Sports/Qatar Sport

  Qatar Olympic football team practicing ahead of their London Olympic Games Group B qualifying matches against Oman and Saudi Arabia. Qatar will play Oman in an away match tomorrow and take on Saudi Arabia on February 22 in Qatar. Paulo Autorri�...

  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...

  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...

  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:...

  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 ...

    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...

  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...

  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...

  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...

  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...

  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...

  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, ...

  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...

  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 ...

  Lee Westwood of England (left) and John Patrick Daly of the US. By Armstrong Vas Doha: Golfers at the Commercialbank Qatar Masters will face a stern weather test at the Doha Golf Club in the $2.5m European Tour event which tees off here today...

  Mohammad Al Eissa, Regional Public Relations Manager, Oman Sail, explaining the route. Right: Women’s Team Al Thuraya Bank Muscat. Doha: Team Commercialbank will represent Qatar in the second edition of Sailing Arabia The Tour it was announc...

  Ahmad Al Mansoori and Nasir Hassan Al Khaiat presenting the trophy. Doha: Al Feroz Club crushed the challenge of Chaudhary Eleven by 74 runs and won the Qtel Cricket Tournament Trophy at the West Bay Grounds on  Friday. Batting first, Al Fer...

  Golf players practicing on the eve of the Pro-Am event of the Commercialbank Qatar Masters golf tournament at the Doha Golf Club (DGC) yesterday. Forty-one professionals and 123 amateur players will compete in the Pro-Am event. The $2.5m Commer...

LONDON: A delegation from the Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee headed by Secretary General Hassan Al Thawadi presented the ideas and concepts behind the 2022 FIFA World Cup to an engaged audience comprised of members from the London Chamber of Commerce o...

Doha: The International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS) has yesterday announced four more speakers at its annual conference on March 14 and 15. The International Sport Security Conference, which brings together key decision-makers, experts and pract...

Qatar Olympic football team practicing in Doha yesterday ahead of their London Olympic Games Group B qualifying matches against Oman and Saudi Arabia. Qatar will play Oman in an away match on February 5 and take on Saudi Arabia on February 22 in ...

  BY ARMSTRONG VAS Doha: Defending champion Ellen van Dijk of Holland’s aim of retaining the Ladies Tour of Qatar will face stiff competition from compatriot Kirsten Wild and world champion Giorgia Bronzini. The three-day event kicks off the ...

  Melodia Lesuer of France team poses for a picture ahead of the Ladies Tour of Qatar which will begin today. Doha: Qatar Airways is the Official Partner of the Tour of Qatar cycling event which attracting some of the world’s best cyclists. T...

  By Armstrong vas Doha: Controlling the ball in windy conditions will be the key to success at the Commercialbank Qatar Masters golf tournament - which tees off at the Doha Golf Club (DGC) on February 2 - says Spanish golfer Álvaro Quirós (pi...

  Doha: With just days to go until the start of the 15th Commercialbank Qatar Masters presented by Dolphin Energy, organisers have praised the support of the event’s co-sponsors and their commitment to Qatar’s National Vision 2030. With priz...

  Maliq Omer Al Dafea, Manager, Municipal and Facilities Services Department speaking during the inauguration of the cricket tournament Doha: The first Mesaieed Oil & Gas Cricket Cup Tournament 2011 organised by Mesaieed Industrial City was inau...

  Qatar Basketball Federation (QBF) President Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani (second right), speaking to mediapersons yesterday. BY ARMSTRONG VAS Doha: Qatar Basketball Federation (QBF) President Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani has...

  DOHA: The all-female Turkish rallying crew of Burcu Cetinkaya and Cicek Guney will be taking part in this weekend’s Qatar International Rally, round one of the 2012 FIA Middle East Rally Championship, for the first time at the wheel of a Mits...

BERLIN:  Champions Borussia Dortmund demolished hosts Hamburg SV 5-1 with two goals each from Robert Lewandowski and Jakub Blaszczykowski yesterday to join leaders Bayern Munich and Schalke 04 at the top of the Bundesliga on 37 points. Their perfor...

  Doha: The Tour of Qatar has selected 16 teams of eight riders to compete in its 11th edition which will take place from February 5-10. These dates will signal a return to business for many leading lights of cycling’s elite. 2012 Tour of Qata...