Sports/International Sport

  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...

  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...

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...

  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...

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...

  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...

  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...

  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 ...

  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...

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...

  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...

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...

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 ...

  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 ...

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...

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...

  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...

  New York: Kobe Bryant’s fast start allowed him to clock off early as the Los Angeles Lakers made easy work of the Charlotte Bobcats in a 106-73 home blowout yesterday. Bryant, the NBA’s leading scorer, fired 18 points in the first quarter ...

INDIANAPOLIS: New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady can envision Sunday’s Super Bowl coming down to a last-gasp, two-minute drive and said he worried that New York Giants counterpart Eli Manning could have the last word. Manning steered New Y...

  Everton’s Darron Gibson (left) shoots to score against Manchester City during their English Premier League football match in Liverpool, northern England, yesterday. LONDON: Ex-Manchester United midfielder Darron Gibson did his old club a hug...

LIVERPOOL: Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini admitted he was to blame for the costly defeat that provided Manchester United with renewed hope in the title race. Mancini insisted he got it all wrong as Darron Gibson’s first Premier League goa...

  PARIS: Italian midfielder Thiago Motta said his move to Paris Saint-Germain from Inter Milan was a childhood dream as he was officially presented to the media at Parc des Princes yesterday. Motta, who was born in Brazil but represents Italy at i...

  Australia’s Brett Lee jumps in celebration after dismissing India’s Virender Sehwag during the Twenty20 cricket match in Sydney yesterday. SYDNEY: India have still to win on their Australia tour after losing the first of two Twenty20 inter...

  ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat (right) addressing a press conference as Vice President Alan Isaac looks on at the headquarters of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in Dubai yesterday. DUBAI: Future International Cricket Council (ICC) ...

  Pakistan’s cricketers (from left), Saeed Ajmal, Adnan Akmal and Junaid Khan warm up during a practice session at the ICC Global Cricket Academy at Dubai Sports City yesterday. DUBAI: Spin-weary England will be desperate to avoid the humiliat...

  NEW DELHI: Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s offer to step aside as India captain if a “better” candidate can be found is a noble gesture given the team’s woeful run of test form, but several former skippers believe the wicketkeeper remains the best...

  From left: Ravel Morrison, Djibril Cisse and Wayne Bridge. LONDON: A flurry of last-minute transfers were being brokered across English football yesterday as clubs moved to bolster their squads in the final few hours of the January window. Pre...

Ahn Jung-hwan, a former member of South Korea’s football squad, wipes tears away during a press conference in Seoul yesterday. SEOUL: South Korean striker and 2002 World Cup star Ahn Jung-hwan announced his retirement from professional soccer ...

  LONDON: Arsenal’s season has been marked by too many false dawns but Thomas Vermaelen believes the FA Cup victory over Aston Villa can help salvage the club’s faltering challenge for a top four place. Arsene Wenger’s side resume their Prem...

  SOFIA: Three CSKA Sofia players have been suspended for three months after testing positive for a banned stimulant last year, the Bulgarian Olympic Committee (BOC) said in a statement yesterday. Midfielder Todor Yanchev, the 31-times Bulgarian c...