Sports

QSL champions Lekhwiya rope in Gerets as coach 10 Oct 2012 - 09:38 am

Lekhwiya Sports Club’s President Khalifa Al Sulaiti (right) and captain Majid Bougherra (left) present a jersey to the new coach Eric Gerets during...

Qatar, Bahrain in same group for 2015 Asian Cup qualifiers 10 Oct 2012 - 09:37 am

Windsor John (right), AFC Executive Director, displays team name during the AFC Asian Cup Australia 2015 preliminary draw ceremony as former Australian football...

England players to be given code of conduct 10 Oct 2012 - 09:36 am

BURTON UPON TRENT, United Kingdom: England’s stars are to be issued with a code of conduct to bring them in line with other...

English FA rules out men’s team for Rio 2016 10 Oct 2012 - 09:35 am

LONDON: Britain will not enter a men’s soccer team for the Rio Olympic Games in 2016, English Football Association General Secretary Alex Horne...

Cricket umpires hit back after corruption claims 10 Oct 2012 - 09:34 am

COLOMBO: Umpires at the centre of bribery claims denied yesterday they were willing to fix matches for cash as cricket authorities announced an...

South Africa players demand ECB apology 10 Oct 2012 - 09:34 am

CAPE TOWN: South Africa Test captain Graeme Smith has strongly denied recent suggestions that he or his team deliberately provoked England batsman Kevin...

Abbas advances at Radisson Blu-Olympic Sport tourney 10 Oct 2012 - 09:33 am

Doha: Emad Abbas defeated Wael Mazhorin in a keenly contested Over-45 category to move into the next round of the Radisson Blu-Olympic Sport...

Spain’s Martinez wary of Belarus banana skin 10 Oct 2012 - 09:32 am

MADRID: Javi Martinez is still smarting from a shock reverse in Minsk and the Spain midfielder is keen to avoid a repeat performance...

Golf: Big stars lose on opening day 10 Oct 2012 - 09:32 am

BELEK, Turkey: Organisers of the $5.2m World Golf Final now face an anxious time after the world’s leading two golfers, Rory McIlroy and...

Jets maintain perfect start in NFL 10 Oct 2012 - 09:32 am

EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey: The Houston Texans maintained their perfect start to the NFL season with a 23-17 win over the struggling New...

Al Arabi out to spring a few surprises 10 Oct 2012 - 09:28 am

Mauro Grasso of Brazil, Al Arabi new vollyeball coach, during a practice session at Al Arabi club, yesterday. The Asian Club Champions are...

Chen pitches Orioles to tie play-off series 10 Oct 2012 - 09:27 am

BALTIMORE, Maryland: Taiwanese pitcher Chen Wei-Yin baffled New York’s powerful batters yesterday, sparking the Baltimore Orioles over the Yankees 3-2 to level their...

Expanded Euroleague strives to rival NBA 10 Oct 2012 - 09:27 am

BELGRADE: More games and bigger arenas will enable Europe’s premier basketball competition to aim for NBA standards, Euroleague chief Jordi Bertomeu has vowed...

Sheikh Saoud receives victorious Qatar basketball squad 08 Oct 2012 - 02:54 pm

Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Secretary General, Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) and the President of Qatar Basketball Federation (QBF), is seen with...

West Indies win world T20 title 08 Oct 2012 - 02:51 pm

Members of the West Indies team celebrate with the trophy on the podium after the ICC Twenty20 World Cup final match against Sri...

Vettel win puts title on knife-edge 08 Oct 2012 - 02:49 pm

SUZUKA: Sebastian Vettel slashed the Formula One title race to just four points yesterday as he stormed to victory in the Japanese Grand...

United crush Newcastle; Liverpool held by Stoke 08 Oct 2012 - 02:37 pm

LONDON: Manchester United surged into second place in the Premier League with a 3-0 demolition of Newcastle, while Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers suffered...

Hosszu is unstoppable in Doha; Games star Le Clos wins medal 08 Oct 2012 - 02:36 pm

Katinka Hosszu of Hungary (centre) celebrates her gold medal win in the Women’s 200m Butterfly, with bronze medallist Lok Kin Chan of Hong...