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Al Sadd’s Khalfan Ibrahim (top) celebrates with team-mates Mamadou Niang and Mesad Al Hamad (right) after scoring during their Qatar Stars League match...

LONDON: QPR defender Anton Ferdinand ended his boycott of the Kick It Out anti-racism campaign by wearing the equality group’s T-shirt during the...

NEW DELHI: Defending world champion Sebastian Vettel completed a third successive Red Bull front row lockout yesterday when he took pole position for...

PHILLIP ISLAND, Australia: Home hero Casey Stoner overcame a nasty tumble to grab pole position yesterday in his pursuit of a sixth consecutive...

NEw delhi: Fernando Alonso admitted yesterday that he needs a clean start and a chance to pass, or pile the pressure on, Sebastian...

Mumbai: Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin (pictured) was granted the top grade contract while out of favour Harbhajan Singh was demoted to the second bracket...

TOKYO: Gamaliel Diaz jabbed his way to a unanimous points decision win over title-holder Takahiro Aoh in Tokyo to become the new World...

ISTANBUL: Maria Sharapova set up a blockbuster WTA Championships final against Serena Williams yesterday with a crushing 6-4, 6-2 win over world number...

BASEL, Switzerland: Roger Federer will today bid for his sixth trophy from seven editions of his home Swiss Indoors after defeating Paul-Henri Mathieu...

LONDON: Five European newspapers yesterday published a manifesto to reform cycling in the wake of the Lance Armstrong (pictured) affair, saying the sport...

LONDON: London Olympics organising committee chairman Sebastian Coe had sleepless nights worrying about possible terrorist attacks during this year’s Games, according to his...

KUALA LUMPUR: Defending champion Bo Van Pelt came achingly close to a miraculous 59 yesterday as he shared the CIMB Classic lead with...

SHANGHAI: Ryder Cup teammates Rory McIlroy and Peter Hanson remained ahead of the pack yesterday in tricky conditions at Lake Malaren Golf Club...

SHANGHAI: Chinese fans at the $7m BMW Masters had something special to cheer yesterday when one of Shanghai’s own, Wu Ashun, fired a...

  KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Nicholas Fung was one step closer to fulfilling his dream of playing with American major winner Phil Mickelson after he...

NEW YORK: The National Hockey League announced the cancellation of all scheduled November games yesterday due to the lockout that began last month...

Maria Sharapova of Russia serves the ball to Samantha Stosur of Australia during their match at the round-robin stage of the WTA Championships...

KUALA LUMPUR: Tiger Woods had another day of near misses on the greens as the 14-times major winner fired a second round four-under-par...