Sports

NHL: Kings post big win to trim Chicago’s play-off lead 06 Jun 2013 - 01:05 am

LOS ANGELES: Jonathan Quick made 19 saves and the defending National Hockey League champion Los Angeles Kings defeated Chicago 3-1 yesterday, trimming the...

Red Sox rout Rangers; Tigers hand Moore first loss 06 Jun 2013 - 01:04 am

BOSTON: Boston’s offence exploded for their highest scoring day of the season, the Red Sox pounding the Texas Rangers 17-5 yesterday. The Red...

Iran edge Qatar to bag crucial points 05 Jun 2013 - 01:55 am

Iran’s Masoud Shojaei clears the ball during their 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Qualifiers match against Qatar at the Al Sadd Stadium yesterday....

Oman beat Iraq 1-0 to keep hopes alive 05 Jun 2013 - 01:54 am

Iraq’s Alaa Abdulzehra (centre) dribbles past Oman’s Ahmed Mubarak (left) and Raed Saleh during their group B Asian zone qualifying match for the...

Japan secure spot in Brazil 05 Jun 2013 - 01:53 am

SAITAMA, Japan: Keisuke Honda fired Japan into the 2014 World Cup yesterday with a dramatic injury-time penalty which salvaged a 1-1 draw with...

Bangladesh’s Ashraful admits fixing 05 Jun 2013 - 01:52 am

DHAKA: Former Bangladesh cricket captain and national hero Mohammad Ashraful (pictured) yesterday admitted match-fixing, further shaking confidence in the game and deepening a...

Bayern coach Heynckes leaves his options open 05 Jun 2013 - 01:51 am

Treble-winning Bayern Munich coach Jupp Heynckes (centre) Bayern Munich President Uli Hoeness (right) and Bayern Munich CEO Karlheinz Rummenigge pose with the German...

Real president Perez denies Ronaldo contract rejection 05 Jun 2013 - 01:51 am

MADRID: Real Madrid president Florentino Perez has denied reports that star striker Cristiano Ronaldo has rejected a new contract from the Spanish club....

Spain eye filling only gap in trophy cabinet 05 Jun 2013 - 01:50 am

MADRID: This month’s Confederations Cup is far from the world’s most prestigious tournament but Spain are eager to complete the set following World...

Eriksson named chief coach of China’s Guangzhou R&F 05 Jun 2013 - 01:50 am

BEIJING: Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has been named chief coach of Chinese Super League side Guangzhou R&F, the club said yesterday. Eriksson,...

Capello rejects PSG contact, says report 05 Jun 2013 - 01:49 am

MOSCOW, Russia: Russia manager Fabio Capello has dismissed the rumours that he was set to take over at French champions Paris St Germain...

Tsonga stuns Federer; Serena ends French Open last-eight jinx 05 Jun 2013 - 01:48 am

France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga celebrates his victory over Switzerland’s Roger Federer at the end of their French Tennis Open quarter final match at the...

Boasson Hagen takes Dauphine 3rd stage 05 Jun 2013 - 01:48 am

TARARE, France: Norway’s Edvald Boasson Hagen yesterday saluted his team-mates for helping him secure victory in the Tour de France warm-up the Criterium...

Britain’s Cookson bids for top job in cycling 05 Jun 2013 - 01:47 am

LONDON: Briton Brian Cookson is challenging Irishman Pat McQuaid for the presidency of the International Cycling Union (UCI), pledging to restore credibility to...

Bowling concern for Trophy hosts 05 Jun 2013 - 01:46 am

NOTTINGHAM, United Kingdom: Ian Bell was pleased to see England seamers Stuart Broad and Steven Finn back bowling in the nets but backed...

Gower hits out at Australia 05 Jun 2013 - 01:45 am

LONDON: Former England captain David Gower (pictured) wound up the tension ahead of the forthcoming Ashes by labelling Australia as a country with...

Mike Gatting remembers Warne’s ‘ball of the century’ 05 Jun 2013 - 01:45 am

LONDON: Mike Gatting said he was “happy”, 20 years on, to have been bowled by the “ball of the century” that kick-started Australia...

India thrash Australia in Champions Trophy warm-up 05 Jun 2013 - 01:44 am

CARDIFF, United Kingdom: India hammered Australia by 243 runs in a Champions Trophy warm-up match after skittling out the defending champions for just...