racing League at Qatar Racing Club yesterday. The five rounds of races will end...

Gate mall all set for fencing action 17 Jan 2013 - 04:33 am

Khaled Mohammed Al Yazeidi (third left), Secretary-General of Qatar Fencing Federation (QFF) and Fahad Al Mulla (third right), President of the Organising Committee...

Guardiola named as new Bayern Munich manager 17 Jan 2013 - 04:32 am

A file picture dated November 10, 2010, shows FC Barcelona manager Pep Guardiola during the Spanish King’s Cup round of 16 second leg...

Pound urges Armstrong to co-operate 17 Jan 2013 - 04:31 am

LOS ANGELES: The former head of the World Anti-Doping Agency, Dick Pound, has called on Lance Armstrong to co-operate fully with drug-testing authorities...

Badminton may lose its place in Olympics, says Taufik 17 Jan 2013 - 04:31 am

Singapore: Badminton’s Olympic future is in jeopardy due to the continual mid-tournament retirements of leading players, Athens Games gold medallist Taufik Hidayat said...