Wednesday, December 12, 2018
4:01 PM
Anil John has been with the Gulf Times for about 20 years, of which 18 have been as Sports Editor. He has been a sports journalist for 28 years now, making him one of the most senior professionals in the Gulf region. He takes pride in not having any favourite team or player, and prefers to be dispassionate about most things -- perhaps the two secrets of his longevity in the profession. More
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Peru is about 15,000 kilometres away from Qatar, but for Nasser Saleh al-Attiyah the South American nation could yet prove a bridge not too far.
Every major national achievement is a sum total of significant smaller milestones, some of which might not even seem obvious. They happen almost daily, as we go about our normal lives, gradually growing on us and ultimately leaving us with the proud realisation that we are up to something really big
With Khalifa stadium’s cooling system in action, Qatar declares readiness for 2019 Worlds
Qatar’s champion hurdler Abderrahman Samba says he can hardly wait to compete in front of his home fans at next year’s IAAF World Championships in Doha.
The Doha Golf Club premises, once the exclusive preserve of golfers, will soon be a hotbed of a wide range of community sports activity, including football, cricket, rugby and baseball, it was announced yesterday.
Spectators cheered in the stands as the gold medal-winning Qatari players shook hands with their beaten Bahraini rivals and said “hard luck” to them after their thrilling handball final at the Asian Games Friday.
The hearts pounded, the pulses raced and the nerves jangled. At the end of it all, there was a collective exhalation of relief. The crowd had been involved in the action for a gripping 70 minutes, and although everybody fancied some more of the same, nobody knew how they could have handled it.
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