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Olympics: At Rio’s ‘midnight’ Olympics performance may suffer 10 Jul 2015 - 11:37 pm

RIO DE JANEIRO: Rio de Janeiro may have a penchant for late-night parties, but scheduling of events past midnight at next year’s Olympic...

NBA: LeBron James agrees two-year deal with Cleveland Cavaliers 10 Jul 2015 - 11:35 pm

Olympics: At Rio’s ‘midnight’ Olympics performance may suffer RIO DE JANEIRO: Rio de Janeiro may have a penchant for late-night parties, but scheduling...

African team says racist abuse won't detract from success 10 Jul 2015 - 10:15 pm

PARIS: The man who founded the first African team to race in the Tour de France said on Friday that racist abuse suffered...

England set Australia 412 to win first Ashes test 10 Jul 2015 - 10:07 pm

England's James Anderson celebrates taking the wicket of Australia's Brad Haddin. CARDIFF: Joe Root again put Australia's bowlers to the sword and together...

Rogers hits 95 but England eye first innings lead 10 Jul 2015 - 10:50 am

Chris Rogers in action. CARDIFF: Chris Rogers fell for 95, failing to turn a half-century into a hundred for the seventh test innings...

Qatar down Cameroon 10 Jul 2015 - 04:08 am

Qatar’s Abu Backer’s (right) scoring attempt is blocked by two Cameroon players during their four-nation Ramadan Friendship tournament at Al Arabi Stadium in...

Serena mauls Sharapova to reach Wimbledon final 09 Jul 2015 - 07:50 pm

Serena Williams celebrates after winning her match against Maria Sharapova at Wimbledon 2015. LONDON: Serena Williams feasted on familiar prey as she reached...

Spain's Muguruza edges Radwanska to reach final 09 Jul 2015 - 06:00 pm

Garbine Muguruza of Spain celebrates winning against Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland during their semi final match. LONDON: Garbine Muguruza became the first Spanish...

Fluent Rogers makes hay for Australia 09 Jul 2015 - 05:55 pm

Australia's Chris Rogers plays a shot watched by England's wicketkeeper Jos Buttler during play on the second day of the opening Ashes cricket...

Gatlin is beatable, say sprint rivals 09 Jul 2015 - 01:50 am

Tyson Gay (left) of the USA and Jamaica’s Asafa Powell during a press conference on the eve of the Diamond League Athletissima athletics...

Gatlin, Powell and Gay set for Lausanne showdown 09 Jul 2015 - 01:48 am

Lausanne: Lovers of clean track and field will be cringing at today’s Diamond League meet in Lausanne when doping cheats Justin Gatlin and...

AIBA officials at Alin Bin Hamad Al Attiyah Arena 09 Jul 2015 - 01:44 am

AIBA officials are seen during their inspection visit to the Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena which will host the 2015 World Boxing...

Spieth bids for the No.1 ranking 09 Jul 2015 - 01:28 am

Jordan Spieth of the US (right) is helped into his green jacket by Bubba Watson after winning the 2015 Masters Tournament at the...

Federer, Murray set-up Wimbledon showdown 08 Jul 2015 - 07:59 pm

Roger Federer of Switzerland celebrates after winning his match against Gilles Simon of France at Wimbledon 2015. London: Seven-time champion Roger Federer and...

Root leads England revival after Aussie treble strike 08 Jul 2015 - 05:46 pm

Australia's David Warner catches England's Adam Lyth for 6 runs during play on the first day of the opening Ashes cricket test match...

AIBA, QBF officials meet in Doha 08 Jul 2015 - 10:54 am

AIBA officials join counterparts from the Qatar Boxing Federation (QBF) at an AIBA Executive Committee meeting in Doha yesterday. RIGHT: AIBA President Dr...

Pakistan pull off astonishing win 08 Jul 2015 - 10:51 am

Pakistan cricketers pose after their team’s series victory following the third and final Test match against Sri Lanka at The Pallekele International Cricket...

Froome retains his grip as Martin claims yellow 08 Jul 2015 - 10:47 am

CAMBRAI: Chris Froome lost his yellow jersey but retained his grip on his rivals after surviving a day on the cobbles in the...