 | India ends Asian meet with bang
INDIA ended the 12th Asian
Shooting Championship with a
bang, winning three gold
medals and one silver, besides
claiming two Olympic quota
places at the Losail Shooting
Range on Saturday.
Manavjit Singh Sandhu and
Imran Hasan Khan won the ...
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| | Resurgent Bjorn ready for
Qatar Masters crown defence |  AFTER enjoying one of the most successful
years in his European Tour
career, Denmark´s Thomas Bjorn is
fired up to defend his title at the 2012
Commercialbank Qatar Masters presented
by Dolphin Energy, to be staged
from February 2-5.
For the world No 35 it will be a welcome
return to the Doha Golf Club, a
venue where his stellar 2011 season
took off with a four shot victory over a
world-class field. It was a victory that
set up the Dane for a year that would
see him win twice more and finish the
season ranked ninth on Tour.
"Qatar was a turning point for me as
it showed that I could get back into the
winning frame of mind and close out
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| | Attiyah heads strong field
for Qatar International Rally |  STRENGTH in depth rather
than actual numbers is the feature
of the final entry list for
next week´s Qatar
International Rally, the round
one of the 2012 FIA Middle
East Rally Championship,
which takes place in the Qatar
deserts on January 26-28.
Organised by the Qatar
Motor and Motorcycle
Federation (QMMF), Qatar´s
premier international rally has
attracted a provisional 19
starters and defending regional
champion, Nasser bin Saleh
al Attiyah, tops the entry list
alongside Italian co-driver
Giovanni Bernacchini.
Attiyah has recently
returned from the Dakar Rally
and will be aiming to win his
home event for an unprecedented
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| | Norwich holds Chelsea as
Torres draws another blank |  FERNANDO Torres´ threemonth
goal-drought continued
as Chelsea missed the chance to
close the gap on the Premier
League leaders with a 0-0 draw
at Premier League newboys
Norwich on Saturday.
Chelsea enjoyed the better
chances of a scrappy game at
Carrow Road but were left frustrated
as 50 million pounds
striker Torres drew a blank yet
again. The draw left Chelsea in
fourth place, five points adrift of
third-placed Tottenham, who
face leaders Manchester City at
Eastlands on Sunday.
Spanish star Torres, who has
not scored for Chelsea since
October, went close with an
improvised first-half shot only
to be denied by a brilliant diving
save from Norwich goalkeeper
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