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Mexico's Tigres UANL, the 2020 Concacaf ( The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Footbal) Champions, arrived in Doha Saturday to participate in the FIFA Club World Cup. Upon arrival, players and officials of the club underwent Covid-19 testing at Hamad International Airport before departing for their designated hotel, Qatar News Agency reported. Tigres will take on AFC Champions League winners Ulsan Hyundai FC of South Korea on February 4 at Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium.

Strong bowling and powerful batting as Qalanders trounce Pune Devils by nine wickets. Dubai: Qalandars trounced Pune Devils by nine wickets in the fourth match of the Abu Dhabi T10 at Zayed Cricket Stadium, thanks to a clinical display of accurate bowling and powerful hitting, The first match of the second day saw Qalandars exhibiting their enormous bowling strength to restrict Pune Devils to 107-2 despite Tom Kohler-Cadmore’s fine knock of 53. Qalandars then raced to the target through Tom Banton’s 45 off

Team Abu Dhabi pay the price for a poor start and crash to a six-wicket defeat. UAE’s medium pacer Zahoor Khan and South Africa’s experienced batsman Cameron Delport steered Deccan Gladiators to a six-wicket win over Team Abu Dhabi in third match of the second day of the Abu Dhabi T10 at Zayed Cricket Stadium. Zahoor Khan and Imtiaz Ahmed, hailing from India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh, bowled accurately to restrict Team Abu Dhabi to 95-9 in 10 overs. Khan returned with

Full schedule, squads, match timings. The Abu Dhabi T10 League is taking place in Dubai from January 28. A number of former and present cricketers will be in action during the tournament, which will be played in Abu Dhabi. KEY HIGHLIGHTS The 4th edition of T10 League will kick off on Thursday (January 28) All the matches will be played at one venue in Dubai The likes of Shahid Afridi, Mohammed Amir will be in action during the tournament The 4th season of

The 2021 edition will kick off today and will include 29 matches over 10 days. The Abu Dhabi T10 League kicks off on Thursday, with the fourth edition looking to further establish a proof of concept and longer-term legacy for the format, even as its suitability to spearhead cricket's long-awaited return to the Olympics Games continues to be discussed. With the Covid-19 pandemic still far from gone, this year's tournament has gone to extraordinary lengths to try and conduct the 29 matches over

With Tiger Woods missing one of his favorite tournaments due to his fifth back surgery, Rory McIlroy and former Farmers winners Jon Rahm, Marc Leishman, and Jason Day top the field at Torrey Pines. Rory McIlroy is playing the Farmers Insurance Open for just the third time, looking for his first tour victory since 2019 while getting a feel for the course that will host the U.S. Open in June. With seven-time winner Tiger Woods missing one of his favorite tournaments due to

Sumit Nagal, who will debut in the main draw of the Australian Open this year, goes on to describe how they are required to sanitise their hands after every 50 metres at the practice venue. There’s a groan on the other side. It’s an involuntary reaction by Sumit Nagal, followed by an explanation about what his hotel room in Melbourne looks like in the absence of housekeeping services. “It looks nothing close to what it was when I first walked in. I’ll really feel

Qatar Olympic Committee President H E Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani handing over the prize to winners on the ninth day of the H H the Father Amir Purebred Camel Festival at Al Shahaniya Racetrack. The feature race of the day was worth QR500,000 while the second best entry got richer by QR250,000. More races will be held today on what will be the 10th day of the Camel Festival. Organized by the Camel Racing Organizing Committee for the 2020-2021 season, the

Defending champions Al Sadd stormed into the quarter-finals of the Amir Cup with a crushing 7-0 win over Muaither SC yesterday. Al Sadd took a 2-0  lead at half time before stepping up to add five more after the break. Al Sadd’s seven-star goal fest was powered by Hashim Ali (10, 30), Mohammed Al Bayati (61), (64), Akram Afif (82), Yusuf Abdurisag (78, 90+2),  Asian Player of the Year in 2019, Afif played a major role in Al Sadd’s win, assisting in three

Veteran table tennis player Mouma Das was among seven sportspersons awarded the prestigious Padma Shri by the Government of India on the eve of the country's 72nd Republic Day. Veteran table tennis player Mouma Das and the legendary PT Usha's coach Madhavan Nambiar were among seven sportspersons awarded the prestigious Padma Shri by the Government of India on the eve of the country's 72nd Republic Day. Besides Mouma and the great athletics coach, better known as OM Nambiar, former India women's basketball team captain P Anitha, long-distance runner

The decade has seen some champagne football, as well as innovations like Video Assistant Referee (VAR), making it a cusp 10-year period for the sport. Football has always been a popular sport but it broke new ground this decade, becoming a truly global phenomenon that captured the mind and imagination of fans all over the world. This decade saw the sport make big inroads into Asia and certain other parts of the world with domestic leagues like the Premier League making huge impact

Tottenham Hotspur left it late to see off Championship strugglers Wycombe 4-1 with three goals in the final four minutes to reach the FA Cup fifth round. Tottenham Hotspur left it late to see off Championship strugglers Wycombe 4-1 with three goals in the final four minutes to reach the FA Cup fifth round on Monday. Jose Mourinho took the chance to leave Harry Kane, Son Heung-min and Tanguy Ndombele on the bench with Spurs facing a brutal schedule across four competitions in

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Three more people linked to the Australian Open have tested positive for COVID-19 in Melbourne, increasing to 10 those associated with the Grand Slam tennis tournament which begins Feb. 8. Victoria state Emergency Services Minister Lisa Neville confirmed the new cases had been detected on Wednesday, adding that authorities are "very confident" one of the cases is a tennis player who is shedding the virus and is not infectious. The player is already in hard lockdown as they were on board a flight

Doha: Reigning Olympic and world champions Denmark yesterday defeated Asian champions Qatar 32-23 in their opening Group II match at the IHF Men’s World Championships in Cairo yesterday.     New Capital Sports Hall, Qatar started well and were neck and neck before the pre-event favourites took control of match.  Denmark were leading 17-12 at halftime. Qatar attempted to make a comeback but an experienced Danish side gave little room to their Asian opponents to seal first victory in main round.     Qatar

The FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2020, which was due to be played in December, was postponed due to COVID-19. Players and officials will be part of a strict medical bubble system designed to protect their health and wellbeing. This will include regular COVID-19 testing, safe transportation methods, and regular disinfection of tournament venues, including training and media facilities. Fans will be allowed to attend matches. In accordance with guidance from Qatar’s Ministry of Public Health, each stadium’s capacity will be limited to

James Anderson and Joe Root kept England in contention on day two of the second Test against Sri Lanka in Galle. Anderson took 6-40 from 29 overs - his 30th Test five-wicket haul - as England bowled their hosts out for 381. He dismissed Angelo Mathews for 110 but Sri Lanka eked out a good score from 243-6, Niroshan Dickwella making 92 and Dilruwan Perera 67. England fell to 5-2 in reply before Root's enterprising 67 not out from 77 balls led England

Spain’s fifth seed and former world number one Carolina Marin breezed into the final of Badminton’s Thailand Open Saturday, beating South Korea’s An Se-young 21-19, 21-15. The 27-year-old Spaniard, ranked sixth in the world, is aiming for back-to-back titles in this week’s tournament — the second of three consecutive events in Bangkok that culminate in next week’s World Tour Finals. She came out on top last week against top-seeded Tai Tzu-ying, and continued her winning streak Saturday, maintaining her signature aggressive play against

The MotoGP season will start with two races on successive weekends in Qatar from March 28, followed by Portugal, organisers said on Friday in a calendar re-write forced by the COVID-19 pandemic . Early season races in Texas and Argentina have been postponed. The Qatar Grand Prix a floodlit night race, has long been the opener but will now be followed by a Grand Prix of Doha at the same Losail circuit on April 4. "The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and resulting lockdowns and complications sadly oblige the postponement

Visa cardholders in Qatar have an exclusive presale window for FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2021™ tickets from today until 21 JanuaryPrices start at QAR 10, with tickets available on a first-come, first-served basis for the tournament, the first match of which will take place on 4 February Strict COVID-19 safety measures designed to safeguard the well-being of fans will be in place throughout the tournament Starting today, 18 January 2021, Visa cardholders in Qatar have the chance to purchase tickets during the