CHARLESTON, South Carolina: World No. 1 Serena Williams (pictured above) served nine aces yesterday during her first match this season on clay, beating...
CHARLESTON, South Carolina: World No. 1 Serena Williams (pictured above) served nine aces yesterday during her first match this season on clay, beating...
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...
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...
MADRID: The Catalan press were left to reflect on a bittersweet evening for Barcelona after they conceded late and lost Lionel Messi (pictured)...
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...
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...
HOUSTON: The Texas Rangers’ Japanese hurler Yu Darvish came within one out of pitching a rare perfect game yesterday, retiring 26 batters before...
MANILA: Philippine boxing hero Manny Pacquiao plans to fight again in September, with the bout likely to be staged outside the United States...
New York: The NFC West continued to be National Football League’s hottest division for offseason moves as the Arizona Cardinals and the San...
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...
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...
Malaga’s midfielders Francisco R Alarcon ‘Isco’ (left) and Ignacio Camacho during a training session in Malaga, Spain, yesterday. Malaga take on Borussia Dortmund...
London: David Beckham says he has not yet relinquished hope of resurrecting his England career, despite having not played for his country for...
The Qatar Endurance Racing Team (QERT 95) members, Anthony West (right), Nasser Al Malki (second right) and Nina Prinz (left) celebrate their win...
Former Australian Test captain Ricky Ponting is seen with India’s spin legend Anil Kumble in this picture released by Mumbai Indians yesterday. Pointing,...
WELLINGTON: New Zealand cricket star Jesse Ryder told police yesterday he has no memory of the vicious attack that left him critically injured...
KOLKATA: Out of favour India opener and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) skipper Gautam Gambhir yesterday refused to take the Indian Premier League (IPL)...
New Delhi: He has only played one international, yet Australian batsman Luke Pomersbach has remained in the news -- for reasons other than...