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Lille out of French Cup at first hurdle 05 Jan 2015 - 09:24 am

PARIS: Lille suffered more disappointment in a frustrating season on Saturday as they were knocked out of the French Cup at the first...

Big guns go through, Blades cut down QPR 05 Jan 2015 - 09:24 am

LONDON: Chelsea, Manchester United and Manchester City reached the FA Cup fourth round yesterday, but third-tier Sheffield United confirmed their cup pedigree by...

Seeds tumble on opening day in Brisbane 05 Jan 2015 - 09:22 am

BRISBANE, Australia: The Brisbane International lost two of its top seeds yesterday when Germany’s Andrea Petkovic and Jelena Jankovic of Serbia both crashed...

Poles off to perfect start at Hopman 05 Jan 2015 - 09:21 am

PERTH, Australia: The Poland pairing of Agnieszka Radwanska and Jerzy Janowicz made a perfect start to the mixed teams Hopman Cup in Perth...

Wawrinka tunes up for Aussie Open 05 Jan 2015 - 09:20 am

CHENNAI, India: Australian Open champion Stanislas Wawrinka kickstarts preparations for the year’s first Grand Slam with his now customary stop-over in India to...

Dakar Rally: Winning start for Nasser 05 Jan 2015 - 02:48 am

Mini pilot Nasser Al Attiyah (right) of Qatar, and his navigator Michel Perin of France, arrive at the departure ceremony of the Dakar...

Doha Ready to Host Amazing Handball World Championship 05 Jan 2015 - 12:13 am

Doha - The organizing committee of the 24th Men's Handball World Championship (Qatar 2015), which due to kick off in Doha from 15...

Tennis Nadal, Djokovic, Federer set for another gripping season 05 Jan 2015 - 12:05 am

Rafael Nadal playing in Doha DOHA - Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic lead the Qatar Open field from Monday while, 12,000km away in...

NBA: Exec says Cavs committed to first-year coach Blatt 04 Jan 2015 - 11:58 pm

David Blatt, new Cleveland Cavaliers head coach CLEVELAND - As the Cleveland Cavaliers' woes deepened Sunday with a 109-90 NBA loss to Dallas,...

ESPN sportscaster Scott dies after cancer battle 04 Jan 2015 - 11:46 pm

NEW YORK - Stuart Scott, an ESPN sportscaster whose use of pop culture references and wordplay earned him a loyal following among US...

Cricket: Pick takes bowling coach job with Afghanistan 04 Jan 2015 - 11:43 pm

DUBAI - Former county cricket stalwart Andy Pick was Sunday named as bowling coach of Afghanistan, six weeks away from the Asian minnows...

Football: Messi, Neymar benched for Sociedad visit 04 Jan 2015 - 11:39 pm

MADRID - Lionel Messi and Neymar will have to wait to make their first appearance of 2015 after Luis Enrique left both the...

Football: Arsenal bounce back to tame toothless Tigers 04 Jan 2015 - 11:37 pm

LONDON - Arsenal got back on track as Per Mertesacker helped the FA Cup holders silence the critics with a 2-0 win over...

Football: Kashi, Cadamuro called up to Algeria squad 04 Jan 2015 - 11:34 pm

ALGIERS - Metz midfielder Ahmed Kashi and Osasuna defender Liassine Cadamuro will join the Algeria squad for the Africa Cup of Nations, coach...

Football: Big guns progress in cup, Blades cut down QPR 04 Jan 2015 - 11:31 pm

LONDON - Chelsea, Manchester United, Manchester City and holders Arsenal reached the FA Cup fourth round on Sunday, while third-tier Sheffield United demonstrated...

Football: Collated English FA Cup results 04 Jan 2015 - 11:24 pm

LONDON - Collated English FA Cup third-round results on Sunday Arsenal 2 (Mertesacker 20, Sanchez 82) Hull City 0 Aston Villa 1 (Benteke...

Football: Newcastle release Nice-bound Ben Arfa 04 Jan 2015 - 11:22 pm

LONDON - Newcastle United announced on Sunday that they have released French winger Hatem Ben Arfa from his contract, paving the way for...

Olympics: IOC mourns China's Zhenliang He 04 Jan 2015 - 11:20 pm

He Zhenliang, 85, remembered as China's Olympics ambassador PARIS - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Sunday announced that veteran Chinese sports administrator...