Lekhiwya dropped points in their quest for their fifth QSL falcon shield yesterday, sharing the points with Al Khor in a 2-2 draw.

Anthony Davis top-scored once more but the New Orleans Pelicans were still left looking for their first win of the season after a 117-113 defeat to the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday.

The Cleveland Cavaliers extended their unbeaten start to the season with a battling victory over the Houston Rockets on Tuesday as San Antonio slumped to their first defeat of the campaign in an upset loss to the Utah Jazz.

A long-suffering Chicago Cubs team charged to the brink of its first World Series title since 1908 by routing Cleveland 9-3 Tuesday, forcing a winner-take-all showdown Wednesday for the crown.

A mouthwatering world heavyweight title showdown early next year between Britain’s Anthony Joshua and former champion Wladimir Klitschko took a major step closer yesterday after the WBA sanctioned it.

World number one Novak Djokovic clinched his place in the last 16 of the Paris Masters yesterday with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Luxembourg’s Gilles Muller.

The Losail Shooting Range will be the stage for world’s elite military shooters at the 49th CISM World Military Shooting Championship from November 12 to 20.

Khalifa bin Sheail al-Kuwari was all smiles on the first day of the season yesterday, with Sandbetweenourtoes racing to victory in the Al Safliya Cup, a Class 2 Thoroughbred Handicap race for horses rated 91-105, on the dirt at Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club (QREC).

Barcelona will not be knocked off course by their 3-1 defeat at Manchester City in the Champions League on Tuesday despite being outplayed in the second half by Pep Guardiola’s fired-up side, the Catalan club’s manager Luis Enrique said.

Defeat to Manchester City shouldn’t dent Barcelona’s chances of Champions League progression but the manner in which the English side stormed to victory exposed the brittleness of a Barca side badly missing the injured Gerard Pique and Andres Iniesta.

Mesut Ozil scored a superb winner as Arsenal came from 2-0 down to beat Ludogorets 3-2 in Sofia on Tuesday and qualify for the last 16 of the Champions League.

Antoine Griezmann scored a 93rd-minute winner as Atletico Madrid secured their place in the last 16 of the Champions League on Tuesday with a hard-fought 2-1 victory over FC Rostov at the Vicente Calderon.