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Too much emphasis on 100m: Monaco chief 19 Jul 2013 - 03:44 am

MONTE CARLO: There is too much emphasis granted to the 100m, according to the director of the Monaco Diamond League, which will not...

NFL: Super Bowl chase begins as camps open 19 Jul 2013 - 03:43 am

NEW YORK: The Tampa Bay Buccaneers opened their National Football League 2013 pre-season training camp yesterday -- workouts that kick off a gridiron...

LA Lakers start planning for next season 19 Jul 2013 - 03:43 am

NEW YORK: The Los Angeles Lakers are looking to the future in an attempt to rebuild the team and may have their sights...

Froome wins time trial to extend Tour de France lead 18 Jul 2013 - 04:50 am

Britain’s Christopher Froome celebrates his overall leader yellow jersey on the podium at the end of the 32 km individual time-trial and seventeenth...

Qatar to host top boxing event in 2015 18 Jul 2013 - 04:43 am

Yousif Al Kazim (left), Secretary General of Qatar Boxing Federation shakes hands with AIBA president CK Wu after it was announced that Qatar...

Injured Blake out of worlds 18 Jul 2013 - 04:43 am

KINGSTON, Jamaica: Reigning 100 metre world champ Yohan Blake has withdrawn from next month’s World Athletics Championships in Moscow with a hamstring injury....

Mourinho confirms bid for Rooney 18 Jul 2013 - 04:42 am

BANGKOK: Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho yesterday signalled a drawn-out fight for Wayne Rooney after confirming he wasn’t targeting other players and hinting he...

Ecclestone charged with bribery in Germany 18 Jul 2013 - 04:41 am

BERLIN: German prosecutors yesterday indicted motor-racing magnate Bernie Ecclestone on a bribery charge, but the 82-year-old has refused to resign as Formula One...

Heat is on for Australia to level series at Lord’s 18 Jul 2013 - 04:41 am

LONDON: Australia will be greeted by blazing sunshine and a venue where they lost only once last century when they arrive at Lord’s...

Arthur sues Australia for racial discrimination 18 Jul 2013 - 04:40 am

SYDNEY: Australia’s first foreign-born coach Mickey Arthur yesterday confirmed he was suing Cricket Australia for racial discrimination after being dumped from the job,...

MCC backs Chappell on DRS call 18 Jul 2013 - 04:39 am

LONDON: The world cricket committee of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) yesterday backed a call from former Australia captain Ian Chappell for the sport’s...

Sri Lanka scraps T20 tournament 18 Jul 2013 - 04:39 am

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s cricket administrators scrapped their Twenty20 league yesterday after franchise holders defaulted on payments for the tournament and failed to guarantee...

Barcelona’s Messi ‘not worried’ over tax fraud 18 Jul 2013 - 04:38 am

MADRID: Barcelona star Lionel Messi yesterday said he was unconcerned about accusations of tax avoidance on income generated from the sale of his...

Lukaku gets Mourinho off to a winning start 18 Jul 2013 - 04:38 am

BANGKOK: Romelu Lukaku handed Jose Mourinho a winning start to his new reign as Chelsea manager yesterday with a perfectly timed debut goal...

Sheikh Jassim Cup to begin on Saturday 18 Jul 2013 - 04:37 am

DOHA: Football teams in the country are ready for the first event of the new season - the Sheikh Jassim Cup - which...

Handball: Qatar go down fighting 18 Jul 2013 - 04:36 am

LJUBUSKI, Bosnia and Herzegovina: Qatar failed to capitalise on a blistering start, against the Netherlands, and lost their third game in a row...

Xuereb says athletes to blame for positive tests 18 Jul 2013 - 04:36 am

LONDON: Chris Xuereb, the masseur and fitness advisor of Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson, has denied providing the two Jamaican sprinters with performance-enhancing...

Woods eyes 15th major at sun-kissed Muirfield 18 Jul 2013 - 04:36 am

GULLANE, Scotland: Tiger Woods will start the 142nd British Open at Muirfield today as favourite to win his 15th major title but the...