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Doha: Former Italy striker Alessandro Del Piero will be among the speakers at Securing Sport 2013, the International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS)...

LONDON:  If they hoped Andy Murray would have a Pied Piper effect after emerging as a grand slam champion, those who run British...

Tennessee: The New York Jets crashed out of AFC play-off contention with two late-game mistakes in a 14-10 loss to the Tennessee Titans...

LONDON: Tour de France champion Bradley Wiggins insists he is happy to accept Team Sky’s decision over their leader for next year’s race,...

DUBLIN: Ireland captain Brian O’Driscoll is on course to feature in the Six Nations tournament after returning to training with Leinster following ankle...

FROM LEFT: Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) Secretary General Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Moutaz Essa Barshim,the Heir Apparent and QOC Chairman H...

Zurich: Mohamed bin Hammam, the former FIFA presidential candidate embroiled in corruption allegations, has resigned from all his positions in football and been...

MADRID: Leaders Barcelona struck a potentially decisive blow in the La Liga title race when Lionel Messi scored twice in a 4-1 win...

PARIS: A first half injury-time goal from Blaise Matuidi gave Paris Saint-Germain a 1-0 victory in their top-of-the-table clash with Lyon at the...

LONDON: Tour de France winner and Olympic time-trial champion Bradley Wiggins was named BBC Sports Personality of the Year at a star-studded live...

JOHANNESBURG:  South Africa was plunged into crisis yesterday just a month before it hosts the African Nations Cup finals with the suspension of...

Jonathan Trott (left) celebrates 0his eighth Test century against India on the fifth day of the fourth Test match in Nagpur, yesterday.  Nagpur:...

HOBART: Australia removed both Sri Lanka openers cheaply to leave the tourists clinging on at 65 for two and chasing an unlikely 393...

Nagpur: India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has said England deserved the series win after the fourth and final cricket Test ended in a...

Nagpur: Alastair Cook savoured a “very special” series win after England triumphed in India for the first time in 27 years. Centuries from...

DHAKA: Bangladesh have agreed in principle to tour Pakistan and become the first team to play international cricket there since an attack on...

Doha:  Top-ranked Pakistan is one of the favourites to win the Asian Champions Trophy hockey championship which begins from December 20 in Qatar,...

Doha: Indian captain Sardar Singh (pictured) feels he is ‘lucky but not   surprised’ that he emerged as the highest-paid player at the inaugural...