Qatar Basketball Federation president Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman al-Thani presents Yaseen Musa with a memento after Al Rayyan won the Qatari star’s farewell match against Globalport Batang Pier of the Philippines 84-73 at the Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiyah Arena yesterday.

Neymar scored his 50th international goal as Brazil thrashed arch-rivals Argentina 3-0 in their 2018 World Cup qualifying duel here Thursday.

India’s Jyoti Randhawa rolled back the years with a blemish-free seven under round of 65 to take the outright lead at the Manila Masters golf tournament yesterday.

Thoughts of avenging a first defeat to Ireland in over a century will take a back seat, for 80 minutes at least, when the All Blacks face new-look Italy today.

With as many as 206 National Olympic Committees (NOC) in audience, the Paris 2024 bid delegation will be looking to make an impact at the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) General Assembly to be held in Doha next week.

Maria Sharapova will once again be a UN goodwill ambassador when her doping ban expires in April and she returns to international tennis competition, a UN statement said yesterday.

Local hero Cheteshwar Pujara held his nerve in front of watching family and friends to strike a century and lead a spirited Indian fightback in the first Test against England yesterday.

A misfiring Australia head into today’s second Test against South Africa in Hobart under pressure to save the series and avert a full-blown crisis which would almost certainly be triggered by a fifth consecutive Test defeat.

Joe Burns had planned to catch a few waves to fill the extra time in his schedule after being omitted from Australia’s Test squad against South Africa but the opening batsman has had to put the surfboard away due to a surprise recall for Hobart.

Dwyane Wade couldn’t have asked for a better storyline in his return to Miami but he also couldn’t wait to get it over with. The 34-year-old Chicago native returned to his adopted hometown on Thursday, sinking two key free throws with 13 seconds left as the Bulls edged the Miami Heat 98-95.

Eric Staal scored early in the third period, while Devan Dubnyk turned aside 39 shots as the Minnesota Wild dealt the Pittsburgh Penguins their first loss at home in regulation this season at the National Hockey League games on Thursday. Staal had a hand – and a stick – in three of Minnesota’s four

A day before taking on Mexico in a highly-charged clash, United States midfielder Alejandro Bedoya says the diverse make-up of the national team is a “true representation of what America is all about”.