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Football: Prince Ali says time to end FIFA 'crisis' 27 May 2015 - 06:11 pm

Zurich--Prince Ali bin al Hussein, challenger to Sepp Blatter for the FIFA presidency, called Wednesday for urgent steps to end "the crisis" at...

Golf: Mamat, O'Toole grab lead in Bangladesh Open 27 May 2015 - 05:50 pm

Dhaka--Veteran Mardan Mamat of Singapore shared the opening round lead with American Casey O'Toole with a five-under-par 66 at the inaugural Bangladesh Open...

Football: AFC Champions League results 27 May 2015 - 05:20 pm

Tokyo--Result from the AFC Champions League on Wednesday: Round of 16, 2nd leg: Gamba Osaka (JPN) 3 (Patric 16, Kurata 45, Lins 86)...

Tennis: Federer rocks on in Paris, Sharapova sets up Stosur rematch 27 May 2015 - 04:35 pm

Paris--Roger Federer advanced to the third round of the French Open on Wednesday as Maria Sharapova brushed aside fellow Russian Vitalia Diatchenko to...

Tennis: French Open results 27 May 2015 - 04:33 pm

Paris--Results from the fourth day of the French Open at Roland Garros on Wednesday (x denotes seeded player): Men 2nd rd Gilles Simon...

Tennis: Nishikori into French Open third round 27 May 2015 - 04:31 pm

Paris--Japanese fifth seed Kei Nishikori reached the French Open third round on Wednesday with a 7-5, 6-4, 6-4 win over Brazil's Thomaz Bellucci....

Nine FIFA officials, five others indicted on corruption charges – DoJ 27 May 2015 - 01:17 pm

Flags are pictured in front of the headquarters of soccer's international governing body FIFA in Zurich, Switzerland, May 27, 2015. NEW YORK: Nine...

Baltimore Orioles to play in Cuba amid US thaw 27 May 2015 - 11:34 am

Havana---The Baltimore Orioles will become the first US big league team to play in baseball-crazed Cuba since a diplomatic thaw, playing Havana's national...

Ton-up Malik helps Pakistan outbat Zimbabwe 27 May 2015 - 11:27 am

Lahore, Pakistan---Shoaib Malik hit his first century in six years to help Pakistan outbat Zimbabwe in the first day-night international by 41 runs...

Mourinho pokes fun at rivals 27 May 2015 - 10:25 am

London---winning players have not been given the credit they deserve and took time to make fun of the teams that finished below them...

HBK win Qatar Airways Division B title, Al Rayyan top Division C 27 May 2015 - 07:33 am

Officials of Qatar Cricket Association posing for a picture with Qatar Airways Division B and Division C winners in Doha yesterday. Usantha starred...

Al Sadd enter Emir Cup final 27 May 2015 - 07:30 am

Action from the Emir Cup semi-final match between Al Sadd and Al Gharafa that took place at Al Gharafa Sports Club in Doha...

Aspire Academy, QFA sign MoU 27 May 2015 - 07:27 am

Ivan Bravo (left), Director General at Aspire Academy for Sports Excellence, shakes hands with Dahlan Al Hamad, President of the Qatar Athletics Federation...

Lekhwiya progress at Sadd’s expense 27 May 2015 - 06:17 am

Lekhwiya’s coach Michael Laudrup (centre) hugs two of his players after their AFC Champions League Round of 16 match against Al Sadd at...

Cricket: Pakistan plunder 375-3 in first one-dayer 26 May 2015 - 06:27 pm

Lahore, Pakistan--Pakistan rode on a brilliant hundred by Shoaib Malik to post their highest 375-3 run total against Zimbabwe in the first one-day...

Football: Blatter says 'confident' of new FIFA term 26 May 2015 - 06:24 pm

Zurich--FIFA leader Sepp Blatter said Tuesday he is confident of securing a new term as head of world football and slammed what he...

Cycling: Contador boosts Giro lead on Aru as Landa wins again 26 May 2015 - 06:21 pm

Milan--Spaniard Alberto Contador took a massive step towards his second Giro d'Italia triumph after increasing his overall lead on Fabio Aru after an...

Football: West Ham reach Europa League via Fair Play 26 May 2015 - 06:13 pm

London--West Ham United have qualified for next season's Europa League by topping the Premier League's Fair Play table, the London club announced on...