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Former American player and 1996 NBA champion, Alonzo Mourning speaks during the ‘Stars Chat’ session at Aspire4Sport in Doha yesterday. PICTURES BY: KAMMUTTY...

DOHA: Alonzo Mourning said his strong mentality played a significant role in overcoming a life-threatening kidney disease in 2000, which later allowed him...

French Olympic Committe President Denis Masseglia (left) is presented a memento by Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) Secretary-General Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani...

Doha: The President of the Qatar Motor and Motorcycling Federation (QMMF) has called for aggressive road safety campaigns to curb the rising number...

French national team head coach Didier Deschamps (right) and captain Hugo Lloris give a press conference, yesterday, on the eve of their second...

Doha: Hosts Qatar will take on Palestine in the inaguaral match of the  8th West Asian Football Federation (WAFF), the Local Organising Committee...

SINGAPORE: China can put a lacklustre qualifying campaign behind them and write more positive headlines for the national game by clinching their Asian...

LONDON: England’s World Cup ambitions will be placed beneath an unforgiving spotlight today when they tackle arch rivals Germany at Wembley Stadium in...

SOWETO, South Africa: Upbeat South Africa are confident of becoming only the second country this year to defeat world champions Spain when they...

  Doha: The International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS) and Qatar Stars League (QSL) signed a sport integrity partnership yesterday designed to prevent match-fixing...

LONDON: Brazil boss Luiz Felipe Scolari  believes England could be one of his country’s main rivals when the South American nation stages next...

LONDON: Germany coach Joachim Loew said yesterday that he expects France to overcome the odds by prevailing in their World Cup qualifying play-off...

BELGRADE: Novak Djokovic failed to lead Serbia to a Davis Cup triumph on Sunday, but a streak of 24 straight victories left him...

DUBAI: Henrik Stenson, the DP World Tour Championship winner and Europe’s number one, insists that only a Major win or becoming world number...

GUADALAJARA, Mexico: US teenager Lexi Thompson birdied the final hole yesterday to beat Stacy Lewis by one stroke in the US LPGA Lorena...

PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico: American Harris English fired a six-under-par 65 yesterday and pulled away for a four-shot victory in the US PGA...

SYDNEY: Devastated Australian golfer Jason Day (pictured) will tee off at the World Cup in Melbourne this week after learning that eight relatives...

SYDNEY: Two-time major winner Greg Norman yesterday tipped Adam Scott to topple Tiger Woods from the world number one spot after his fellow...