Sports/Qatar Sport

DOHA: Brazilian striker Ricardo Oliveira yesterday struck four goals as Al Jazira edged past home club Al Rayyan of Qatar in their AFC Champions League clash. Oliveira (8, 33, 67 and 88) emerged as the hero for the UAE side as home club failed to en...

Doha: 2010 Champions League winners Barcelona will chart out future strategy in Qatar, according to press reports appearing in Spanish media.Spanish sports magazine, Marca said this year’s La Liga runners-up will travel to Doha after the Spanish Cu...

  Helmut Spahn (left) who will head the ICSS delegation in Munich, gives Mohammed Al Hanzab, President of Qatar International Academy for Security Studies, a memorabilia at Aspire Academy in this file photo. DOHA: A high-level delegation of the ...

  Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee Secretary-General Hassan Al Thawadi is seen with Yingluck Shinawatra, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand. Prime Minister Shinawatra congratulated Al Thawadi on Qatar’s successful bid to host the 2022 FIFA W...

MADRID, Spain: The Qatar national team has landed in Madrid for their training camp in preparation for 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers next month. Coach Paulo Autuori and a batch of 31 players are set to hit the ground running for training sessions t...

  Qatar Hockey Federation officials pose with staff and children from the Compass School at Al Rayyan Hockey Stadium. QHF’s season will end with the Junior tournament at Al Rayyan Hockey Stadium. The tournament is open to age groups of Under-10...

El Jaish basketball junior team players pose for a group photograph with officials. El Jaish held a recognition ceremony for the junior and youth basketball teams.  

  DOHA: Striker Sebastian Soria is set to play for Qatar Stars League (QSL) champions Lekhwiya next season, ending a distinguished seven-career with Qatar Sports Club. The 28-year-old Qatar national team player made his debut for Qatar SC in 200...

  Al Rayyan’s Tabata (third left) and Diego Aguirre (centre) with Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Thani, President of QFA (fifth left) and officials pose for a picture at the QFA Awards ceremony. BY RIZWAN REHMAT DOHA: The Qatar Footbal...

  Spanish striker Raul poses with his new team-mates Talal Al Balooshi (left) and Wissam Rizq (second right) after he was unveiled as a new player for Al Sadd in Doha, yesterday. Sheikh Nawaf bin Nasser Al Thani, Vice President of Al Sadd SC (sec...

  BY RIZWAN REHMAT DOHA: Al Gharafa yesterday held their nerves for the second time in five days to edge Al Sadd 4-3 on penalties to win the Emir Cup. Goalkeeper Qasim Burhan produced a heroic effort, blocking two spot kicks in the heart-stoppi...

DOHA: Spanish legend Raul is likely to appear for Qatar Stars League (QSL) giants Al Sadd, according to reports appearing in the Spanish and American media.   The 34-year-old, who watched the Emir Cup final in Doha yesterday, is expected to sign...

  Doha: Al Jeali, trained by Ibrahim Al Malki, won the Al Musheireb Cup, the feature event of the 51st race meeting on Thursday. On the New Rayyan track of Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club (REC), Mark Lawon took Al Jeali to victory in a field wh...

  The participants of the First Techno Blue Samsung Open Badminton organised by Qatar Badminton Association (QBA) pose for a picture at the Al Arabi Club’s Indoor Volleyball court, in this file picture of April 18, 2011 file picture. Doha: The...

  BY RIZWAN REHMAT DOHA: Former champions Al Gharafa will have to tackle Al Sadd’s fearsome strikers and overcome fatigue factor when the two teams clash in the Emir Cup final today. Thirteen-time champions Al Sadd will be relying on in-form ...

  Justin Gatlin (second left) of the US wins the men’s 100m ahead of Jamaica’s Asafa Powell (second right) at the IAAF Diamond League athletics meeting, in Doha, yesterday. PICS: SHAIVAL DALAL By Armstrong vas Doha: American sprinter Justi...

  Justin Gatlin of the US signs an autograph after winning the men’s 100m in Doha yesterday. DOHA: American Justin Gatlin took another huge step to sprinting redemption by pipping Asafa Powell by a head at the line to win the 100m in 9.87sec a...

  FROM LEFT: Meseret Defar of Ethiopia, Allyson Felix of the US, Veronica Campbell-Brown of Jamaica and Vivian Cheruiyot of Kenya pose during a news conference for the Diamond League athletics meet in Doha, yesterday. RIGHT: Jamaican runner Asafa...

DOHA: A diminutive Qatari teenager will carry the hopes of her nation and the wider Gulf region when she takes part in the London Olympic Games this summer. Noor Al Malki is just 17 years old but will end a 28-year absence of Qatari female athletes ...

  Allyson Felix of the US (right), Veronica Campbell-Brown (left) of Jamaica and Qatari future Olympian Noor Al Malki during a photo shoot on the Corniche yesterday. Doha: Qatar’s Musaab Abdulrahman Bala (pictured right), a surprise bronze med...

Al Gharafa football players train in a practice session ahead of the 2012 Emir Cup final to be held at Al Khalifa Stadium tomorrow evening. RIGHT: Al Sadd players gear up for the final clash against Al Gharafa. Al Sadd crushed El Jaish 3-0 to reach t...

DOHA: Round six of Qatar Road Racing Championship (QRRC) takes place today at Losail International Circuit under floodlights. According to the provisional entry list, a total of 36 bikers will take part in the race. Mashel Al Naimi, currently leads...

DUBAI: Al Gharafa Sports Club has been crowned as Volkswagen Junior Masters Middle East Champions at the third annual football competition, which took place in Dubai. AC Milan Academy (Kuwait) and Jebel Ali UMBRO Football Academy (Dubai), finished i...

Al Rayyan handball team players and officials celebrate their victory in the Heir Apparent Handball Cup at the indoor hall of Al Sadd Stadium on Wednesday. Al Rayyan defeated Al Jaish 26-23 in the final. Ahmad Al Sheabi, President of the Qatar Handba...

DOHA: Al Sadd striker Khalfan Ibrahim is one of the seven players competing for this season’s Player of the Year award to be announced on May 13. This was disclosed by Qatar Football Association (QFA) officials yesterday. Six names including Djam...

  American 2004 Olympic 100m gold medallist Justin Gatlin, poses for a picture with a horse at the Al Shaqab, Arabian breeding farm in Qatar yesterday. Gatlin will take part in the Doha Samsung Diamond League which will be held at Qatar Sports Cl...

DOHA: Kenyan 800m star David Rudisha yesterday chuckled at the fantastical thought of running the final leg of the men’s 4x400m relay at the London Games against double Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt. Rudisha, the world 800m champion and also ...

  Striker Abdul Qader Keita heads the ball during the Emir Cup semi-final match between Al Sadd  and Al Jaish at Al Sadd Stadium yesterday. Al Sadd won 3-0. RIGHT: Players of Al Gharafa celebrate their win over Al Kharaitiyat  in the semi-final...

Doha: Retirement is definitely not on the mind of Olympic champion in discus throw Gerd Kanter. The Estonian star is eyeing the gold at the London Games this year and promises to give it a serious shot at the Rio de Janeiro Games in 2016. “Virgil...

  Players of Al Rayyan and Al Kharaitiyat battle for ball possession during their quarter-final match. RIGHT: Al Sadd celebrate their victory. BELOW, FROM LEFT: Al Jaish coach, Pericles Chamusca, Al Sadd coach, Jorge Fossati, Al Gharafa coach, Pa...