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Prince Ali seeks FIFA vote suspension CULTURE

Prince Ali seeks FIFA vote suspension

FIFA presidential contender Prince Ali bin al Hussein has called on the international sport tribunal to suspend Friday's FIFA presidential election because of the voting arrangements, his lawyers said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Prince Ali says FIFA politics affected international fixtures CULTURE

Prince Ali says FIFA politics affected international fixtures

Some national teams have been given unfavourable competition fixtures for failing to toe the political line inside soccer's world governing body, the Jordanian candidate to become its next president said on Thursday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Emir takes part in Qatar National Sport Day ARABIA

Emir takes part in Qatar National Sport Day

HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani participated along with citizens and residents in the activities of Qatar National Sport Day.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Dubai cop jailed for posting Messi's passport on social media ASIA

Dubai cop jailed for posting Messi's passport on social media

A Dubai court sentenced a policeman to one month in prison on Monday for posting a video showing Argentine football superstar Lionel Messi's passport on social media ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Sheikh Salman says FIFA race is duel with Infantino CULTURE

Sheikh Salman says FIFA race is duel with Infantino

FIFA presidential frontrunner Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al-Khalifa says that only he or Europe's Gianni Infantino can win the race to become FIFA's next president.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Afghan boy in plastic Messi jersey becomes Internet star INTERNATIONAL

Afghan boy in plastic Messi jersey becomes Internet star

A five-year-old Afghan boy living in an insurgency-prone area has become an online sensation after pictures of him dressed in an improvised Lionel Messi jersey -- made out of a plastic bag -- went viral.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Qatar fail to qualify for Rio Olympics CULTURE

Qatar fail to qualify for Rio Olympics

Qatar failed to qualify for their first Olympics since 1992 after losing 2-1 to Iraq in Doha on Friday in a sudden death AFC Under-23 football match to decide which team would go to Rio.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Kuwait appeals court clears leading sports figure Ahmad ASIA

Kuwait appeals court clears leading sports figure Ahmad

Kuwait's appeals court Monday cleared top sports executive and prominent royal family member Sheikh Ahmad Fahad Al-Sabah of charges of insulting the judiciary.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Prince Ali says he will win a clean FIFA vote CULTURE

Prince Ali says he will win a clean FIFA vote

FIFA presidential contender Prince Ali bin al Hussein said Friday he was ‘fully confident’ of winning the corruption-plagued organisation's leadership ballot next month, provided the vote is clean.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Messi passport video lands Dubai policeman in court ASIA

Messi passport video lands Dubai policeman in court

A Dubai policeman could be jailed for at least six months for posting a video showing Barcelona star Lionel Messi's passport on social media, reports said Wednesday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Liverpool felled by Rooney sucker-punch CULTURE

Liverpool felled by Rooney sucker-punch

Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney pounced to score a 78th-minute winner as his side stunned eternal rivals Liverpool with a smash-and-grab 1-0 victory at a freezing Anfield on Sunday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Kuwait sues IOC powerbroker Ahmad over suspension CULTURE

Kuwait sues IOC powerbroker Ahmad over suspension

Kuwait's government is seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in damages from Sheikh Ahmad Fahad al-Sabah, one of the most powerful men in sport, over the Gulf state's isolation in international sport.

4:45 AM November 25 2016