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Dear Friends,This Sunday, it’s time for #RESTART – the much-awaited return of international table tennis events.Excitement. Relief. Determination.Many are the emotions that we feel right now, as we are finally able to reunite with the sport we all love and have missed so dearly.Ensuring a safe return to international table tennis has been our number one priority ever since the pandemic broke out, not only for our athletes and partners but also for our millions of fans around the world, who are craving to watch

New Zealand’s World No.5 Paul Coll and Egypt’s World No.1 Ali Farag will contest the final of the 2020 Qatar Classic after respective wins over World No.12 Fares Dessouky and World Champion Tarek Momen at the Khalifa International Tennis & Squash Complex in Doha, Qatar. Coll and Farag will lock horns tomorrow in a repeat of March’s 2020 Windy City Open final, where the Egyptian came from two games down to win the title in a thrilling battle in Chicago. Both of today’s

Owned by Hamad Bin Abdulrahman Al Attiyah, HAYZUM (FR) (Anodin x Sheema) proved an easy winner of the Grand Prix du Nord, a Listed race over 2,000 metres, at Chantilly on Friday, November 6. After a slow start, the Elias Mikhalides-trained colt found himself relegated to last position despite being drawn one. His jockey Grégory Benoist asked his mount to pick up on leaving the final bend and HAYZUM delivered a very exacting response by passing all his rivals in the straight before

Abdulatif Hussain Al Emadi’s PAZEER (Siyouni x Parandeh) made a dazzling return to the Al Rayyan Park with a thrilling victory in the BARZAN CUP (QA Gr 3) (THOROUGHBREDS (Class 1) 85 & Above) on the turf on Thursday. Helmed by Soufiane Saadi for the second straight time, Ibrahim Saeed Ibrahim Al Malki saddled Pazeer grabbed the lead inside the final 100m of the mile long feature with Stefano Ibido’s trainee DOMINUS (Zoffany x Gwen Lady Byron) breathing down his neck under Luca

MotoGP organisers Dorna Sport have released a provisional 20-round calendar for the 2021 championship with three events listed as reserves. The 2021 schedule largely follows the blueprint of the original pre-Covid affected 2020 calendar, with Qatar hosting the season opener once again on March 28th, slightly later the planned 2020 round. The Thailand Grand Prix will no longer host the second round of the year though after initially being slated to move from its late-year slot to the start of the season for

Round one report Martin Simonsen posted a bogey-free six under par round of 66 to take the first round lead at the Andalucía Challenge de España at Iberostar Real Club de Golf Novo Sancti Petri. The Dane holds a one-stroke advantage over Northern Ireland’s Michael Hoey, who is making just his fifth competitive start of 2020, while Finland’s Oliver Lindell sits third on four under par. Simonsen made two birdies on the front nine and a further four on the back to set

The pre-event Press Conference kicks off the Gran Premio de Europa, with pressure and playing catch-up proving two key talking points once again. Here we go! The final triple-header of the season is about to kick off and ahead of track action for the Gran Premio de Europa, it was time to talk shop in the pre-event Press Conference. Championship leader Joan Mir (Team Suzuki Ecstar) headed the line-up, joined by closest challenger Fabio Quartararo (Petronas Yamaha SRT), third Maverick Viñales (Monster Energy Yamaha

Please find attached sanctions for Yamaha Motor Company, Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP and Petronas Yamaha SRT. Due to an internal oversight, Yamaha Motor Company failed to respect the protocol which requires them to obtain unanimous approval from MSMA for technical changes. For this reason, Yamaha Motor Company have had 50 World Championship Constructor points withdrawn. This is double the points earned whilst not respecting the protocol required for technical changes. Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP have had 20 World Championship Team points withdrawn. This is the

New Zealand’s Paul Coll and Egypt’s Fares Dessouky will face off for a place in a maiden Qatar Classic final following respective victories over World No.6 Marwan ElShorbagy and World No.41 Youssef Ibrahim earlier today at the Khalifa International & Squash Complex in Doha, Qatar. Quarter-finals day of the PSA World Tour Platinum tournament saw all four matches go all the way to five games, with Coll kicking things off with an 8-11, 11-4, 5-11, 11-9, 11-5 victory to book his spot in the

Al Thumama Racing’s X FORCE (Bungle Inthejungle x Nafa) raced to his second straight victory when the Ibrahim Saeed Ibrahim Al Malki trained gelding topped the UMM AL HOUL CUP for Thoroughbreds on dirt at Al Rayyan Park on Wednesday. The 3yo bay horse had bagged a handicap race on dirt last week under Soufiane Saadi. On Wednesday, they duo combined well again as they landed the six furlong sprint with four lengths to spare. X Force stayed on the heels of Injaaz

Tournament Preview Last week’s Aphrodite Hills Cyprus Open winner Callum Shinkwin is still riding the wave after his maiden European Tour victory, as he prepares to tee it up at the very same venue upon which he triumphed for this week’s Aphrodite Hills Cyprus Showdown. It is the second event to be held at the same golf course on the Mediterranean Island, with the Englishman sealing last week's title courtesy of a play-off victory over Finland’s Kalle Samooja. Shinkwin had fired a course-record

World No.41 Youssef Ibrahim came back from match ball down to cause one of the biggest upsets in Qatar Classic history earlier today, sending top seed Mohamed ElShorbagy out of the 2020 edition of the PSA World Tour Platinum event held in Doha following a five-game thriller. Ibrahim, 21, is appearing in only his fifth Platinum tournament, while 29-year-old ElShorbagy is a seasoned professional and has notched up three Qatar Classic titles in the past, while the Bristol-based Egyptian held the World No.1

Richard Mansell has his sights set on earning his first European Challenge Tour victory during the end of season Spanish Swing, which starts with this week’s Andalucía Challenge de España at Iberostar Real Club de Golf Novo Sancti Petri. This week’s event precedes the Andalucía Challenge de Cadiz, which takes place at the same venue next week, before the Challenge Tour Grand Final brings the season to a close in Mallorca a week later. The Englishman currently lies second on the Road to

Wales’ World No.10 Joel Makin has reached the quarter finals of the 2020 Qatar Classic after defeating France’s World No.38 Lucas Serme 11-7, 11-9, 11-7 at the Khalifa International Tennis & Squash Complex. The match was strongly contested all the way through with Serme forcing Makin to work hard for every point, but it was the Welshman who prevailed with his accurate shot-making and incredible retrievals seeing him come away with a straight-games win at the PSA Platinum event. Makin will face either

Egypt’s World No.6 Marwan ElShorbagy took out Germany’s Raphael Kandra by an 11-4, 11-5, 11-7 scoreline to reach the quarter finals at the 2020 Qatar Classic taking place in Doha. The two players have met four times previously on the PSA Tour with their last three encounters being tight battles. However, today proved to be a straight-forward win for ElShorbagy, who is arguably the in-form player on the men’s tour right now, as he saw out a comfortable victory in 34 minutes. The

New Zealand’s World No.5 Paul Coll was forced to come from 2-1 down against France’s World No.17 Gregoire Marche to book his place in the Qatar Classic quarter finals in Doha. Coll is no stranger to the glass court in Qatar, having reached the PSA World Championship final on this court 12 months ago. However, the Kiwi was out of sorts in the first game with Marche punishing Coll with his accuracy to open up a one game lead. The second proved vital

Peru’s World No.7 Diego Elias ended home hopes at the 2020 Qatar Classic, PSA World Tour Platinum event after downing the country’s No.1 player - Abdulla Mohd Al Tamimi - in the second round earlier today at the Khalifa International Tennis & Squash Complex. Elias had never beaten Al Tamimi in three attempts prior to today’s encounter, but came through to win 11-9, 11-4, 11-8. The No.5 seed was also helped by a hamstring strain sustained by Al Tamimi, who was forced off

This week marks the opening of the voting process for the 2020 World Athletes of the Year ahead of the World Athletics Awards 2020 to be held virtually on Saturday 5 December. World Athletics is pleased to confirm a list of 10 nominees for Female World Athlete of the Year who were selected by an international panel of athletics experts, comprising representatives from all six continental areas of World Athletics. The nominations reflect the remarkable range of exceptional performances that the sport has witnessed this year, despite

WorldSBK's Executive Director sheds light on the upcoming 2021 calendar, the COVID-19 situation and discussions of regulation changes in the future. Following on from the first part of WorldSBK´s interview, the Executive Director of the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship, Gregorio Lavilla, speaks about topics ahead of 2021. With a brief glance at the 2021 calendar, possible regulation changes in WorldSSP and also comparing the growth of WorldSBK’s popularity now to what he experienced when he was a top-level racer. Can you tell

World No.6 Marwan ElShorbagy has booked his spot in the third round of the 2020 Qatar Classic, PSA World Tour Platinum tournament after getting the better of former World No.1 Gregory Gaultier at the Khalifa International Tennis & Squash Complex in Doha, Qatar earlier today. ElShorbagy had beaten Gaultier in their last meeting all the way back in 2017 and controlled the match masterfully, refusing to get drawn into any discussions with the referee in a match that went through its scrappy periods.