With less than one week to go until the Losail International Circuit hosts FIA WTCC DHL Race of Qatar, Mehdi Bennani has revealed why it feels like a second ‘home’ event.

A final-hole bogey by overnight leader Lee Westwood handed the lead of the $8 mn DP World Tour Championship to Sergio Garcia and Francesco Molinari, while Henrik Stenson remained in control of the Race to Dubai yesterday.

Novak Djokovic insists he won’t be surprised if he wins his battle with Andy Murray and returns to the top of the world rankings just two weeks after surrendering pole position.

The next chapter in one of the Premier League’s most volatile managerial rivalries will be written today when Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal visit Jose Mourinho’s Manchester United.

French league leaders Nice will look to shake off a first defeat of the season as chasing duo Monaco and Paris Saint-Germain attempt to crank up the pressure on Lucien Favre’s side this weekend.

Ravichandran Ashwin yesterday said he has a “psychological advantage” over England after his all round showing put India on top in the second Test as the visitors struggled against spin on day two in Visakhapatnam yesterday.

Late bloomer Colin de Grandhomme celebrated his first international call-up with record New Zealand debut bowling figures of 6-41 as Pakistan crumbled in their first innings of the opening Test yesterday.

Atletico Madrid host Real Madrid for the last time in La Liga at the Vicente Calderon today with the pain of a second Champions League final defeat in three years to their city rivals still fresh in the memory.

Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich face a stern challenge to their place at the top of the table this weekend when Carlo Ancelotti’s Bavarian giants play Borussia Dortmund away today.

James Harden posted his third triple double in five games to power the Houston Rockets over visiting Portland 126-109 Thursday on a night of lopsided NBA matchups.

World champions New Zealand will bid today to teach Ireland a lesson and prevent them from becoming the first team since South Africa in 2009 to beat them twice in a row.

If 3x3 basketball indeed makes it to the Tokyo Olympics in 2020, much of the credit for it will go to the Qatar Basketball Federation led by Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman al-Thani.