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  BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA--Swiss tennis star Roger Federer won his 997th match on the ATP Tour on Thursday, but not before surviving an almighty scare...

  MADRID--Under fire Barcelona coach Luis Enrique will be without experienced midfielder Xavi Hernandez for the first leg of his side's Copa del Rey...

  BERLIN--Swiss international defender Ricardo Rodriguez has extended his contract with Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg until 2019, the German club announced on Tuesday. Rodriguez,...

  PARIS--World champions Germany comfortably top the year-opening FIFA national team rankings released Thursday despite a slight slump since their rampant World Cup showing....

  PARIS--A minute's silence will be observed at football grounds throughout France this weekend as a mark of respect for the 12 people killed...

Australian captain Steve Smith celebrates after reaching his century on day two of the fourth Test against India at the Sydney Cricket Ground...

New Zealand’s Mark Craig (second from right) celebrates with team-mates after dismissing Sri Lanka’s Prasanna Jayawardene on day five of the second Test,...

A file picture taken on January 3, 2015 shows Polish biker Michal Hernik of KTM during the symbolic start of the 2015 Dakar...

Everton’s Lukaku celebrates his goal against West Ham United d uring their FA Cup third round match in Liverpool on Tuesday. LONDON: Romelu...

MELBOURNE: FIFA presidential candidate Prince Ali bin Al Hussein heads to Melbourne for tomorrow’s AFC Extraordinary Congress, aiming to convince Asian members he...

Gaetan Faucon rides Mudhish to victory in the Al Karana Cup race at the Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club (QREC) in Doha yesterday....

Chennai: Top seed Stanislas Wawrinka opened his campaign in the new season with a 6-1, 6-4 demolition of teenager Borna Coric of Croatia...

A Qatari rider gets on the team bus outside the team’s training camp in Canberra yesterday.

Franck Ribery (left) and FC Bayern Munich’s assistant trainer Domenec Torrent talk during a training session at the club’s facilities at Saebner Street...

BRISBANE: Big things are expected of Grigor Dimitrov this year. If the experts are right, the Bulgarian could be a major player in...

Fahed, the mascot of the 24th Men’s Handball World Championship, is seen along with handball fans. Doha: The Qatar 2015 Organising Committee announced...

Gordon Hill (left) of Scotland and Nick Glover of England during a Qatar Open practice session at Doha Golf Club (DGC) yesterday. More...

DOHA:  Qatar bagged medals at the GCC Junior Squash Championship, Qatar Squash Federation (QSF) has announced. Syed Azlan Amjad of Qatar won the...