 | Ngombo powers Rayyan to win
AL RAYYAN Club star Targuy
Ngombo returned to lift his team to
a vital 87-79 victory against Al
Gharafa Club in their first face-off
at the Emir Cup Basketball best-offive
semi-finals, on Tuesday.
Ngombo missed two games in
the elimination round due to an
injury but...
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| | Hussey stands firm as
Australia struggles |
 WEST INDIES held the upper
hand at the end of the third
day of the first Test on Monday
as it reduced Australia to 248
for 5, still trailing by 201 runs.
Only a solid 73 by captain
Michael Clarke and a typically
stubborn unbeaten 47 by veteran
Mike Hussey all but
ensured that the Aussies
would avoid the follow-on.
Clarke was disappointed
with his team´s performance in
the match so far.
"We have no excuses for not
bowling and fielding as well as
we would have liked day one,
day two and certainly no
excuses for being five down on
that wicket today," he said.
However, he was still cofident
the Australians could win
the match.
"I think we´re going to have
to bowl better ... | | | Asian Club,
Al Feroz to
clash in QA
cricket final |
 ASIAN Club and Al Feroz
Club entered the final of the
Qatar Airways Cricket
Tournament, to be played
on Friday.
Qatar Airways is sponsoring
the tournament for the A
Division teams, organised
by the Qatar Cricket
Association.
At the West Bay Grounds,
both the second batting
teams comfortably defeated
their rivals as Asian Club
downed Commercial Bank
of Qatar by five wickets and
Al Feroz cruised to a sixwicket
triumph against
Qatari Diar.
CBQ got a modest total of
190 before getting all out in
41 overs against some fine
bowling by Qamar Sadiq
and Damit. Umar Taj resisted
the Asian bowlers the
strongest, hitting 50 with 10
boundaries ... | | | Dortmund hosts Bayern
in Bundesliga decider |  BAYERN Munich is hunting
its first win over Bundesliga
champions Borussia
Dortmund for two years on
Wednesday in the eagerlyanticipated
clash which could
decide the German league title
race. With five league games
left this season, second-placed
Bayern is three points behind
leaders Dortmund and the
winner at Borussia´s sold-out
Signal Iduna Park stadium
will be in pole position to
claim the league title.
"We can´t afford to lose,"
admitted Bayern chairman
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.
"It will probably be decisive
in the title race.
"It would still be all to play
for should we draw, and if we
win, we´d take pole position
from Dortmund."
´Clash of the Titans´, ´Game
of ... | |
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