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  WASHINGTON: Defending NBA champion Miami, playing without its top stars, clinched this season’s best NBA record and a home-field advantage in the play-offs...

  FLORIDA: Voters in south Florida’s Miami-Dade County will soon decide if billionaire real estate developer Stephen Ross can tap local hotel taxes to...

  NEW YORK: Bernard Hopkins, the oldest boxer to win a major world title, said yesterday that he will defend his International Boxing Federation...

FROM LEFT: Honorary starters Gary Player, Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus talk on the first tee before officially starting the 2013 Masters at...

AUGUSTA, Georgia: For 80 years a defiant Augusta National Golf Club had nothing to say about its male-only membership policy. But on the...

AUGUSTA, Georgia: After having the thrill of winning the Masters a record six times, Jack Nicklaus does not get terribly excited about joining...

AUGUSTA, Georgia:  Watched by huge galleries, the ‘Big Three’ of Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player launched the 77th Masters yestreday while...

  NEW DELHI: If troubled Myanmar can host Davis Cup matches then Pakistan should be allowed to follow suit, captain Mohammad Khalid said yesterday...

Juventus’ defender Andrea Barzagli (right) fights for the ball with Bayern Munich’s French midfielder Franck Ribery during their Champions League quarter-final second-leg match...

Doha:  Al Nasr became the first club to exit the 2013 AFC Champions League when the Dubai-based club succumbed to a 3-1 defeat...

LONDON: European football’s governing body on Wednesday outlined tough new sanctions against racism both on and off the pitch, as part of efforts...

Doha: Coach Fahad Thani will announce his squad for Qatar’s remaining two 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying games at the end of the...

Qatar Squash Federation (QSF) Assistant Secretary-General Talal Ali Al Mawlawi is flanked by InterContinental Doha Recreation Manager Asela Jayawera (left) and QSF Technical...

Mohali: In one of the most dominant wins of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Murali Vijay (pictured) and Michael Hussey helped Chennai Super...

LAHORE, Pakistan: Pakistan tennis star Aisam-ul Haq Qureshi yesterday said he would fight Pakistan’s case after a referee’s decision to award a Davis...

Ibrahim Ali bin Owairan (centre), and other officials of Saudi Arabia team pose with their winner’s trophy during the 14th GCC Athletics Championships...

FROM LEFT. Mohammed  Sulaiman, Doha 2013 Diamond League Spectators Committee Manager, Dahlan Al Hamad, President of QAF and Fahd Al Hajri, Doha 2013...

AUGUSTA, Georgia: Tiger Woods, favored to win this week’s 77th Masters and take his first major title since 2008, says he would have...