 | Shell Qatar to sponsor
Emir Cup football 2012 THE Qatar Football
Association and Shell Qatar
signed an agreement on
Monday making Shell a major
sponsor of the 2012 Emir´s
Cup, Qatar´s most prestigious
and popular soccer tournament.
The agreement was
signed...
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| | Bekele leads star-studded line-up for Diamond League meet |  PLENTY of middle and long
distance star powerhouses
will be at work during the
Samsung Diamond League
opener in Doha on May 11.
Olympic 5,000m and
10,000m champion Ethiopian
Kenenisa Bekele, fit again after
being sidelined by an injury for
two years, is one of the highprofile
runners in the line- up
the Qatar Association of
Athletics Federation (QAAF)
has managed to attract to participate
in the meet.
Qatari star Femi Seun
Ogunode will not take part in
the meet but high jumper
Mutaz Issa Barshim is a certainty.
At a press conference on
Monday, QAAF President
Abdulla Ahmed al Zaini
announced that Bekele has
confirmed to race in the Doha
event ... | | | Big fanfare planned
during SOP finals |  THE finals of the fifth School
Olympic Program (SOP) will
be marked at the Aspire
Dome with great pomp and
show. The organising committee
has planned magic
shows, music and sand artwork
to thrill not only the
young participants but their
families as well.
This year´s theme for the
SOP is Sport and Family.
Mohamad Issa al Fadala,
Executive Director of SOP,
informed at a press conference
on Monday that the
finals of the girls would be
held at the Aspire Academy
on April 5,while the finals of
the boys are scheduled one
day later.
Those present during the
press conference included
Khalid Harzan al Malki,
Assistant Director at
Supreme Council of
Education... | | | In-form Barcelona alert for
Milan danger at Nou Camp |
 BARCELONA has clicked into
form at just the right time,
according to striker Pedro
Rodriguez, but he feels they
need to be wary of an AC Milan
away goal in Tuesday´s
Champions League clash.
The reigning champions did
not have it all its own way in the
first leg of its quarter-final tie at
the San Siro last week where a
defensively strong performance
from Milan kept Barca´s prolific
forward line at bay and the
match ended 0-0.
It guarantees a highlycharged
Nou Camp for the second
leg where Barcelona is
favourites having already finished
above the current Serie A
leaders in the group stage of the
competition. But a goal for
Milan would make it difficult.
"This is the most ... | |
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