Yash Mudgal

England’s Matthew Jordan and Poland’s Adrian Meronk overcame extremely difficult conditions to head into the final round of the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters in a share of the lead Saturday.

It was truly a tale of two nines for Pablo Larrazabal yesterday. Four strokes off the pace at the turn, the overnight leader produced a brilliant back nine of 30 with an eagle on 10 also including three birdies and no bogeys to take a one-stroke lead into the third round at the Commercial Bank Qatar

Antoine Rozner holed an incredible 60 foot putt on the last hole to win the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters last year at the Education City Golf Club (ECGC), but the Frenchman knows he has to conquer the re-structured greens at the Doha Golf Club (DGC) to defend his title.

After losing their opening match to Qatar, Bahrain now face a tough task to remain in contention for for a quarter-final berth at the FIFA Arab Cup.

Egypt registered a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Lebanon in their opening Group D match of the FIFA Arab Cup Wednesday.

Hasan Abdulkareem scored an injury-time equaliser as ten-man Iraq held Oman 1-1 in their FIFA Arab Cup opener at the Al Janoub Stadium on Tuesday.

Abdulrahman Abdulqader’s long-time coach Ahcene Bouteldja feels his ward is a self-motivated athlete and gave credit of his success to his determination and will to win.

Qatar’s para-athlete Abdulrahman Abdulqader has blazed new trails. The shot put star has etched a legacy and set benchmarks that are unlikely to be surpassed in the near future.