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South Africa’s Hashim Amla plays a shot on the fourth day of the second cricket test match against Pakistan in Cape Town on...

Sheikh Nawaf Nasser bin Khaled Al Thani, Chairman and CEO of Nasser Bin Khaled, and Sheikh Mohammed bin Faleh Al Thani (second right),...

Sailors taking part in the Qatar International Regatta - Sail The Gulf 2013 - practice at Doha Sailing Club, yesterday. Around 220 sailors...

POMOMA, California: It was the perfect way to open the 2013 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing season.  Al-Anabi silver driver Shawn Langdon won...

Dubai: Dubai based Team AISM led by America’s Cup skipper Bertrand Pacé won the third leg of the EFG Bank Sailing Arabia The...

John Merrick laughs with the trophy after his play-off win over Charlie Beljan on the second play-off hole during the final round of...

Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland and Tiger Woods of the US (right) hold their coffee cups as they are offered traditional Arabic coffee...

Doha Golf Club staff celebrate Qatar National Sports Day by playing a cricket tournament at Doha Golf Club.  

HONG KONG: Rory McIlroy’s tennis star girlfriend Caroline Wozniacki yesterday insisted golf’s world number one was “very comfortable” with his new brand of...

SYDNEY: Former All Black Sonny Bill Williams admits the chance to win Olympic gold could tempt him to switch to rugby Sevens for...

Doha: Nineteen teams will be seen in action in the inter-school hockey tournament  organised by the Qatar Hockey Federation at the Hockey Fields...

MOSCOW: Sochi will be ready to stage a leg of the Formula One season in November 2014, Anatoly Pakhomov, the mayor of Russia’s...

Marion Bartoli of France serves to Czech Republic’s Klara Zakopalova during their WTA Dubai Open tennis match in Dubai yesterday.  DUbai: Victoria Azarenka...

HONG KONG: Caroline Wozniacki yesterday called Serena Williams an “inspiration” after she returned to world number one at the record age of 31...

MEMPHIS, Tennessee: British fourth seed Heather Watson outlasted Kazakhstan’s Galina Voskoboeva 7-5, 5-7, 7-6 (7/4) yesterday to reach the second round at the...

SAN JOSE:  Canada’s Milos Raonic beat Tommy Haas 6-4 6-3 yesterday to win his third straight San Jose Open title and bring the...

LONDON: Former England international Paul Ince has revived his managerial career with second-tier Blackpool, where his son Tom is top scorer. The 45-year-old...

BERLIN: Wrestling is ready to change and correct the mistakes that led to the sport’s surprise 2020 Olympic exit last week, interim international...