Umm Salal’s Ivorian striker Yannick Sagbo is confident his side can repeat their fifth-place finish from the 2015-16 season, ahead of the big kick off to the Qatar Stars League season on September 15.

Gonzalo Higuain completed a sensational move to Juventus after the Italian champions agreed to pay a 90mn euros ($98.8mn) fee, the third highest in history, to wrest the Argentine striker from Napoli yesterday.

HH Sheikh Mohamed bin Khalifa al-Thani’s filly Desert Haze won the Smarter Bets With Matchbook Betting Exchange Fillies’ Stakes, the final race on Day One of the Qatar Goodwood Festival.

The first Group race of the Qatar Goodwood Festival, the Qatar Vintage Stakes (Gr2), for two-year-olds, was won by one of the favourites, War Decree.

Team Abu Dhabi heads to the scenic Portuguese Algarve region this week, as Alex Carella attempts to continue the momentum he showed with a famous victory at the Grand Prix of France two weekends ago and Thani al-Qamzi aims to bounce back from a second successive disappointment in the UIM F1 H2O Worl

It was the heroics of Bryan Tolentino including perfect conversion at the free throw line in the dying seconds that saved the day for Bataan Dukhan, who escaped with a cliffhanger victory over Manila Red Apple, 72-68, to seal their ticket for the championship rounds of the Ooredoo Ambassador 2016 on

Some top golfers have passed on the Olympics because of a hectic schedule and others have health concerns, but three-times major winner Padraig Harrington is thrilled to be going and dreams of gold.

Reigning Masters champion Danny Willett wants to move beyond the excitement of winning his first major title and concentrate on recapturing his best form.

Roger Federer has pulled out of the Rio Olympics and will miss the rest of the season, including the US Open, because he needs “more extensive rehabilitation” to prolong his career after knee surgery earlier this year.

Canadian tennis player Eugenie Bouchard will play at the Rio Olympics next month, after weighing the risks posed by the Zika virus and security concerns in Brazil.

A Russian whistleblower who helped uncover the biggest doping scandal in decades has told Reuters that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is more concerned about protecting the organisation than ridding world sport of drugs cheats.

The International Rowing federation (FISA) announced yesterday that 22 of 28 Russian rowers have been banned from competing in the Rio Games, based on criteria fixed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) over state-sponsored doping in Russia.