Sports / Football

Glazers staying at United 24 Oct 2012 - 06:38 am

LONDON: Manchester United’s American owners, the Glazer family, have no interest in selling the club and intend to stay put for “many, many...

QOC releases 19th edition of Qatar Sport magazine 24 Oct 2012 - 06:31 am

DOHA: Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) has released the 19th edition of its official magazine Qatar Sport Magazine. The newly-released edition is packed with...

Barca aim to maintain winning start 23 Oct 2012 - 05:02 am

MADRID: Barcelona entertain Celtic today looking to maintain their winning start to Champions League Group G with an in-form Lionel Messi but the...

Striker Messi to become a dad 23 Oct 2012 - 05:01 am

MADRID: Celtic’s hopes of beating Barcelona in the Champions League today could be decided at a maternity ward rather than in the intimidating...

Doha giants Al Sadd go top as Rayyan drop points 23 Oct 2012 - 05:00 am

Al Sadd captain Raul Gonzalez (left) celebrates with team-mates Talal Ali Albloushi (centre) and Nadir Belhadj during their Qatar Stars League (QSL) match...

Advantage with Man United 23 Oct 2012 - 04:59 am

LONDON: Manchester United’s determination to avoid last season’s mistakes, a winning start this term and their unbeaten home record against Portuguese teams are...

Ferdinand back after T-shirt spat 23 Oct 2012 - 04:59 am

LONDON: Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand trained as normal yesterday, amid British media reports of a showdown with coach Alex Ferguson over his...

Captains asked to wear anti-racism armbands in Europe 23 Oct 2012 - 04:58 am

GENEVA: Team captains playing in Champions and Europa League matches this week will be asked to wear anti-racism armbands as part of a...

Car keys for QSL fans Rahman and Obaidan 23 Oct 2012 - 04:50 am

Doha: Watching Qatar Stars League (QSL) matches is turning out to be profitable exercise for many football fans in Qatar, thanks to the...

Unbeaten Al Sadd pick up 3 points 22 Oct 2012 - 08:34 am

Al Sadd’s Mamadou Niang (left) fights for the ball with Al Sailiyah’s Kim Kee-Hee of South Korea during their QSL match, yesterday. DOHA:...

Sunderland grab draw 22 Oct 2012 - 08:30 am

Sunderland’s Irish midfielder James McClean (left) vies with Newcastle United’s James Perch during an English Premier League match at the Stadium of Light,...

Messi hits three goals as Barca win thriller 22 Oct 2012 - 08:29 am

MADRID: Lionel Messi scored a brilliant hat-trick as Barcelona survived Javier Mascherano’s red card to claim a thrilling 5-4 win at Deportivo Coruna...

Age-old Asian rivalry takes centre stage 22 Oct 2012 - 08:26 am

SINGAPORE: Saudi giants Al Ittihad take on city rivals Al Ahli in the AFC Champions League semi-finals today as one of Asia’s oldest...

Bayern Munich set to launch Arabic website 22 Oct 2012 - 08:16 am

A view of the front page of Bundesliga side Bayern Munich. The club is shortly going to add Arabic language content to their...

Mata’s double inspires Chelsea; Man United win 21 Oct 2012 - 06:31 am

LONDON: Chelsea cemented their position on top of the Premier League as a superb double from Juan Mata clinched a 4-2 win over...

PSG go top with home victory 21 Oct 2012 - 06:30 am

PARIS: Paris St Germain went to the top of Ligue 1 yesterday after a Kevin Gameiro header clinched a hard-fought 1-0 home victory...

Qatar SC prevail over Al Arabi 21 Oct 2012 - 06:28 am

Al Arabi’s Mousa Al Baraka Wahad (centre) and Qatar Sports Club’s Qusai Munner (left) and Mousa Majid Al Allag vie for ball possession...

Al Sadd eye fourth successive win 21 Oct 2012 - 06:26 am

Action from the QSL match between Umm Salal and Al Kharaitiyat at Al Khor Stadium, yesterday. The match ended in a one-all draw....