Qatar Cycling Federation secretary general Ahmed Abdullah al-Hemaidi and executive director Jamal al-Kuwari with the winners of the opening leg of the Royal Air Maroc Cycling League yesterday.
Ben Stokes gave England a firm grip on the first Test with bat and ball before Shakib Al Hasan’s 5-79 revived Bangladesh hopes in Chittagong yesterday.
Defending champion Lewis Hamilton powered to pole position for the United States Grand Prix when he out-paced Mercedes teammate and championship leader Nico Rosberg with a blistering lap in yesterday’s tense qualifying session.
Newly-crowned world champion Marc Marquez’s gamble on using slick tyres under the threat of rain paid off yesterday when he stormed to pole position for this weekend’s Australian MotoGP at Phillip Island.
Arsenal went top of the Premier League, for a few hours at least, but their seven-game winning run came to an end as Middlesbrough secured a goalless draw at the Emirates Stadium yesterday.
Hertha Berlin defeated Cologne 2-1 to move level on points with Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich yesterday while Ingolstadt held Borussia Dortmund 3-3 to move off the bottom of the table.
Lyon’s alarming slump in form continued yesterday as they lost 3-1 at home to Guingamp despite leading scorer Alexandre Lacazette putting them in front at their Parc OL.
Zabivaka the wolf followed in the footsteps of Naranjito the orange, Footix the football-playing rooster and Fuleco the armadillo by being named as the official mascot of the 2018 World Cup yesterday.
Angelique Kerber showed more passion in the media centre than on the court when she crashed out of last year’s WTA Finals, the German angered by the format and frustrated by her inability to win the set off an eliminated opponent she needed to advance.
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