Spanish champions Barcelona will play a friendly in Doha on May 24, the club said on their website (www.fcbarcelona.com). Luis Enrique’s side will play Al Ahli, the current Saudi Arabian league champions.
Lekhwiya will be hoping for a repeat of last week’s Emir’s Cup win over El Jaish when the Qatar Stars League (QSL) rival meet in the first leg of the Round of 16 of the 2016 AFC Champions League, at the Lekhwiya Stadium today.
Novak Djokovic underlined the growing clay-court threat of Andy Murray barely a fortnight from the French Open after conceding defeat to the British number one in the final of the Rome Masters.
World number one Jason Day overcame a sluggish start to win the US PGA Players Championship, firing a final-round one-under-par 71 to complete a wire-to-wire victory on Sunday.
The Artistic Gymnastic Championship was held successfully for boys and girls on Saturday. More than 70 aspiring gymnasts in the age group of 9 to 13 represented various Qatar clubs in the event, which was organised by the Qatar Gymnastics Federation.
The Qatar Amateur League (QAL), a community event aimed at bringing football teams from Qatar’s social, corporate and government sectors together in a tournament, concluded on Saturday as Al Waab defeated Umm Al Afai 2-1.
Al Shaqab Racing-owned Jemayel won the Pour Moi Coolmore Prix Saint-Alary (Gr1) yesterday at Deauville, earning her ticket for the Prix de Diane Longines (Gr1).
Sri Lanka paceman Dhammika Prasad will miss the chance to repeat his Headingley heroics of two years ago after being ruled out of the first Test against England starting on Thursday.
Pakistan leg spinner Yasir Shah needs four to five weeks to recover from a knee injury, officials said yesterday, putting him on track for the team’s summer tour of England.
Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers once again delivered the goods with their bats as their Royal Challengers Bangalore romped home with 9 wickets to spare against Kolkata Knight Riders in an Indian Premier League contest at the Eden Gardens.
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