A brace by Romarinho proved to be the difference as table-toppers El Jaish brushed aside the Al Shahania challenge 3-1 in their round seven match of the Qatar Stars League yesterday.
Iraqi forces said yesterday they had captured a key town some 15km south of Mosul, while an aid agency reported a sharp rise in the numbers of civilians fleeing since fighting reached the outskirts of the Islamic State-held city.
Ranked as low as 66th in the world in February, Cibulkova only just snuck into the WTA Finals when she won this month’s Linz Open in Austria.
Japan’s obsession with robots isn’t just a cliche. Companies have been trying to drum up enthusiasm for them for years, with little success.
Yet another errant outlet has been shut down by authorities at Al Khor and Al Thakhira Municipality for flouting regulations.
Lewis Hamilton celebrated his 50th Formula One victory on Sunday with a pole-to-flag US Grand Prix drive that kept his title hopes alive and trimmed Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg’s lead to 26 points with three races remaining.
The landmark 15-year LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) deal signed earlier this year with Qatar would go a long way in helping Pakistan overcome its energy crisis, Pakistan’s President Mamnoon Hussain said in Doha yesterday.
BJP MP accused of leaking defence secrets
President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday paid tributes to former president and ‘Missile Man’ A P J Abdul Kalam on his 85th birth anniversary.
History-making Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Michelle Payne has landed a top Australian sporting honour, but says she still does not have a ride for next month’s big race.
In late August of last year, 71 refugees from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan were crammed into the back of a small lorry that left the Serbian-Hungarian border and drove towards Budapest.
The Sheikh Thani Bin Abdullah Foundation for Humanitarian Services (RAF) has received a cheque for QR275,000 raised through LuLu Hypermarket Group-Qatar region’s “Buy and Donate” campaign during the Ramadan season.
