Sports

Giants advance to World Series again 17 Oct 2014 - 11:03 pm

San Francisco Giants’ Travis Ishikawa celebrates as he rounds first after hitting a walk-off home run in ninth inning off St Louis Cardinals’...

NHL: Resurgent Stars edge out Penguins 3-2 17 Oct 2014 - 11:02 pm

NEW YORK: Centre Sidney Crosby scored a power-play goal for the Pittsburgh Penguins, but he also took the tripping call in the closing...

QTF-InterContinental Doha Open 17 Oct 2014 - 11:01 pm

Siddharth Ramesh (left) and Joud Al Azmeh, trainees at Bay Club Tennis School at InterContinental Doha, pose for a picture along coach Cliff...

Losail Circuit set for weekend races 17 Oct 2014 - 07:57 am

Doha: Four races are set for the weekend at the Losail International Circuit, Qatar Motor and Nasser Khalifa bin Al Attiyah, Qatar Motor...

Action from Qatar Shooting and Archery Association Cup at Losail Shooting Range 17 Oct 2014 - 07:55 am

Action from the Qatar Shooting and Archery Association Cup at Losail Shooting Range yesterday. The shooting events began yesterday and will end on...

Stenson and Larrazabal light up London Club 17 Oct 2014 - 07:55 am

Spanish golfer Pablo Larrazabal watches his drive to the 14th green in his match against French golfer Victor Dubuisson during the first day...

Raonic crashes out to 116th-ranked qualifier 17 Oct 2014 - 07:54 am

Ricardas Berankis of Lithuania in action against Milos Raonic of Canada during their second round match at the Kremlin Cup tournament in Moscow...

Cairns in court on perjury charge 17 Oct 2014 - 07:53 am

LONDON: New Zealand cricket great Chris Cairns appeared in a London court yesterday charged with perjury relating to a libel action he brought...

European Champions Cup begins tomorrow 17 Oct 2014 - 07:52 am

PARIS: Double defending champions Toulon begin the defence of their European crown at home to Scarlets this weekend, while last year’s beaten finalists...

Thiago Silva fit but Ibra and Luiz out, says Blanc 17 Oct 2014 - 07:51 am

This picture taken in Amsterdam on September 17, 2014 shows PSG players David Luiz (left) and Zlatan Ibrahimovic waiting before taking a free-kick...

Platini wants to see sin-bin introduced 17 Oct 2014 - 07:51 am

PARIS: UEFA President Michel Platini says he wants to see the sin bin introduced in football, but only to combat back-chat from players....

Messi had nothing to do with tax affairs, father insists 17 Oct 2014 - 07:51 am

MADRID: Barcelona and Argentina forward Lionel Messi had nothing to do with his own tax affairs and should not be included in an...

Albania says stones, concrete, coins hurled at players 17 Oct 2014 - 07:50 am

Serbia’s Stefan Mitrovic grabs a flag with Albanian national symbols flown by a remotely-operated drone during a Euro 2016 qualifying match between Serbia...

Royals advance to the World Series 17 Oct 2014 - 07:49 am

KANSAS CITY: Unbeaten in their first Major League Baseball playoff appearance since 1985, the Kansas City Royals advanced to the World Series by...

James, Nowitzki call for shorter league season 17 Oct 2014 - 07:48 am

CINCINNATI: Four-time NBA Most Valuable Player LeBron James and German NBA star Dirk Nowitzki say the league needs to look at shortening its...

First round of Qatar Pro Class today at Al Wakra 17 Oct 2014 - 07:48 am

A file picture of last year’s Qatar Pro Class Championship organised by Qatar Marine Sports Federation. The first round of this year’s Qatar...

Al Sailiya eye victory over Al Shamal this weekend 16 Oct 2014 - 07:02 am

Younes Ali Rahmati of Al Ahli (right) tries to stop striker Abdulrahman Mohammed of Al Sailiya during their Qatar Stars League clash at...

Coach Piturca appears set to quit Romania job 16 Oct 2014 - 07:02 am

Egypt’s national team player Ahmed Fathy (left) fights for the ball against Botswana’s Mogogi Gabonamong during their Africa Cup of Nations 2015 qualifying...