 | El Jaish edges past
Qatar Sports Club
EL JAISH edged Qatar Sports
Club 101-99 in a nerve-wracking
Emir Cup basketball match that
went into over-time, on
Wednesday.
The hero for the winner was
Baker Mohammed who scored 31
and got 6 rebounds, followed by
Fadi Abilmona who contributed
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race at Losail circuit |  THE presence of eight riders
who have won the Grand Prix
World Championship once or
more underlines the depth
that the premier class grid has
in the 2012 MotoGP.
Led by Italian Valentino
Rossi of Ducati, who has won
seven out of his nine world
titles in the MotoGP and
500cc class alone, the elite
group comprises Jorge
Lorenzo (3), Dani Pedrosa (3),
Casey Stoner (2), Alvaro
Bautista (1), Andrea Dovizioso
(1), Stefan Bradl (1) and Nicky
Hayden (1). These eight riders
have amassed 21 world crowns
altogether.
The 21-rider field also contains
14 riders who have
savoured victory in at least one
of the MotoGP races across all
the three categories
( M o t o G P / 5 0 0 c c ... | | | Levi powers Mumbai Indians
to victory in IPL opener |  RICHARD Levi hit a 35-ball 50 to
guide Mumbai Indians to an easy
eight-wicket win over defending champion
Chennai Super Kings in the
Indian Premier League (IPL) opening
match on Wednesday.
The South African, who smashed the
fastest T20 century off 45 balls against
New Zealand at Hamilton in February,
cracked three sixes and six fours on his
IPL debut as Mumbai surpassed
Chennai´s total of 112 with 19 balls to
spare.
Levi, 24, put his team on course for
victory with a 69-run stand for the first
wicket with Sachin Tendulkar (16) in
the Twenty20 tournament opener,
watched by a sizeable crowd in
Chennai.
Levi was caught by Australian Doug
... | | | Barcelona enters semis |
 LIONEL Messi swept holder
Barcelona into the Champions
League semi-finals for the fifth
successive year on Tuesday
while becoming the competition´s
most prolific scorer in a
single season.
The Argentina forward
scored a pair of first-half
penalty kicks and Andres
Iniesta added another goal
after the break to give
Barcelona a 3-1 victory over
AC Milan following a 0-0 draw
in Italy.
Messi´s 14th Champions
League goal this season surpassed
Ruud van Nistelrooy´s
tally in the 2002-03 campaign.
Ivica Olic also scored twice
on Tuesday to ensure Bayern
Munich joined fellow fourtime
champion Barcelona in
the semi-finals.
Bayern emulated its 2-0
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