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DOHA: Qatar Stars League (QSL) champions Al Sadd will play a friendly against hosts Real Madrid, it has emerged. The match will take...

LONDON: Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers admits he is keen to make several major signings before the start of the new Premier League campaign....

NEW YORK: Francisco Liriano pitched Pittsburgh out of a four-game slump yesterday as the Pirates blanked Oakland 5-0. Liriano allowed just four hits...

Indian cricket team captain Mahendra Sing Dhoni (C-back) and his teammate Ishant Sharma celebrates their victory during the final match of the Tri-Nation...

British rider Christopher Froome of the Sky procycling team in action during the 11th stage, a time trial over 33km, of the 100th...

NOTTINGHAM, United Kingdom: Controversial Australia batsman David Warner was dropped from the Ashes squad in England to join the A side in Africa,...

LAHORE, Pakistan: Pakistan’s cricket chiefs yesterday appointed the former head of the game’s governing body to settle television rights for the next five...

SYDNEY: Pakistan-born leg-spinner Fawad Ahmed officially became an Australian citizen yesterday, the same day the first Ashes Test against England was to start....

Manchester City’s Chilean manager Manuel Pellegrini (right) poses for photographers with new midfielder Fernandinho during his first press conference as Manchester City manager...

LONDON: Fulham have refused to be drawn on a report that Mohamed Al Fayed is ready to sell the Premier League club to...

ROME: Italian Serie A clubs Lazio and Genoa, lower league side Lecce and eight players have been referred to a disciplinary tribunal over...

LONDON: Manchester United captain Nemanja Vidic was a surprise absentee as the Premier League champions prepared to fly out for their pre-season tour...

NAIROBI:  David Rudisha’s defence of his world 800 metres title in Moscow next month is in doubt because of a knee injury, the...

NAIROBI: Ethiopian athletics legend Haile Gebrselassie (pictured) said yesterday he would enter politics in his country, with plans to contest for a seat...

CASTLE STUART, United Kingdom: Phil Mickelson   is no stranger to travelling but he was reminded on the eve of the Scottish Open that...

 England’s James Anderson (centre) points to the stumps as he celebrates after dismissing Australia’s captain Michael Clarke (left) during the first Ashes Test...

LEFT: England’s Graeme Swann gestures as team-mate Kevin Pietersen looks on during a training session before tomorrow’s first Test match against Australia at...

Andy Murray poses with the Wimbledon trophy next to a statue of Fred Perry, the last British player to win the same event...