 | Castano leads with a late charge
THE dusty winds of Doha seems to
have blown all predictions in the ongoing
Commercialbank Qatar
Masters Golf tournament off the
mark.
Defending champion Thomas
Bjorn is not even in the race as of
now as he finished the day with a
disappointing seven over par.
Spain´s ...
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| | Worrack records first stage victory
for Specialized-lululemon team |  TRIXI Worrack brought a lot
of smiles to her new team
Specialized-lululemon as the
German won the second stage
of the Ladies Tour of Qatar on
Thursday.
Worrack and her German
compatriot Judith Arndt, the
world time trial champion,
distanced themselves from
the rest about 25 kms before
the finish. Then, there was a
power-packed finish between
the two, with Worrack claiming
the first stage - 101.5-km
between Al Zubara Fort and
Madinat Al Shamal - for the
team.
"I´m really very happy to
win a stage here in my first
race with Specialized-lululemon.
It´s hard and fun racing
here and we´re really enjoying
racing ... |
| | 3 Egyptian players call it
quits after violence |  THREE Egypt internationals
and Al-Ahly players have
retired from all football after
witnessing the deadly clashes
between fans at their
league game against Al
Masry on Wednesday.
Mohamed Aboutrika and
Mohamed Barakat, who both
have at least 70 caps for
Egypt, told Al Ahly TV that
they quit immediately after
the mass violence that left at
least 74 people dead at a stadium
in the Mediterranean
city of Port Said.
"I will not play football
again," Aboutrika said late
Wednesday. Barakat told the
channel that there would be
"no football after today" for
him.
Emad Moteab also said he
will refuse to play ... |
| | Thomas Bjorn tees off Dolphin
Energy donation initiative |  THE Commercialbank Qatar
Masters defending champion
Thomas Björn launched
Dolphin Energy´s donation
programme at the Doha Golf
Club on Thursday.
The programme is a charitable
initiative that raises
money for the Doha based
Shafallah Center for Children
with Special Needs.
Dolphin Energy will use
the scores returned by the
golfers over the four-day
tournament and contribute
QR50 for every birdie scored;
QR500 for every eagle scored
and QR5,000 for every albatross.
Commenting on the programme,
Adel Ahmed
Albuainain, General
Manager, Dolphin Energy,
Qatar said: "We are ... |
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