Sports

Watson ends title drought at Riviera 18 Feb 2014 - 12:34 am

Bubba Watson of the US raises the trophy after winning the Northern Trust Open at Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles, yesterday. LOS...

Course on IT in Sports Training 18 Feb 2014 - 12:33 am

Professor Martin Lames, president of the International Association of Computer Science in Sport, giving lecture at the training course. DOHA: The Information Technology...

East win high-scoring NBA All-Star Game 18 Feb 2014 - 12:32 am

Eastern Conference guard Kyrie Irving of the Cleveland Cavaliers celebrates after winning the Most Valuable Player trophy after the 63rd NBA All-Star Game...

Austin Dillon wins Daytona 500 pole in No.3 18 Feb 2014 - 12:31 am

left: NASCAR Sprint Car driver Austin Dillon celebrates after winning the pole for the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach,...

Lavillenie in injury scare after record leap 18 Feb 2014 - 12:29 am

PARIS: New pole vault world record holder Renaud Lavillenie (pictured), could miss the world indoors championships in Poland next month after injuring an...

SA recall Morkel for Twenty20 World Cup 18 Feb 2014 - 12:27 am

CAPE TOWN: South Africa recalled hard-hitting all-rounder Albie Morkel (pictured right) yesterday in their squad for the World Twenty20 in Bangladesh starting next...

Bangladesh pick Razzak, Sabbir for home event 18 Feb 2014 - 12:26 am

DHAKA: Seasoned spinner Abdur Razzak (pictured below) and young batsman Sabbir Rahman were yesterday named in Bangladesh’s squad for the World Twenty20 which...

Sri Lanka recall Jayawardene for T20 World Cup 18 Feb 2014 - 12:25 am

COLOMBO: Batsmen Mahela Jayawardene and Lahiru Thirimanne were included yesterday in Sri Lanka’s 15-man squad for next month’s World Twenty20 in Bangladesh. Both...

Sri Lanka edge past Bangladesh in first ODI by 13 runs 18 Feb 2014 - 12:25 am

DHAKA: Thisara Perera’s brilliant counter-attack inspired Sri Lanka to a 13-run victory over Bangladesh in the first one-day international in Dhaka yesterday, giving...

PSG out to brush aside off-form Leverkusen 18 Feb 2014 - 12:25 am

LEVERKUSEN, Germany: Bayer Leverkusen must brush off recent poor form if they are to stop Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s Paris Saint-Germain’s march to the Champions...

FIFA will test all World Cup players for drugs 18 Feb 2014 - 12:24 am

Zurich: World football governing body FIFA will test all players for drugs before the World Cup, its chief medical officer Jiri Dvorak has...

Qatar up two spots in FIFA rankings 18 Feb 2014 - 12:24 am

DOHA: Qatar have moved two spots in FIFA world rankings, according to world governing body. Ranked 101 at the start of last month,...

McIlroy, Rose and Stenson top seeds 18 Feb 2014 - 12:24 am

MARANA, United States: Rory McIlroy, Justin Rose, Henrik Stenson and Zach Johnson were confirmed yesterday as top seeds for the $9m World Golf...

QSL to organise players’ evaluation workshop today 18 Feb 2014 - 12:23 am

Doha: The Qatar Stars League will hold a seminar today at the Ritz-Carlton to explain to players how they are evaluated and analysed...

Probe into Schumacher fall closed 18 Feb 2014 - 12:23 am

PARIS: French investigators have ruled out any third party involvement in the ski accident of former Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher and...

Halep crushes Kerber to corner Qatar Open glory 17 Feb 2014 - 05:05 am

Simona Halep of Romania holds her trophy beside H E Ali Sherif Al Emadi (left), the Minister of Finance, and Nasser Al Khelaifi,...

Hsieh, Shuai win doubles crown in Doha 17 Feb 2014 - 02:16 am

Hsieh Su-Wei and Peng Shuai celebrate after winning the doubles crown at Khalifa Tennis Complex in Doha yesterday. DOHA: Hsieh Su-Wei and Peng...

City victory not about revenge, says Pellegrini 17 Feb 2014 - 02:16 am

Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini (right) and Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho (left) react during their FA Cup, 5th round, match at the Etihad...