QNB Stars League leaders and Qatar’s only AFC Champions League champions Al Sadd have been drawn in Group D for this year’s competition yesterday.

The Qatar Men’s Basketball League runners-up Al Shamal and Al Sadd marched into the semi-finals of the Qatar Cup yesterday.

Qatar National Baja champion Khalid al-Mohannadi will be looking for more success at the Qatar International Rally. The opening round of the 38th FIA Middle East Rally Championship (MERC) will take place over 11 gravel special stages from tomorrow till Sunday,

Ten shooters from Qatar will be taking part in the ISSF Shotgun Grand Prix which begins in Rabat, Morocco, today.

Multiple regional FIA MERC 2 and Group N rally champion Meshari al-Thefiri faces major competition as he begins the defence of his MERC 2 championship title at this weekend’s Qatar International Rally.

Defending world champions Denmark needed a double extra-time and a penalty shoot-out to beat host nation Egypt 39:38 (16:13, 28:28, 34:34, 35:35) in a highly dramatic and entertaining match.

Fawad Alam gave further evidence of his considerable patience with a grafting century which helped Pakistan take a useful first innings lead over South Africa on the second day of the first Test in Karachi yesterday.

Olympic chief Thomas Bach called yesterday for “patience” over the Tokyo Games, the holding of which this summer are in continued doubt due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Rafael Nadal feels tennis players are privileged to be able to compete at the Australian Open during the Covid-19 pandemic and urged fellow participants to have a wider perspective of the strict health measures in the country.

Collin Morikawa comes into this week’s Dubai Desert Classic as one of the overwhelming favourites after battling what he describes as laziness following his PGA Championship triumph last season.

Reigning champions England have been urged to produce a “dominant” defence of their Six Nations title with coach Eddie Jones “grateful” the championship is going ahead amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The short-handed Los Angeles Clippers couldn’t overcome the loss of stars Kawhi Leonard and Paul George on Tuesday as they surrendered a first half lead and were beaten by Atlanta, snapping their seven-game NBA win streak.