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AC Milan storm off pitch after racist chants 04 Jan 2013 - 05:49 am

Milan: AC Milan walked off the pitch during a friendly match at Italian lower side Pro Patria yesterday in protest at racist chanting...

James shines as Heat scrape past Mavericks in overtime 04 Jan 2013 - 05:48 am

Miami: LeBron James got off to a surprisingly slow start but kicked into top gear to lift the NBA champions Miami Heat to...

La Hoor finishes first at QREC 04 Jan 2013 - 05:46 am

Sheikh Mohammed bin Faleh Al Thani (third right) along with jockey Mark Lawson (second right) and officials pose for a picture at Qatar...

QBL: Top teams Al Sadd, Al Rayyan in action today 04 Jan 2013 - 05:44 am

DOHA: Qatar Basketball League (QBL) leaders AlRayyan and Al Sadd will be in action today as round two hostilities resume at the Al...

New changes and format for Qatar International Rally 04 Jan 2013 - 05:44 am

DOHA: New stages and a revised route will be used for the 2013 Qatar International Rally when the new FIA Middle East Rally...

Qatar Airways named official airline of Qatar football team 04 Jan 2013 - 05:43 am

Doha: Qatar Airways and the Qatar Football Association announced a strategic partnership with the carrier being named official airline of Qatar’s national football...

Pakistan seal series with clinical win in Kolkata 04 Jan 2013 - 05:42 am

Kolkata: Indian batting fizzled out virtually without a spark as Pakistan took a winning 2-0 lead in the One-Day International (ODI) series by...

Brownlie, McCullum dig in for New Zealand 04 Jan 2013 - 05:41 am

CAPE TOWN: Brendon McCullum and Dean Brownlie hit half-centuries as New Zealand fought back on the second day of the first Test against...

Thirimanne shines before Sri Lanka fall for 294 in Sydney 04 Jan 2013 - 05:41 am

SYDNEY: Australia’s four-pronged pace attack overcame spirited resistance from Lahiru Thirimanne and Mahela Jayawardene before dismissing Sri Lanka for 294 to end the...

Australia and Sri Lanka remember Tony Greig 04 Jan 2013 - 05:41 am

SYDNEY: Australian and Sri Lankan players paid their respects to Tony Greig in a moving farewell to the former England captain before the...

PCB, BCCI mulling ‘Ashes’ series for India and Pakistan 04 Jan 2013 - 05:39 am

Kolkata: With the revival of cricketing ties with India after a gap of almost five years, the Pakistan and Indian cricket boards are...

Gasquet survives a scare in Doha 03 Jan 2013 - 01:15 am

Richard Gasquet of France returns the ball to Grega Zemlja of Slovakia during their match of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open at the Khalifa...

Dominant PSG crush Lekhwiya in friendly 03 Jan 2013 - 01:12 am

Paris Saint Germain’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic (left) of Sweden vies for the ball with Lekhwiya’s Karim Boudiaf during their friendly match in Doha, yesterday....

Proteas take control in Cape Town 03 Jan 2013 - 01:06 am

CAPE TOWN: South Africa were in a dominant position after New Zealand crashed to 45 all out on the first day of the...

Australia chase farewell win for retiring Hussey in Sydney Test 03 Jan 2013 - 01:05 am

SYDNEY: Australia captain Michael Clarke vowed yesterday to strive for a 3-0 clean sweep against Sri Lanka in the final Test starting today...

Pakistan aim to seal ODI series against India in Kolkata today 03 Jan 2013 - 01:02 am

India’s Virender Sehwag has not fired for a long time with the bat. Kolkata: Struggling with the new rules and batting blues, India...

Don’t want to think of relapse: Yuvraj 03 Jan 2013 - 01:01 am

Kolkata: India’s flamboyant all-rounder Yuvraj Singh, who has returned to the game after a successful battle with cancer, yesterday said he kept the...

Sri Lanka name ODI, T20 squad for Australia 03 Jan 2013 - 01:01 am

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka Cricket yesterday announced a 16-man squad to play one-day and Twenty20 matches against Australia starting later this month. The five-match...