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Al Mourtajez superb in Chantilly victory CULTURE

Al Mourtajez superb in Chantilly victory

Al Mourtajez looked unstoppable in winning the Qatar Arabian World Cup, winning by an imperious four-and-a-half lengths to not only repeat his 2015 feat, but also to stay in line for the Doha Triple Crown.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Wuheida, National Defense among winners on Arc day CULTURE

Wuheida, National Defense among winners on Arc day

Al Shaqab’s Karar second in Qatar Prix de la Foret; Speedy Boarding wins Qatar Prix de l’Opera Longines in a photo finish

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Postponed looks primed for the Arc CULTURE

Postponed looks primed for the Arc

The lots have been picked, the draw is over, the stage is set for the ‘greatest horse race in the world’, the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Maolie fetches 260,000 euros at Arqana sale CULTURE

Maolie fetches 260,000 euros at Arqana sale

Maolie, a two-year-old filly from the Mandore Stud Farm in south-west France, fetched the highest bid of 260,000 euros at the Arabian Purebred Auction

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Morris equals DL pole vault mark; Ogunode, Haroun third CULTURE

Morris equals DL pole vault mark; Ogunode, Haroun third

A packed to the brim crowd, as many as 13 world leading performances, four meet records and a record-equalling feat in women’s pole vault marked the season-opening Diamond League, the first of the 14-meeting series at the Qatar Sports Club here yesterday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Lights, camera, action CULTURE

Lights, camera, action

It’s that time of the year again, as it has been for the last six years.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
We need the cheers too CULTURE

We need the cheers too

Which are the events that often corner the biggest applause and loudest cheers in track and field competitions?

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Al-Garni, Balla take Qatar to top of the leaderboard CULTURE

Al-Garni, Balla take Qatar to top of the leaderboard

The last time Doha hosted the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships, in 2008, Qatar’s medals tally was seven (three gold, four silver).

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Haroun, al-Garni win two golds for hosts CULTURE

Haroun, al-Garni win two golds for hosts

The opening day of the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships was all about Mutaz Essa Barshim, one of the most popular and known sporting icons in the country.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Qatar’s Barshim wins 4th straight Asian Indoors title CULTURE

Qatar’s Barshim wins 4th straight Asian Indoors title

No, Mutaz Barshim couldn’t better his Asian Indoor mark of 2.41m. Nor did he overhaul his season’s best of 2.36, set in Malmo, Sweden, last month.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
First day, first show: Qatar’s Barshim, Francis opening evening’s main attractions CULTURE

First day, first show: Qatar’s Barshim, Francis opening evening’s main attractions

Some three hundred athletes, 36 different nationalities, as many as 12 defending champions from the last edition, and the world’s largest multi-purpose indoor hall—the three-day Asian Indoor Athletics Championships couldn’t have asked for a stronger field and a better setting.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Good Grace! CULTURE

Good Grace!

Coming into the 2016 Commercial Bank Qatar Masters, Branden Grace had won six European Tour titles, but never before had he managed to defend one. Nor had anyone done it in the $2.5 million European Tour event’s 18-year history.

4:45 AM November 25 2016