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Cardiff, United Kingdom: India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni yesterday received the prestigious Reliance ICC ODI Championship Shield and a cheque of $175,000 for...

    LONDON: Below is a look back at the six previous finals of a competition that started life as the ICC Knockout in 1998....

Qatar players during a training session at Al Sadd Stadium in Doha. Qatar take on visitors Iran in their 2014 FIFA World Cup...

FROM LEFT: Second placed Spanish Dani Pedrosa of Repsol Honda Team, Spanish winner Jorge Lorenzo of Yamaha Factory Racing and third placed British...

Mutaz Essa Barshim of Qatar celebrates after he cleared the bar to win the Men’s High Jump on the final day of the...

SOUTHAMPTON, United Kingdom: Martin Guptill (pictured) blasted a majestic unbeaten 189, the equal fifth highest score in one-day international cricket, to propel New...

England’s Captain Alastair Cook narrowly fails to take a catch from New Zealand’s Captain Brendon McCullum (not pictured) during the second One Day...

Australian Wallabies’ coach Robbie Deans (centre) talks as rugby players Kane Douglas (left) and Nick Cummins listen during a news conference in central...

DOHA: Bahrain’s Heri Satiawan won the men’s singles title in the first Kings International Invitation Badminton tournament 2013, that was held at De...

Auckland: New Zealand coach Steve Hansen named six uncapped players in a 32-man squad for the home Test series against France yesterday as...

MADRID: Outgoing Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho has taken one final shot at the Spanish press by claiming  they were deliberately misleading when...

Bayern Munich’s players and coach Jupp Heynckes (centre) hold the German Cup (DFB Pokal), Champions League and German football championship Bundesliga trophies as...

Qatar Football Association (QFA) president Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Thani (left) and Qatar football national team coach Fahad Thani look...

MIAMI: David Beckham said the prospect of owning an Major League Soccer team in Miami was “exciting” after he was urged to help...

Switzerland’s Roger Federer returns a shot against France’s Gilles Simon during a French Open round of 16 match at the Roland Garros Stadium...

PARIS: Serena Williams believes that coming to Europe, and especially to her favourite city Paris, is helping her to calm down and control...

Wrestlers from Iraq (first place), Saudi Arabia (second position) and Lebanon, podium winners at the 16th Arab Men’s Wrestling Championship, pose for a...

Doha: QMMF Racing Team rider Anthony West struggled with an over-heating clutch at the start of the Italian Grand Prix and dropped back...