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Netherlands’ Kirsten Wild (left), Team Specialized Lululemon’s Trixi Worrack (right) and Germany’s Judith Arndt pose on the podium during the third stage of the Ladies Tour of Qatar race in Doha yesterday. Syed Omar
Doha: Judith Arndt o...
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DOHA: Al Khor held Qatar Stars League (QSL) points leaders Al Sadd to a 1-1 draw here yesterday. The draw snapped Al Sadd’s four-match win streak in QSL that propelled them to the top of QSL points table.
Al Khor’s Mohammed Ibrahim scored th...
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Makela-Nummela of Finland (centre) winners in the Trap event at the 2012 Qatar Open Shotgun Championshp, poses for a group picture with Zuzana Stefecekova of Slovakia and Nihan Kantarci of Turkey at the Losail Shooting Complex yesterday. RIGHT:...
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Thomas Bjorn (left) of Denmark and Lee Westwood (right) of Britain talk to Andy McFee, European Tour Chief Referee during the second round of the Qatar Masters tournament at the Doha golf club yesterday.
DOHA: Play was called off at the Qatar ...
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LONDON: John Terry (pictured), was stripped of the England captaincy for the second time in two years yesterday after concern his ongoing racism court case had made his position untenable, reports said.
Several British media outlets reported t...
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Yangon: Australian Scott Hend took advantage of his soaring drives to shoot a five-under-par 67 and edge into the halfway lead at the Zaykabar Myanmar Open yesterday.
Overnight joint-leader Hend held a one-shot advantage over Thailand’s rising...
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BERLIN: Football fans in one German state may have to pass through “face scanners” at stadiums, according to interior ministry proposals designed to eradicate hooliganism.
The proposals, which entail comparing visitors’ biometric data to a dat...
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ROSARIO, Argentina: The Netherlands, Argentina, Great Britain and Germany booked their spots in the last four of the Champions Trophy Women’s hockey in Rosario yesterday.
The Netherlands, intent on retaining their crown from a year ago in Am...
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MANCHESTER: Manchester United travel to Chelsea armed with a strong away form and some key players back from injury when they seek to take advantage of a Chelsea team in transition and grab a first league win at Stamford Bridge in a decade.
Meetings...
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England’s Stuart Broad appeals against Pakistan’s Adnan Akmal during the third cricket Test match at the Dubai International cricket stadium in Dubai yesterday.
DUBAI: Sixteen wickets tumbled on the opening day of the third third and final...
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New Zealand’s Martin Guptil fields in the first One-Day International match against Zimbabwe in Dunedin yesterday.
DUNEDIN: New Zealand defeated Zimbabwe by 90 runs in the first One-Day International at Dunedin yesterday as poor batting by t...
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Melbourne: India ran out four Australian batsmen in a brilliant fielding effort before surviving a late attack of nerves to win the second Twenty20 match by eight wickets with two balls to spare yesterday.
Humiliated by a 4-0 whitewash in the ...
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KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board will conduct a rehabilitation programme for talented teenage bowler Mohammad Aamer under the anti-corruption code, an official said yesterday.
Aamer, 19, was released from a British prison on Wednesday after s...
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BOLTON, England: Arsene Wenger has insisted Arsenal can still finish in the top four of the Premier League and qualify for next season’s Champions League, despite a disappointing goalless draw at Bolton.
But the Gunners boss said every match bet...
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DOHA: Qatar Open Shotgun Championship organised by Qatar Shooting and Archery Federation (QSAF) will begin from today at the Losail Shooting Complex it was announced here yesterday.
Some of the world’s top shooters will compete in the $7...
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NEW DELHI: England spinner Graeme Swann and Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene head a star cast of cricketers who will be auctioned tomorrow to join the Indian Premier League.
As many as 144 foreign and Indian players have thrown their hat in...
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Doha: Brazilian striker Adriano scored on three occasions to help El Jaish crush Al Kharaitiyat 6-0 at Jassim bin Hamad Stadium yesterday.
El Jaish raced into a quick lead after nine minutes, Al Kharaitiyat’s centre back Dario Khan scored an o...
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DUBAI: Captain Misbah-ul Haq believes routing world number one England 3-0 will be a big achievement but stressed his team will not take that extra pressure into the third and final Test starting here today.
No team has ever registered a clean sweep...
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Judith Arndt of Germany poses on the podium after receiving the leader’s gold jersey at the end of the second stage of the Ladies Tour of Qatar cycling race at Madinat Al Shamal, yesterday. Sheikh Khalid bin Ali Al Thani, President of Qatar C...
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Mohammed A Hobesh Al Marri (second right) Secretary-General of GCC Basketball Association taking part in the draw to select the eight teams which will take part in the 2012 GCC Club Championship to be held in Bahrain. Al Marri is also the Assis...
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GENEVA: World football’s governing body FIFA yesterday called on Egyptian authorities to deliver a full report on the post-match violence that killed 74 football fans.
“FIFA is in mourning and our thoughts are with the families of all those who ...
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Alvaro Quiros of Spain watches his shot on the 18th green during the first round of the Qatar Masters tournament at the Doha Golf Club yesterday.
DOHA: Spaniard Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano shot a six-under par 66 to take a one-shot lead over Ame...
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Phoenix: Kyle Stanley never contemplated pulling out of this week’s Phoenix Open at the TPC Scottsdale even after his agonising loss at San Diego last week.
The big-hitting American led by three shots playing the last at Torrey Pines before ...
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Yangon: Ben Fox of the United States reaped the benefits of extra hours slogging it in the gym as he shot a sparkling eight-under-par 64 to share the first-round lead at the Zaykabar Myanmar Open yesterday.
Fox fired a flawless round with eight bird...
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Kirsten Wild of the Netherlands celebrates her win in the first stage of the Ladies Tour of Qatar yesterday. The race will end tomorrow. Salim Matramkot
Doha: Two-time Ladies’ Tour of Qatar winner Kirsten Wild of the Netherlands made a tri...
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Al Jazeera team of (left to right) Mike Hanna, Victoria Helson and Dave Foster with pro Pablo Larrazabal. (see also Page 28)
Doha: The Al Jazeera team of Spanish pro Pablo Larrazabal made their own headlines by winning yesterday’s Pro-Am, ...
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LONDON: Pakistan’s Mohammmad Aamer (pictured), has been released from a British jail after serving half of a six month sentence for his part in a spot-fixing scam.Aamer, 19, was free from Portland Prison in Dorset, south-west England, last mornin...
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Doha: Qatar Stars League (QSL) club Al Rayyan have signed three players in the January transfer window with a view to tighten the loose ends ahead of their AFC Champions League.
The reigning Emir’s Cup champions, who lost to Al Khor in the Q...
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Doha: Third-placed Al Jaish take on bottom club Al Kharaitiyat in round 15 of the Qatar Stars League (QSL).
Coach Pericles Chamusca side willhoping to recover from their last week’s loss. In week 14, defending champions Lekhwiya edged past Al ...
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Vancouver: The Boston Bruins scored three times without reply to rally from a two-goal deficit and complete a 4-3 home victory against the Ottawa Senators yesterday.
After falling 3-1 behind in the second period, Boston’s Milan Lucic instiga...
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