 | Bjorn aiming to create history
THE fight for the ´Mother of
the Pearl´ is on. The best
golfers of the world are in
Doha to claim the Commercial
Bank Qatar Masters trophy.
Amidst sandy winds, players
are ready to excite the audiences
in the desert, once again.
This year the tournament
has become.
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| | Wild clinches opening stage |
 FORMER two-time Ladies
Tour of Qatar champion
Kirsten Wild produced a
thrilling burst to win the
opening 97-km stage of the
fourth edition, on Wednesday.
The Dutch cyclist was
involved in a tight battle for
the first stage honours, which
also included three riders each
from Team Specialized
Lululemon and GreenEdge.
But Wild squeezed out of the
bunch despite the headwind to
cross the finish-line and take
the Gold jersey after 2 hours
and 16.50 minutes of cycling in
dusty and windy conditions
from Camel Race Track to Al
Khor Corniche.
Chloe Hosking and defending
champion Elen van Dijk ... |
| | Asia´s young golfers very promising: Choi |
 FIRST-TIMER in Doha and
Asia´s most successful golfer,
KJ Choi, feels that the young
generation of Asian golf is
quite promising and can make
itself count if it continues to
work hard and stays focussed.
World No 13 Choi, who has
won eight titles on the PGA
Tour, including his biggest
career victory in supposedly
fifth Major The Players
Championship, is making his
debut in the Commercialbank
Qatar Masters, presented by
Dolphin Energy.
The 15th edition is all set to
get underway on Thursday
with first players teeing off at
6.30 am.
Choi is the first South
Korean to earn the PGA Tour
card in 2000 ... |
| | Commercialbank team to
race in Sailing Arabia tour |
 TEAM Commercialbank,
skippered by Frenchman
Bertrand Pace, will challenge
other crews in the second
Sailing Arabia – The Tour –
the only yacht race around
the GCC countries.
In a press conference on
Wednesday, The Pearl Qatar,
Qatar Sailing and Rowing
Federation and Oman Sail
revealed details of the event
and the Qatari team, sponsored
by The Commercial
Bank of Qatar.
No stranger to offshore
sailing, Pace won consecutive
victories in Le Tour de
France à la Voile, the event
on which SATT is based, in
2010 and 2011. He is currently
Sports Director for Aleph –
a French sailing team competing
in the ... |
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