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Formula One: Pressure on as Schumacher Jnr begins F4 career. 24 Apr 2015 - 06:43 pm

Berlin - Michael Schumacher's 16-year-old son starts his Formula Four career this weekend under the pressure of living up to the famous family...

Golf: Woods commits to The Players Championship. 24 Apr 2015 - 05:40 pm

Los Angeles - Tiger Woods will tee off at the Players Championship next month, the 14-time major champion confirmed on Friday. The former...

Golf: Swinging Skirts Classic scores 24 Apr 2015 - 03:59 pm

San Francisco - Leading first-round scores on Thursday at the LPGA Tour's Swinging Skirts Classic (USA unless noted, par-72): 67 - Lydia Ko...

Golf: Ko grabs one shot lead at Swinging Skirts 24 Apr 2015 - 03:41 pm

San Francisco - Defending champion Lydia Ko shot a five-under 67 to seize the early lead at the LPGA Tour's Swinging Skirts Classic...

NBA: Cleveland moves to within one victory of series sweep 24 Apr 2015 - 03:24 pm

Los Angeles - LeBron James' Cleveland Cavaliers moved to within one win of advancing to the second round of the NBA playoffs with...

Olympics: IOC chief's visit fuels talk of Indian bid 24 Apr 2015 - 02:56 pm

New Delhi - IOC supremo Thomas Bach will meet India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday amid growing expectations that one of the...

NBA: Playoff results 24 Apr 2015 - 02:50 pm

Washington - NBA playoffs first-round results on Thursday (all series best-of-seven): Eastern Conference at Boston Cavaliers 103 Boston 95 (Cavaliers lead series 3-0)...

Cricket: Pakistan hope Zimbabwe is first step out of wilderness 24 Apr 2015 - 02:42 pm

Karachi - Deserted grounds, deprived fans and falling standards -- Pakistan has suffered badly from six years without hosting international cricket, but Zimbabwe's...

Golf: De Jonge shares Zurich Classic lead 24 Apr 2015 - 02:32 pm

New Orleans - Brendon de Jonge had two runs of three straight birdies Thursday en route to an eight-under 64 for a share...

Racing: Five magic Tony McCoy moments in the saddle 24 Apr 2015 - 02:16 pm

Paris - Tony McCoy - Britain's 20-time champion jockey, retires at Sandown on Saturday. Here AFP looks at five of the Northern Irish...

Bentley makes history by smashing 100-win mark 24 Apr 2015 - 12:35 am

British jockey Harry Bentley celebrates after winning his 100th race of the season, at the QREC in Doha yesterday. RIGHT: Qatari trainer Jassim...

Great prizes announced for 2015 Qatar Cup 24 Apr 2015 - 12:34 am

Doha: The Qatar Stars League (QSL) has announced that at this season’s Qatar Cup matches there will be approximately QR2m worth of fantastic...

In midst of play-off win, Hawks announce sale 24 Apr 2015 - 12:33 am

Atlanta: The Atlanta Hawks defeated Brooklyn 96-91 to take a 2-0 lead in their play-off series on Wednesday, just hours after announcing the...

Qatar’s Al Attiyah, Spain’s Coma and Poland’s Sonik on course to Doha wins 24 Apr 2015 - 12:31 am

Qatar’s Nasser Al Attiyah in action in the Cars category of the 2015 Sealine Cross-Country Rally yesterday. RIGHT: Joan Barreda Bort of Team...

Emir Cup kicks off today at Grand Hamad Stadium 24 Apr 2015 - 12:30 am

In this file picture taken on March 31, Ali Hmoud Al Naimi (centre), Head of Competitions of QFA and other officials take part...

Football: Juve need luck after last four draw - Marotta. 23 Apr 2015 - 09:02 pm

Milan - Juventus CEO Giuseppe Marotta says the Italian champions will need luck to make the Champions League final after coming up against...

Basketball: Engaged US Women's NBA stars arrested. 23 Apr 2015 - 09:01 pm

Phoenix - Women's NBA stars Brittney Griner and Glory Johnson, who announced their engagement last August, were arrested and booked into jail after...

Tennis: 'Awful' Nadal stunned by Fognini in Barcelona. 23 Apr 2015 - 08:27 pm

Barcelona - Rafael Nadal's stuttering season continued as he was stunned 6-4, 7-6 (8/6) by Italy's Fabio Fognini at the Barcelona Open on...