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PARIS: Striker Edinson Cavani came off the bench to score a controversial penalty as Paris St Germain went top of the Ligue 1...

Petra Kvitova (centre) of the Czech Republic and Angelique Kerber of Germany hold their trophies during the award ceremony after their final of...

BEIJING: World number one Novak Djokovic  yesterday warned a resurgent Rafael Nadal that he won’t give up the top spot without a fight...

DOHA: Experienced Qatari midfielder Wisam Rizq celebrated his 100 appearances for club football in the country with a unique ceremony ahead of Eljaish’s...

BANGKOK: Top seed Tomas Berdych and number three Milos Raonic both battled through for three-set wins to set up a final at the...

Spanish MotoGP rider Marc Marquez (right) of the Repsol Honda team poses with second placed compatriot Jorge Lorenzo of the Yamaha Factory Racing...

Cars drive at the newly opened Sochi International Street Circuit in Sochi, yesterday. Russia will make its Formula One debut with a Grand...

PARIS:  World motorsport’s governing body, the FIA, and its commercial arm run by Bernie Ecclestone, the Formula One Group, yesterday signed a new...

LONDON: Sergey Sirotkin gave Formula One a glimpse of the future when he drove a Sauber in a demonstration event at Sochi, venue...

FLORENCE, Italy: Olympic champion Marianne Vos outclassed her rivals to claim her third gold in the women’s road race at the world cycling...

Qatar Al-Anabi Racing Top Fuel driver Shawn Langdon launches his qualifying session with the front end of the car in the air as...

Qatar’s Shaun Torrente holds a one-point lead in the Championship after two races. The third round of the Championship will take place on...

DOHA: An umpiring course conducted by Asian Cricket Council’s (ACC) and hosted by Qatar Cricket Association (QCA) got under way here on Friday....

CAPE TOWN: South Africa achieved a bitter-sweet 28-8 Rugby Championship victory over Australia yesterday at Newlands in Cape Town. The home side finished...

Dammam: Qatar’s Al Qiyadah team began their campaign at the 2013 Arab Club Handball Championship with a 40-27 victory over Al Nasr of...

This August 2010 file photo shows England’s Kevin Pietersen (left) sitting on a bench with then skipper Andrew Strauss at Edgbaston Cricket Ground...

  LONDON: Fresh questions over Monty Panesar’s  character were raised yesterday when the England spinner accepted he’d acted in a “potentially threatening and intimidating”...

CHENNAI: Narayanaswamy Srinivasan will be elected unopposed as president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for a third year...