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Timo Werner netted late in the first half at Stamford Bridge after setting up Olivier Giroud's opener for Thomas Tuchel's revitalised Chelsea team. Timo Werner ended his Premier League goal drought as the Chelsea forward sealed a 2-0 win against Newcastle that lifted the Blues into fourth place on Monday. Werner netted late in the first half at Stamford Bridge after setting up Olivier Giroud's opener for Thomas Tuchel's revitalised team. It was a cathartic moment for Werner, who had gone 14 league

Qatar’s two brand new 2022 FIFA World Cup venues – Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium and Education City Stadium – have been nominated for a global ‘Stadium of the Year 2020’ contest.  A Polish website StadiumDB.com, based on Stadiony.net, is conducting the global vote, details have shown. The website hosts the annual ‘Stadium of the Year’ competition, which managed to bring record interest and became the world’s largest public vote on stadiums opened every year. In ‘Popular Vote’, people can select their ’top five’

Tuesday's win over RB Leipzig was not only the ideal result for Liverpool after their recent problems, it was pretty much the perfect performance too. Jurgen Klopp's side looked organised and hungry in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie, plus they played with such high intensity, and their pressing was really strong. After three successive Premier League defeats, it was like the old Liverpool was back - the team that has been so hard to stop in the past couple

BARCELONA: Barcelona's crushing 4-1 home defeat by Paris St Germain in their Champions League last-16 first leg at Camp Nou on Tuesday underlined the scale of the rebuild the club needs to get back to their former glory days, coach Ronald Koeman said. Barca were back in the knockout stage of Europe's elite club competition for the first time since an 8-2 hammering at the hands of Bayern Munich in last season's quarter-finals and started well with Lionel Messi's opener from the penalty

BARCELONA: Kylian Mbappe ripped Barcelona apart on Tuesday by scoring a stunning hat-trick in a 4-1 rout to put Paris Saint-Germain on the brink of the Champions League quarter-finals. Mbappe underlined his status as the rising superstar of world football with a ruthless display of finishing at Camp Nou that will go down as one this competition's most devastating individual performances.The 22-year-old eclipsed Barca's Lionel Messi, whose opening goal from the penalty spot had been reduced to nothing more than a footnote by

JOHANNESBURG: Former South Africa captain Faf du Plessis on Wednesday announced his retirement from Test cricket to focus on the shorter formats with T20 being his priority.The 36-year-old made the announcement through a statement on his instagram page."It has been a year of refinement in the fire for us all. Uncertain were the times but they brought clarity for me in many aspects. My heart is clear and time is right to walk into a new chapter," du Plessis posted."It has been an

MELBOURNE: Daniil Medvedev came out on top of a brutal all-Russian clash Thursday against Andrey Rublev to move into his first Australian Open semi-final and inch closer to a maiden Grand Slam title. The fourth seed had more firepower than his younger, eighth-seeded rival in scorching conditions on Rod Laver Arena, grinding him down 7-5, 6-3, 6-2 to extend his win-streak to 19 matches. His reward is a last-four clash with either 20-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal or fifth-seeded Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas."I

With the Beijing Winter Games less than a year away, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) are looking closely at human rights abuses in China, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday as calls to move the 2022 Games continue to grow. “In regards to the Olympics, we continue to be very, very vocal in standing up for human rights around the world and calling out human rights abuses, as I have personally in the past directly with

For all the riches already won on the PGA and European Tours this year, there are many leading golfers deeply frustrated by the effects of lockdown. They are among the best on the planet at what they do for a living, but these players have little certainty of when they will next compete and start to earn again. For some the pandemic has halted a key stage in career development, while older generations impatiently wait for the resumption of what has always been

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says the Premier League should be worried about a potential rise in coronavirus cases because of next month's international break. City are away to Everton on Wednesday in a game that was postponed on 28 December, four hours before kick-off. It came during a period when City, Newcastle, Fulham and Aston Villa were forced to call matches off and shut their training grounds after a surge in positive tests, which sparked fears the season would have to be paused.

India captain Virat Kohli defended the Chennai pitch after his side's 317-run win over England in the second Test. England were bowled out for 134 and 164, losing all 10 second-innings wickets to spin as India levelled the four-match series at 1-1. A dry pitch was heavily criticised for offering extravagant spin throughout. "Conditions were challenging for both sides but we showed more application, grit and determination to battle it out," Kohli said. "We didn't panic looking at the amount of turn and

Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane struck in the space of five minutes near the start of the second half in an away leg played in Budapest's Puskas Arena because of Covid-19 restrictions. It came after the Reds had fallen to three straight defeats in the Premier League - results that have led Klopp to concede defeat in their defence of the English top-flight title. But Tuesday's display was far more like the dominant side of last season, with their greater experience and quality

Steeplechase world champion Beatrice Chepkoech has broken the women's 5km road world record, finishing the Monaco Run in 14 minutes 43 seconds. The Kenyan, who also holds the 3,000m steeplechase world record, battled windy conditions with assistance from male pacemaker Luuk Maas. The 29-year-old took a second off the previous mark set by Sifan Hassan at the same event in 2019. "I'm so happy because I didn't expect it," said Chepkoech. "It was cold and there was a lot of wind, but my

Joanna Coates, UK Athletics chief, said the organisation will have "zero tolerance" approach to sexism after a report revealed degrading treatment meted out to female coaches. UK Athletics chief executive Joanna Coates insisted her organisation would take a "zero tolerance" approach to sexism after a report revealed the degrading treatment faced by many female coaches. Although the likes of sprinter Dina Asher-Smith and heptathlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson are among Britain's best hopes of a gold medal at the delayed Tokyo Games, a Leeds Beckett University report revealed no female

Karolina Muchova staged a stunning comeback Thursday to upset Ashleigh Barty and storm into the Australian Open semi-finals. Karolina Muchova staged a stunning comeback Thursday to upset Ashleigh Barty and storm into the Australian Open semi-finals, rallying from a set down to shatter the world number one's dreams. The Czech 25th seed looked on her way out after Barty raced through the opening set, but after a medical timeout Muchova returned a different player to win 1-6, 6-3, 6-2 on Rod Laver Arena

India vs England: With the win in the 2nd Test against England in Chennai, Virat Kohli equalled MS Dhoni's record of success at home as Test skipper. Virat Kohli became the joint most successful India captain in Tests at home, equalling MS Dhoni's record of 21 wins. Kohli has captained the team in India in 28 Tests, with just two losses and five draws. Dhoni, on the other hand, had 21 wins after leading the team in 30 Tests at home with three

'This gives me a lot of confidence for the future' says Colombian. After claiming overall victory at the Tour de la Provence on Sunday, Iván Sosa is set to continue his season at next week’s UAE Tour, which kicks-off the 2021 WorldTour calendar.  Speaking after the conclusion of the race in Salon-de-Provence, Sosa reiterated that his main objective of 2021 would be riding the Giro d’Italia in tandem with Ineos Grenadiers teammate Egan Bernal. Sosa made light work of the lower slopes of Mont Ventoux, soloing to victory at Chalet

Host country and FIFA review milestones and look forward to FIFA Arab Cup™ in December The most recent board meeting of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 LLC (Q22) was held on Thursday, 11 February, prior to the FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2020™ final between Bayern Munich and Tigres UANL at Education City Stadium. It was held via videoconference due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The board reviewed key achievements and looked ahead to upcoming events and milestones, including the final four stadium

Your victory at the World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 in your home country of Qatar provided one of the abiding memories of the championships. Do you think you will ever be able to top this moment? Mutaz Barshim: A moment like I experienced in Doha happens maybe just once in an athlete’s career. To be honest, it is my career highlight so far. I don’t know what can happen in future that would be bigger than that. To become the first man to

In the colours of H.H. Sheikh Abdullah Bin Khalifa Al Thani, KING SHALAA (Shalaa x Baki) went from pillar to post to lift the Listed Prix Californie, the feature race in the card at Cagnes-sur-Mer on Sunday, 14 February. Ridden by champion jockey Pierre-Charles Boudot and trained by his breeder François Rohaut, the 3-year-old colt is now 3 wins from 3 starts and looks to be an exciting prospect for 2021. KING SHALAA debuted with a win in August as a 2-year-old, when