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DOHA:  Sixteen teams will feature in the 3x3 Doha Challenger, Qatar Basketball Federation (QBF) announced yesterday. The tournament - which kicks off today...

Qatar’s Nasser Al Attiyah won the Desert Challenge in 2008. Abu Dhabi, UAE:  Qatar’s Nasser Al Attiyah and Mohammed Abu Issa will both...

Stefan Bradl of Athinà Forward Racing points out to the  wet tarmac after rains forced the cancellation of the third and last day...

  London--Injuries to props Gethin Jenkins and Samson Lee saw Rob Evans and Aaron Jarvis drafted into the Wales team announced on Tuesday for...

  Elgin Valley, South Africa--When a former Springbok rugby captain describes a cycle race as tougher than a Test match, you know the Cape...

  London--Reading's Jamaica international Garath McCleary was racially abused during his side's FA Cup quarter-final win over Bradford City, the English Championship club claimed....

  Cairo--Egypt's state prosecutor Tuesday referred to trial 16 suspects accused of clashing with police that led to a deadly Cairo football stadium stampede,...

  Thimphu, Bhutan--Results from the first round in Asian qualifying for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Winning teams go through to the group...

  London--World cycling chief Brian Cookson on Tuesday hit out at drugs cheat Lance Armstrong's plans to ride this year's Tour de France route...

  London--Former England off-spinner Bob Appleyard has died at the age of 90 following several months of illness, his old club Yorkshire announced on...

  Berlin--Mercedes' Nico Rosberg has officially invited his Ferrari rival Sebastian Vettel to attend the German team's debrief in Malaysia following the pairs' spat...

  Barcelona--Barcelona midfielder Andres Iniesta believes his side's Champions League last 16 meeting with Manchester City is more important in the context of their...

Paris - World heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko has lashed out at Russian president Vladimir Putin, saying that his actions in eastern Ukraine could...

Berlin - Hamburg is set to launch its bid to host the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games with the city's mayor promising "a...

Moscow - Former Russian 20-kilometre walk champion Andrei Ruzavin on Tuesday was banned for 30 months by the Russian athletics federation for doping...

London - Wales team announced on Tuesday to play Italy in Six Nations match at Stadio Olimpico in Rome on Saturday (1230 GMT...

Sydney---Sri Lanka spinner Rangana Herath was rated as only "fifty-fifty" by captain Angelo Mathews for Wednesday's World Cup quarter-final against South Africa in...

  Indian Wells, United States---Andy Murray, who is trying to become Britain's most successful player ever, defeated Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 in the...