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Yachting: Chinese leaders pick through man-made obstacles 13 Jan 2015 - 05:26 pm

ALICANTE, SPAIN--Leaders Dongfeng Race Team and the rest of the Volvo Ocean Race fleet were carefully picking their way through the Bay of...

Messi's purple patch of confusion 13 Jan 2015 - 05:18 pm

MADRID--Lionel Messi confused everyone at the Ballon d'Or awards with his purple tuxedo and his comments about his future at Barcelona. The Argentine...

Rugby Union: Smith leaves London Irish 13 Jan 2015 - 04:39 pm

Brian Smith LONDON--Premiership club London Irish confirmed on Tuesday rugby director Brian Smith's departure from the club for family reasons. Smith has been...

Retiring Misbah vows to give all for World Cup win 13 Jan 2015 - 04:21 pm

LAHORE--Retiring Pakistan captain Misbah-ul Haq vowed Tuesday to roll back the years and lead his team to victory in the World Cup starting...

South Korea's Lee out of Asian Cup with leg fracture 13 Jan 2015 - 01:54 pm

Lee Chung-Yong Canberra---South Korea midfielder Lee Chung-Yong will miss the rest of the Asian Cup after being ruled out for at least three...

Qatar’s Al Mana reelected president of Asian Weightlifting Federation 13 Jan 2015 - 12:26 pm

Doha: Mohamed Yousef Al Mana, President of Qatar Weightlifting Federation (QWF) has been reelected as president of Asian Weightlifting Federation (AWF) for another...

Africa Cup of Nations title-winning coaches 13 Jan 2015 - 11:34 am

Malabo, Equatorial Guinea---Previous Africa Cup of Nations title-winning coaches: 1957: Egypt (Mourad Fahmy) 1959: Egypt (Pal Titkos/HUN) 1962: Ethiopia (Slavko Milosevic/SRB) 1963: Ghana...

Five reasons to watch the Qatar Stars face Bayern 13 Jan 2015 - 05:06 am

Bayern Munich’s head coach Pep Guardiola gestures during a training session at the Aspire Academy in Doha on Sunday. Doha: Although exhibition games...

Garcia bids for back-to-back titles 13 Jan 2015 - 05:04 am

Doha: Sergio Garcia will seek to hold off the likes of World No. 2 Henrik Stenson and World No. 6 Justin Rose in...

Barca star trio down Atletico to ease crisis talk 13 Jan 2015 - 05:03 am

FROM LEFT: Barcelona’s Luis Suarez, Neymar and Lionel Messi celebrate a goal against Atletico Madrid during their La Liga match at Camp Nou...

Lyon defeat Toulouse to go top of Ligue 1 13 Jan 2015 - 05:03 am

Paris: Seven-time champions Lyon are the new Ligue 1 leaders after comfortably defeating Toulouse 3-0 at the Stade Gerland on Sunday night. Frenchman...

Wozniacki retires due to wrist injury, Stosur sails 13 Jan 2015 - 05:01 am

SYDNEY: World number eight Caroline Wozniacki pulled out of her first-round match at the Sydney International with a wrist injury yesterday, just a...

Nishikori eyes Kooyong title defence 13 Jan 2015 - 05:00 am

Alesandr Dolgopolov (left) of Ukraine and Kei Nishikori of Japan lift the runners-up trophy after losing against Jamie Murray of Germany and John...

Federer pips Hewitt in ‘Fast4’ of tennis 13 Jan 2015 - 05:00 am

Sydney: Roger Federer fought his way to a tough win over old rival Lleyton Hewitt in the ‘Fast4’ tennis exhibition in Sydney yesterday....

Ronaldo wins Ballon d’Or award 13 Jan 2015 - 01:16 am

FIFA World Players of the Year 2014, Cristiano Ronaldo (left) of Portugal and Nadine Kessler of Germany pose during the FIFA Ballon d’Or...

Qatar ‘ready’ for 2015 men’s handball worlds 13 Jan 2015 - 12:31 am

A view of the Lusail Hall stadium outside Doha yesterday. The opening ceremony of Qatar 2015, the 24th edition of the Men’s Handball...

Loew rewarded for World Cup win with coach of year 12 Jan 2015 - 09:29 pm

ZURICH--Joachim Loew's feat in guiding Germany to the 2014 World Cup trophy earned him the coach of the year award at the FIFA...

United top Premier League salary list 12 Jan 2015 - 08:30 pm

LONDON--Manchester United have the highest wage bill in the Premier League, according to figures released on Monday. United paid out a total £214.8...