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Al Ahli and Al Arabi registered contrasting wins in the Qatar Cup semi-final matches at the Qatar Volleyball Association at the al Arabi Stadium on Wednesday night. Al Ahli had it easy coasting to an emphatic 3-0 win over Police while Al Arabi were stretched to the limit in the 3-2 win over Al Rayyan. The second leg of the semi-finals will be held on Friday at the same venue and in case of a tie, the teams will again play on Sunday

DOHA: Season 4 of Qatar Equestrian Tour – Longines Hathab will kick off from Friday at the Qatar Equestrian Federation’s (QEF) Indoor Arena according to the calendar released by QEF. The event which will kick off the new show jumping season is supported by The Social and Sport Contribution Fund and will be held from October 2020 to March 2021. The annual Qatar Equestrian Tour, which takes place over 12 series of competitions, is organized and hosted jointly by QEF and Al Shaqab.

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

The Indian 4x400m mixed relay team's silver medal in the 2018 Asian Games has been upgraded to gold following the disqualification of original winners Bahrain on account of a doping ban handed to one of its runners. Bahrain, which had topped the 4x400 mixed relay final, was disqualified after Kemi Adekoya was handed a four-year ban by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for failing a dope test. Official confirmation: India's 4x400 mixed relay team of Mohammed Anas, Poovamma, Hima Das, and Arokia Rajiv at the 2018

The 2020 Summer Olympics also officially known as the Games of the XXXII Olympiad and commonly called as Tokyo 2020 was an upcoming international multi-sport event to be held in Tokyo, Japan.  Originally scheduled to take place between 24 July and 9 August 2020, the Games are now rescheduled for 23 July to 8 August 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite being held in 2021, the Games of the XXXII Olympiad will keep the name Tokyo 2020. This is the

The cancellation of the Citi Open in Washington DC has further delayed the resumption of tennis’ ATP Tour, and left question marks over the US Open. Here, the PA news agency takes a sport-by-sport look at how the calendar is shaping up. Golf This year’s Ryder Cup, scheduled for Whistling Straits, Wisconsin, has been postponed until 2021 due to the extent of the coronavirus crisis in the United States. The Open has been cancelled for the first time since 1945, but the US

As the 2010s evolved, we saw the role of the starting pitcher whittled down to a shell of what it once was. The complete game became an endangered species, bullpens were prioritized, and the opener strategy was introduced. It made you wonder if we were steamrolling toward a situation in which the traditional rotation, as we knew it, would be eradicated altogether. Then 2019 happened. Bullpens across the game blew up (relievers’ collective 4.43 ERA was the highest in 19 years and the

Dutee Chand, India’s 100-m national-record holder, wants to sell her luxury car to cover the cost of training for the Olympics next year. She put up a post on social media with photos of the BMW car, but later deleted it. On Saturday, she shared the pictures of her car on her Facebook page, with a message in Odia “I want to sell my BMW car. If anyone wants to buy, contact me on messenger.” Dutee told rediff.com on Monday, “It was a

China will not hold most international sporting events for the rest of 2020 as part of measures to stop the spread of coronavirus, the government said Thursday, dealing a potential blow to the likes of Formula One and tennis. Shanghai's sports authority recently said that it had been offered two Formula One races this year, while several tournaments in China are on the revised tennis calendar. But China -- where coronavirus emerged late last year before spreading globally -- appears to have ruled

Wallace took the lead for a lap at one point, and Stenhouse said he noticed the fan reaction, along with the chants of “Bubba” at the start. Even in victory, Ryan Blaney thought about what happened to close friend Bubba Wallace over the weekend. And what happened afterward. Blaney held onto the lead after a restart with two laps to go Monday, earning his second straight win at Talladega Superspeedway on a day that began with NASCAR drivers throwing their support behind Wallace.

For the first time in his four years as in-charge of the iconic Eden Park in Auckland, Nick Sautner says he witnessed a near-stampede at the turnstiles last Sunday. A 15-year record crowd of 43,000 poured in for the Super Rugby encounter between the Blues and Hurricanes, though Sautner says the atmosphere was so electric that he felt it was twice that number. “Has to be one of the best nights at this famous ground…One of the most historic, too,” he says. Though

Football is set to restart in some countries, with restrictions imposed due to Covid-19 being eased. However, how does that impact the Blue Tigers? The impact of Coronavirus in football has been unprecedented, shutting the game down all over the globe with leagues suspended and players and coaches left in a limbo. The case has been the same with India as well. Though, thankfully, the domestic season was almost complete when the pandemic ended live football. However, the national team did suffer with

Covid19 -ve players and officials of Qatar Stars League check into team hotels QNB Qatar Stars League (QSL) players and officials who underwent Covid-19 tests under the supervision of Ministry of Public Health and were found negative have checked into different hotels on Wednesday as Qatar is gearing up to resume its top notch football action next month. Officials and players of the 12 QSL teams underwent tests on Monday and Tuesday at Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiyah Stadium in Al Sadd and

Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) which has announced its bid to host the 21st edition of the Asian Games in 2030, have launched an ambitious project to unearth new talent with an eye on the continental event. Qatar Shooting and Archery Association (QSAA) is one the sports body, coming under QOC, which has launched  its pilot project only to find the Coronavirus Pandemic slowing down the project. Qatar hosted the 15th Asian Games in 2006, achieving great success and it was a milestone in

The Qatar Volleyball Association (QVA) said it will announce the match schedule of the postponed QVA Men's League matches in the coming days. QVA said clubs will be provided with the dates so that the remaining matches of the Men’s league are completed when action resumes in September. Besides, the Men’s League the other competitions which are pending are the Qatar Cup, and the Amir Cup. The last two competitions, which are generally held at the fag end of the season in the

Doha: It is not easy being Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah. The 49-year-old Qatari is one of his country's highest-profile athletes thanks to his success not only in the sport of skeet shooting but also as a rally car driver. He has represented his country at six Olympic Games – with a best finish of bronze at the 2012 London Games. His driving career is no less accomplished, having won the 2006 Production World Rally Championship and the Dakar Rally thrice. Being a two-sport

There are various cricket boards that have shown interest in hosting IPL 2020. This is if BCCI decides to take the event abroad. One such board which has recently shown interest is the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) in UAE. CA is ready to host IPL 2020 if BCCI decides to take the event outside India Initially, the tournament was for the 29th of March. Due to the Coronavirus outbreak, the tournament date was for 15th April. Unfortunately, India’s positive cases did not decrease

Singh died at the age of 95 in the northern city of Chandigarh after a prolonged pulmonary illness, his family said. In an illustrious career, Singh won two more Olympic gold medals. Even after retirement he coached the Indian team that won the World Cup in 1975. But it was his exploits at one of the more unusual Olympics that he first made his mark. The 1948 Olympics were held in a London still emerging from the chaos of World War Two and

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday said India will not host any international event in immediate future and fans will have to learn to live with the new normal of sporting activities happening behind closed doors in the post COVID-19 world. Rijiju's statement gain greater significance in the context of the suspended IPL, which the BCCI wants to host in October-November in case the ICC T20 World Cup in Australia is postponed. "We have been working for quite some time now to resume

he Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) formulated by the Sports Authority of India (SAI) for a resumption of training has been approved by the Sports Ministry and it was released by SAI Director Rohit Bharadwaj on Thursday. While there is still no clarity on when training can resume, the SOP listed out a set of dos and don’ts and classified sports in four different categories. SAI also listed that in a bid to avoid injuries, athletes who are non-conditioned will not be rushed back to training.