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Liverpool's Premier League title hopes are over and the main target now is to win the Champions League, forward Sadio Mane said. Liverpool ripped up the record books last season on the way to their first English top-flight title in 30 years, but a season marred by injuries and poor form has left the club sixth and trailing leaders Manchester City by 19 points. "Our target from the beginning was the Champions League, the Premier League and also Cup games. And now, I

BUDAPEST: Bernardo Silva scored once and set up another as Manchester City eased to a 2-0 victory over Borussia Moenchengladbach in their Champions League last-16 first leg on Wednesday (Feb 25), extending their winning run to 19 games in all competitions. City, who are unbeaten in their last 26 matches, have a huge advantage for the March 16 return leg in Manchester after Silva headed in a pinpoint Joao Cancelo cross in the 29th minute to put them in front. The Portuguese midfielder

As India got the upper hand in their vital day-night third test against England yesterday, Axar Patel took six wickets, bowling out their competitors for 112 and then coming within 13 runs of leading the way. In the final over, only the absence of Captain Virat Kohli ruined India's opening day when they advanced to 99 for three at the world's largest cricket ground with Rohit Sharma on 57 and Ajinkya Rahane on one. With Patel taking the starring role, spin bowlers overtook

Defending champion Cherif Younousse and Qatar's Ahmed Tijan lived up to their legacy yesterday when they won their first two Pool-A matches (main draw) at the Doha Beach Volleyball Cup. The 13th-placed Qatari pair on the FIVB World Tour first vanquished Pavel Shustrov-Alexey Gusev's Russian team 2-0 (21-14, 21-17) at the Gharafa Beach Complex courts and defeated Joe El Azzi and Salba Chafic of Lebanon 2-0 later that evening (21-8 21-11).

A group of 85 riders from 27 countries across the world has come to Doha to participate in the groundbreaking CHI Al Shaqab Commercial Bank Presented by Longines 2021 event, to be held at Al Shaqab's Longines Arena from 25-27 February. 138 horses have arrived in the capital of Qatar to take part in an international equine tournament of world-class standard. CHI Al Shaqab, an affiliate of the Qatar Foundation, is hosting CHI Al Shaqab for the eighth time, and riders will again

This afternoon, on the hunting and shooting fields in Giza, the official training for the skeet competitions was concluded within the program of the World Cup for Shooting Cartridges hosted by the Arab Republic of Egypt during the period from the twenty-second of the current month of February to the fifth of next month (March) with wide participation represented by thirty-three teams competing in the skeet and soil and competitions Mixed. It is noteworthy that more than fifty athletes in the singles category

Virat Kohli wants India to approach the pink-ball Test against England like a normal five-day match but with the sessions reversed, the home captain said on the eve of the third test in Ahmedabad from Wednesday. Virat Kohli wants India to approach the pink-ball Test against England like a normal five-day match but with the sessions reversed, the home captain said on the eve of the third test in Ahmedabad from Wednesday. Kohli's century helped India crush Bangladesh by an innings and 46

OSLO: Norway’s national football team will play their first home World Cup qualifying game at a neutral venue in Spain next month because of travel restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic. The Norwegian football federation said on Tuesday the game against Turkey on March 27 will be played in Malaga instead of Oslo. No fans will be allowed to attend. Norway will begin their World Cup qualifying program with a game at Gibraltar on March 24 before going to Spain to play Turkey

The official ambassador delegate for Football World Heritage of UNESCO, Princess Rani Vanouska T-Modely visited Aspire Academy and met with football student-athletes and coaching staff, during one of the football training sessions. The UNESCO Official was met and welcomed to the world-renowned institution of youth sport development by Aspire Academy Deputy Director General, Ali Salem Afifa, who went on to accompany her to the academy outdoor football pitches where Aspire Academy football training sessions were taking place. "l am happy to come to

Real Madrid travel to Bergamo as Atalanta BC welcomes them to the Gewiss Stadium for the Champions League round-of-16 tie on Wednesday. The build-up to this nervy affair seems somewhat gloomy from a Real Madrid perspective because of all the injuries that have plagued the first team. Gasperini’s free-scoring side has qualified in second place from Group D – behind holders Liverpool, while 13-time Champions Real Madrid managed to top Group B after a shaky start to proceedings and only sealed their place in

Tiger Woods was alive and conscious when first responders rushed to the scene of a single-vehicle rollover crash Tuesday morning, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said. Villanueva said that Woods was driving at a "relatively greater speed than normal" when he crashed in a hilly area and that Woods was driving northbound when he hit a center divider and flew several hundred feet. He added that there was no evidence of impairment when emergency personnel arrived. "[The vehicle] crossed the center divider, to the point that it

Report as Bayern Munich eased to a heavy victory over Lazio in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie with Robert Lewandowski and Leroy Sane among the scorers Jamal Musiala became the youngest English scorer in the Champions League as holders Bayern defeated Lazio 4-1 in the first leg of their last-16 tie in Rome. The 17-year-old midfielder scored the second of the German side's three first-half goals as they all but secured their place in the quarter-finals. Robert Lewandowski opened

The secretary-general of the South American Football Federation (CONMEBOL) said on Tuesday that Australia and Qatar, the two non-South American sides scheduled to take part in this year's Copa America, have dropped out of the competition. In the tournament, which will be hosted by Argentina and Colombia in June and July, the two teams are expected to enter 10 others from South America. The Qatari FA apologized for the removal that it said followed the "decision to postpone the joint qualifying round for

A total of 25 players from 14 countries will be on the pitch today at the Al Gharrafa Beach Complex for the FIVB World Tour Doha Beach Volleyball Cup. The tournament starts off with four sets from the qualifying rounds progressing to the main round. For the eighth season, Qatar is staging an FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour event and a 1-star men's-only competition is the Doha Beach Volleyball Cup. Doha will also organize from March 8-12 a 4-star men's and women's festival.

Al Ahli beat Umm Salal 1-0 in Week 17 of the 2020-21 season QNB Stars League at the Al Ahli Stadium on Tuesday. Hazem Shehata's strike in the 56th minute proved decisive as Al Ahli, playing with 10 men for around 30 minutes following red card to Jassem Al Sharshani, defended well late in the match to seal their eighth victory. Al Ahli now have 26 points, while Umm Salal remained on 15 points following their eighth defeat. After both sides fought to

Qatar Football Association and ASEAN Football Federation will hold a second workshop as part of the Multimedia Learning series, beginning today until Thursday, to increase awareness of and tackle bribery, match-fixing, and illicit betting practices that undermine football credibility. The series occurs within the scope of the deepening of collaboration and activation of the Memorandum between football federations, as well as representing the immediate need to exchange information on recent developments in this region. With the cooperation of all 12 AFF Member Organisations,

Last night, when they battled twice to steal a tense 3-2 win over Al Arabi, Al Sadd remained true to the word, thanks to fast goals by Baghdad Bounedjah and Santiago Cazorla late in the game. Leading the match 2-1, Al Arabi were sensing an upset victory over Al Sadd – still unbeaten in the season – but Bounedjah’s 90th-minute header and Cazorla’s stunning shot in the second minute of stoppage time shocked The Dream Team as The Wolves moved to just one

The WTA 500 tournament organizers reported on Tuesday that World number three Tennis player Simona Halep has been excluded from the Qatar Open in Doha next week.  Halep lost to Serena Williams in the Australian Open quarter-finals last week in straight sets, did not clarify why she was yanking out from the tournament on March 1-6. "Unfortunately, I have made the decision to withdraw from the Qatar Total Open," Halep said in a statement released by the tournament organizers. "It's always one of

The Qatar Football Association (QFA) has confirmed that the national team will not take part in this year’s Copa America. The tournament is scheduled to be held between 11 June and 10 July across nine cities in Argentina and Columbia. The decision not to take part in this year’s Copa American Cup comes after the decision made by Asian Football Federation (AFC), which postponed the joint qualifiers’ dates for the AFC Asian Cup 2023 and FIFA 2022 World Cup. The defending AFC cup

PAMPLONA, Spain: Sevilla's Diego Carlos and Luuk de Jong got on the scoresheet to secure a fifth La Liga win in a row as their side enjoyed a 2-0 victory at Osasuna on Monday (Feb 22) to move above Barcelona into third place and join the title race. Osasuna defender Oier Sanrujo almost got the hosts off to a perfect start when he sent a header crashing against the post in the opening minutes, but it was Sevilla's Brazilian defender Diego Carlos who