Sports

Shakhtar stun Real Madrid again to leave Spaniards on the brink 02 Dec 2020 - 12:07 am

KYIV - Real Madrid's Champions League hopes are hanging in the balance after they lost 2-0 at Shakhtar Donetsk on Tuesday, leaving them...

Salzburg beats Lokomotiv Moscow 3-1 in Champions League 01 Dec 2020 - 11:51 pm

MOSCOW - Salzburg kept alive faint hopes of qualifying for the knockout stage of the Champions League with a 3-1 win over Lokomotiv...

Bollywood star's IPL team buys into US Major League Cricket 01 Dec 2020 - 10:53 pm

New Delhi - The Indian Premier League's Kolkata Knight Riders, co-owned by Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, have become a key partner in...

PSG facing one of the world's greatest challenges at Old Trafford - Tuchel 01 Dec 2020 - 10:40 pm

MANCHESTER, England - Paris St Germain are facing one of the game's greatest challenges as they aim for victory at Manchester United in...

United's Cavani ready to face old club PSG despite FA probe 01 Dec 2020 - 05:07 pm

MANCHESTER, England: Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says Edinson Cavani is ready to face his former club Paris St Germain in the...

Barcelona rests Lionel Messi again in Champions League 01 Dec 2020 - 04:56 pm

MADRID: Lionel Messi will get some time off for the last time this season in Barcelona's Champions League match on Wednesday. Messi, Marc-André...

Spanish player Perez gets eight-year ban for match fixing 01 Dec 2020 - 02:34 pm

MADRID: Spanish tennis player Enrique Lopez Perez has been banned from the sport for eight years for his involvement in match-fixing activities in...

Thomas Bach unopposed in bid for second term as IOC president: official 01 Dec 2020 - 01:38 pm

Lausanne: Thomas Bach will stand unopposed to serve a second term as International Olympic Committee president, the body said on Tuesday. Bach, a...

Olympic rings back in Tokyo Bay; a sign of hope in pandemic 01 Dec 2020 - 10:20 am

TOKYO: The five Olympic rings are back in Tokyo Bay. They were removed for maintenance four months ago shortly after the Tokyo Olympics...

Police and Al Ahli victorious at Senior Men’s League 01 Dec 2020 - 09:36 am

Doha: Action from the Senior Men's League match between Police and Al Khor at QVA Hall yesterday. Police defeated Al Khor in straight...

Comfortable playing in Qatar, says South Korean midfielder Myong-jin 01 Dec 2020 - 09:34 am

Doha: South Korean midfielder Koh Myong-jin, familiar to football lovers of Qatar as the hard-working, tough-tackling professional of Al Rayyan SC’s romp to...

World 2021: Qatar’s preparations on track 01 Dec 2020 - 09:26 am

Doha: Qatar handball squad yesterday continued with its preparation for a series of assignments in the next two months that concludes with the...

Real Madrid's Hazard sidelined with thigh injury 30 Nov 2020 - 06:06 pm

MADRID: Real Madrid have confirmed that their Belgium forward Eden Hazard has suffered a thigh injury, with local media reporting that the problem...

Jimenez has surgery for fractured skull after clash of heads 30 Nov 2020 - 02:40 pm

WOLVERHAMPTON, England: Wolverhampton Wanderers striker Raul Jiménez had surgery to treat a fractured skull after a clash of heads with Arsenal defender David...

ICSS to discuss challenges facing sports world in times of COVID-19 30 Nov 2020 - 09:14 am

The International Centre for Sports Security (ICSS) will debate wide-ranging issues including raging topic of racism in sports during this week’s virtual conference,...

Review: Al Sadd on song in hunt for QSL title 30 Nov 2020 - 09:06 am

Doha: The 2020-21 season QNB Stars League’s Week 7 fixtures witnessed plenty of excitement with high-scoring matches and thrilling action. As many as...

Rashid, Reem win mixed skeet gold as Amir Cup concludes 30 Nov 2020 - 09:03 am

Doha: Olympian Rashid Saleh Hamad and promising Qatari shooter Reem Al Sharshani teamed up to clinch gold medal at mixed skeet team event...

Qatar providing ‘best conditions’ to teams for ACL East Zone matches 30 Nov 2020 - 08:57 am

Doha: Abdullah Al Saai (pictured), Director of the Competitions Department at the Local Organising Committee (LOC) of the AFC Asian Champions League (ACL),...