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Saturday, 1st August, 2020 16:30 kick-off at Al Janoub Stadium Al Rayyan face Al Arabi in a much-awaited encounter in Week 19 of the 2019-20 QNB Stars League. The kick-off is at 16:30 at the Al Janoub Stadium on Saturday, 1st August, 2020. Al Rayyan are second in the table with 41 points, two less than leaders Al Duhail. The Lions have 12 wins, five draws and one defeat against their name. Their goal difference is +21 (36 goals for and 15 against).

CPL T20 2020 season is set to kick off from 18th August at the Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad. Barbados Tridents secured their 2nd title defeating Guyana Amazon Warriors in the CPL T20 2019 Final at Trinidad. Prior to the Final, GAW were unbeaten in the season. Betting sites in India had Guyana as the clear favorite to win the 2019 final, valuing the team’s win at 1.68 betting odds. However, Barbados Tridents delivered yet another astonishing performance to defeat the 2018 runner-up.

It’s no exaggeration to say that Cristiano Ronaldo had more of an impact on Juventus record-extending ninth straight Serie A title than anyone else. The five-time Ballon d'Or winner matched a record by scoring in 11 straight league matches before the break for the coronavirus pandemic and quickly regained his form during the restart by reaching the 30-goal mark after only 30 games in his second season in Italy. For his 31st goal, Ronaldo scored the opener when Juventus beat Sampdoria 2-0 on

Tobacco giants have spent billions on advertising with Formula One teams over the years, and are again swelling their spending despite a supposed ban, industry monitors said Wednesday. In a fresh report entitled "Driving Addiction: F1 and Tobacco Advertising", F1 industry monitor Formula Money and tobacco industry watchdog STOP pointed to data indicating cigarette-makers were aggressively stepping up spending. Since F1 was established 70 years ago, its teams and events have sold $4.4 billion in advertising and sponsorship to tobacco companies, the report said. And after

Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal's three-year ban for failing to report corrupt approaches earlier this year was on Wednesday reduced to 18 months. Akmal's ban will effectively run from February 2020 to August 2021 after the 30-year-old's sentence was reduced by independent adjudicator Faqir Mohammad Khokhar. The batsman expressed dissatisfaction with the ruling and vowed to appeal again. "There have been many cricketers before me who have committed corruption but none of them were given a punishment as severe as mine. I will appeal

Stuart Broad made the headlines left, right, and centre after he guided England to a resounding 269-run win over West Indies in the third and final Test at Old Trafford on Tuesday. His 10/67 helped Joe Root reclaim the Wisden Trophy. And in that process, Broad joined an elite club — the one that features bowlers who have scalped atleast 500 wickets in their Test career. "Whoever's plan it was to drop Stuart Broad the person must be sent to quarantine for 14

It should have been a busy year for Indian women's cricket. There was the promise of a lot of action after India's maiden run to the T20 World Cup final in March - an expanded four-team Women's T20 Challenge followed by a tour of England for players to get back into the ODI groove ahead of next year's World Cup - but Covid-19 put paid to that. "Even nature has started conspiring against women's cricket," Shanta Rangaswamy, the former India captain who is also part of the

At the end of the third day, the outcome of the match is still unknown but it would require an epic rescue act from the West Indies to retain the Wisden Trophy. The script ran perfectly for England—they winkled out West Indies for 197 runs and seized a lead of 172 runs, to which they added another 226 runs and set the tourists a target of 399. The cornerstone was their openers—Rory Burns and Dom Sibley, putting together their first 100-run association in

Paul Michael Levesque, aka Triple H amongst WWE fans, celebrates his 51st Birthday on Monday (July 27) as wishes flocked in on social media. The iconic wrestler, who made his WWE debut, earlier known by WWF, back in 1995. The 1969-born out of Nashua, New Hampshire quickly became a fan favourite due to his dominating style inside the ring. During his 25-year long tenure with the WWE -- in which he has earned monikers like - The Cerebral Assassin, The Game and The King

Al Shahania rode on a brace by Iranian midfielder Ramin Rezaein as they defeated Al Ahli 3-1 in Week 18 of the 2019-20 QNB Stars League at the Al Sadd Stadium on Sunday. Rezaein scored in the 22nd and 29th (penalty) minutes. Kesse Amangoua (81st minute) was Al Shahania’s other scorer as they earned a lifeline in their attempt to stay in the First Division. Al Shahania moved on to 13 points with only their second victory in this season’s league, while Al

Six months ago, when the coronavirus outbreak was a distant concern for English football, some things seemed more certain in the Premier League. Manchester United would struggle to break into the Champions League places while Ole Gunnar Solskjaer remained in charge. Leicester were a team revived under Brendan Rodgers, primed for a return to Europe's elite competition. Who could've doubted it, with 14 points separating second-place Leicester from United in fifth in January? But this was a season like no other. By the

Dismissing Virat Kohli is a dream for many bowlers, but one bowler who had the upper hand on the Indian captain was Pakistan left-arm pacer Junaid Khan. Junaid has bowled 24 balls to Kohli conceding just 3 runs, bagging 3 wickets. All their clashes came in the 2012 Pakistan tour of India, where the visitors beat the hosts 2-1 in a three-match ODI series. "The first ball I bowled to him was a wide but the next ball when I beat him, I

The Qatar Stars League ( QSL) announced the schedule of matches in Weeks 18, 19 and 20 of the 2019-20 season QNB Stars League, after co-ordination with the authorities concerned. The matches will be played at three stadiums having cooling technology - Education City, Al Janoub and Jassim bin Hamad. It may be noted that the kick-off timings and venues of matches in the last two weeks (21 and 22) will be finalized later based on the results and standings of teams in

Many people can’t have failed to notice several sports stars getting something of a reputation for enjoying a gamble over the years. While this may not be any more common than with the average public, their high profile certainly makes it more visible. But are there particular reasons why our sporting heroes are drawn to this activity? There’s no denying that casinos are glamorous places where the well-heeled often choose to go in their leisure time. The fact that many sports stars could definitely

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has hit back at his Chelsea counterpart after the latter accused the Reds of being “arrogant” since winning the English Premier League. Klopp said that Liverpool are “the opposite” of what Lampard thinks and asked him to not drag the on-field spat further. “We are not arrogant, we are pretty much the opposite. But in a moment like this in an argument, you want to say something to hurt the other person. I have no problem with that but

Kane Williamson and Gary Stead, the New Zealand captain and coach respectively, have had to answer questions about their supposedly frayed relationship ever since they got to Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui for a training session. After Williamson called the relationship "very good", Stead has called it "really strong", adding that they are both gung-ho about taking the team to the next level. Some of the chatter in local cricket circles started after speculation in May that Stead wanted Tom Latham as the regular Test captain in

West Indies pacer Kemar Roach was in scotching form for his side on day one of the 3rd Test at Old Trafford and changed the mood of the game when his steaming delivery knocked out Ben Stokes' wickets in Manchester on Friday (July 24). After England got off to a poor start in the morning when Roach dismissed Dominic Sibley for a duck in the very first over, Stokes joined forces with Rory Burns to stable the ship for the home side. The pair managed to

Paris St Germain’s Neymar struck early to secure a 1-0 win over 10-man St Etienne as they claimed a record-extending 13th Coupe de France on Friday in a near-empty stadium as French soccer came out of a four-month break due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Brazilian scored on the rebound in the 14th minute after PSG fellow forward Kylian Mbappe sprinted clear and saw his shot blocked by goalkeeper Jessy Moulin, with only 5,000 fans in the 80,000-seater Stade de France due to

An unshakeable attitude is what is needed to win an Olympic medal and that is what head coach Graham Reid will try to inculcate into the Indian men's hockey ahead of the Summer Olympics next year. The 2020 Games have been postponed by an year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Exactly a year from now, the Indian men and women teams would have begun their campaign in Tokyo. Reid, part of the silver-winning Australian team at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, put things into

Jonathan Kodjia struck the all-important goal as Al Gharafa defeated Al Arabi in a 2019-20 season QNB Stars League Week 18 match at the Al Janoub Stadium on Friday. The Ivory Coast forward, who joined The Cheetahs in this year’s January transfer window, struck the winner in the 22nd minute of the game, the opening fixture of the tournament which resumed after a long break forced by the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Incidentally, the first-leg match between the teams had also ended in an