Canadian rookie Mackenzie Hughes took a two-shot lead at the US PGA Tour’s RSM Classic in Georgia on Friday after following up his spectacular opening round with a five-under-par 67.

Andy Murray remains on course for a dramatic showdown with Novak Djokovic as the world number one staged a superb fightback to defeat Milos Raonic 5-7, 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (11/9) in the semi-finals of the ATP Tour Finals last night.

Josoor Institute successfully completed the first cohort of its “Major Events Management” and “Football and Sports Management” professional certificate and diploma programmes as the programmes came to an end with its final block.

There were five matches played in the final preliminary rounds of the Qatar Rugby Sevens on Friday night at the Aspire Warm up and Rugby Pitch. The Camels continued to top the standings at the end of the day.

The Serbian World Cup winner had casually mentioned in the pre-event press conference that he was looking forward to a holiday after collecting the $20,000 top prize

Neil Wagner and Trent Boult left Pakistan’s second innings in tatters yesterday to put New Zealand in sight of a comprehensive first Test victory at the end of the third day in Christchurch.

Ravichandran Ashwin claimed five wickets while skipper Virat Kohli struck a dominant half-century to help India tighten its grip over England on the third day of the second Test in Visakhapatnam yesterday.

At the end of 67 minutes, an in-form Karim Abdel Gawad had swept all three games to claim his maiden World Series crown, beating defending champion and top-ranked Mohamed ElShorbagy 12-10, 15-13, 11-7 in the Qatar Classic final at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex yesterday.

Andy Murray swept into the semi-finals of the ATP Tour Finals with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Stan Wawrinka yesterday as the world number one remained on course for a final showdown against Novak Djokovic.

Hosts Qatar won two medals on the penultimate day of the 49th CISM World Military Shooting Championship at Losail Shooting Range yesterday.

Muaither grabbed their third straight victory of the season yesterday with a narrow 1-0 win over Al Khor. Phillipe Birol’s side put in a composed performance in defence, reducing the visitors to half chances for most of the game.

Honda’s hopes of a victorious end to the 2016 FIA World Touring Car Championship have been handed a huge boost with confirmation that the five Civic WTCCs will run with 30 kilograms of compensation weight at WTCC DHL Race of Qatar next week.