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QSL: Al Gharafa, Al Sadd clash today 06 Apr 2013 - 03:49 am

Doha: Qatar Stars League (QSL) leaders Al Sadd will look to widen the points advantage at the top when they take on Al...

FIFA, South Africa defuse match-fixing probe spat 06 Apr 2013 - 03:48 am

ZURICH: South Africa and FIFA have managed to head off a full-blown battle over the country’s probe of a pre-2010 World Cup match-fixing...

Relegation battle hots up 05 Apr 2013 - 05:30 am

LONDON: Queens Park Rangers manager Harry Redknapp once signed Paolo Di Canio as a player but will hope his friend makes a losing...

Barca contemplate life without Messi 05 Apr 2013 - 05:29 am

MADRID: Lionel Messi’s (pictured) Barcelona team-mates will take on the rare challenge of coping without their talismanic World Player of the Year when...

Bahrain defeat UAE to register first victory in AFC Under-14 girls’ championship 05 Apr 2013 - 05:29 am

Doha: Bahrain recorded their first win of the AFC Under-14 girls championship with a commanding 6-2 win against United Arab Emirates. A brilliant...

Ruthless Real ease to 3-0 win 04 Apr 2013 - 01:37 am

Real Madrid striker Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates after scoring the opening goal during their Champions League quarter-final first leg match against Galatasaray Istanbul at...

Qatar, UAE share spoils 04 Apr 2013 - 01:33 am

Doha: In only their second competitive match, the Qatar girls’Under-14s celebrated a point against the United Arab Emirates in the AFC Under-14 Championships...

Qatar’s Lekhwiya go top 04 Apr 2013 - 12:48 am

Doha: Qatar international Sebastian Soria scored two late goals as unbeaten Lekhwiya beat Uzbekistan’s Pakhtakor 3-1 yesterday to leapfrog the top of Group...

Referees grilled in AFC Cup match-fixing probe 04 Apr 2013 - 12:48 am

SINGAPORE: Three Lebanese football referees were dropped from an AFC Cup tie in Singapore and questioned by anti-corruption officers yesterday in the city-state’s...

Barca left to rue ‘expensive’ night in Paris 04 Apr 2013 - 12:48 am

MADRID: The Catalan press were left to reflect on a bittersweet evening for Barcelona after they conceded late and lost Lionel Messi (pictured)...

English clubs eye redemption in Europa League 04 Apr 2013 - 12:47 am

LONDON: After a collective blow-out in the Champions League, England has a three-pronged attack on Europe’s second tier competition with Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur...

Galatasaray ready for Real 03 Apr 2013 - 10:29 am

Real Madrid’s Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo (left), Real Madrid’s Ghanaian midfielder Michael Essien (centre) and Real Madrid’s Portuguese defender Fabio Coentrao take part...

Debutants Malaga eyeing prize Dortmund scalp in quarters 03 Apr 2013 - 10:27 am

Malaga’s midfielders Francisco R Alarcon ‘Isco’ (left) and Ignacio Camacho during a training session in Malaga, Spain, yesterday. Malaga take on Borussia Dortmund...

PSG midfielder Beckham still dreams of England return 03 Apr 2013 - 10:27 am

London: David Beckham says he has not yet relinquished hope of resurrecting his England career, despite having not played for his country for...

Al Gharafa survive Al Nasr fightback; Eljaish win 03 Apr 2013 - 10:20 am

Wagner Ribeiro (right), player of Qatar’s Eljaish, celebrates with team-mate Mahir Yousef after scoring a second goal against UAE’s Al Jazira during their...

Palestine notch second straight victory in AFC Under-14 girls’ championship 03 Apr 2013 - 10:18 am

Jordan’s Haneen Mohammed (left) vies for ball possession with Shaikha Dhaif Alla Salem Belal of United Arab Emirates during their AFC Under-14 girls’...

FIFA picks GoalControl for Confed Cup 03 Apr 2013 - 10:18 am

PARIS: Football’s world governing body yesterday said that German company GoalControl will provide the goal-line technology at this year’s Confederations Cup in Brazil....

Late drama as PSG draw with Barca; Bayern win 03 Apr 2013 - 02:45 am

Paris St Germain’s (PSG) Zlatan Ibrahimovic (right) challenges Barcelona’s Daniel Alves during their Champions League quarter-final first leg match at the Parc des...