 | Boonen in pole position for title TOM Boonen of Omega
Pharma – Quick Step clinched
the 147.5 km fourth stage
from Al Thakhira to Madinat
al Shamal with a dominant
display on Wednesday and
placed himself firmly in the
pole position for the fourth
Tour of Qatar title in six years.
The Belgian.
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| | Burov shocks Lundqvist in Qatar Open |
 PLAYERS from Germany,
Russia and France dominated
the qualifying rounds of
the GAC Group 2012 ITTF
World Tour Qatar Open at
the Women´s Indoor Hall, in
Aspire Zone on Wednesday.
Day 2, however, saw an
upset in the men´s singles
played between Russia´s
Viachaslev Burov and
Sweden´s Jens Lundqvist
when the former clinched the
match.
Earlier in the day,
Germany´s 25-year-old player
Zhenqi Barthel continued
her good form and finished
on the top of her group.
However, to achieve the top
spot she had to struggle with
the bronze medallist of
World Junior Championship,
China´s Gu Yuting. Moreover,
Yuting also won 2010 Youth
Olympic ... |
| | Kohli-inspired India
beats Sri Lanka |  YOUNGSTER Virat Kohli
steered India to a four-wicket
victory over Sri Lanka in the
tri-series one-day international
inPerth Wednesday before losing
his wicket in dramatic fashion.
Although Sachin Tendulkar
again failed in his quest to
score his long-awaited 100th
international century, Kohli´s
impressive 77 ensured the
Indians notched a comfortable
win.
Sri Lanka made 233-8 after
winning the toss and electing
to bat, but India replied with
234-6, reaching the victory target
with 20 balls to spare.
Kohli unfortunately ran himself
out and seemed to suffer a
hamstring injury in his superb
knock. The 23-year-old was
run out by a direct hit from
Lasith ... |
| | Redknapp cleared of
tax evasion charges |  TOTTENHAMmanager Harry
Redknapp was cleared of tax
evasion on Wednesday,
removing a key barrier to his
chances of becoming the next
England coach.
Redknapp was found not
guilty of two counts of concealing
$295,000 of transfer
bonuses in a Monaco bank
account while in charge of
Portsmouth.
In a case that stemmed from
an 8 million-pound ($13 million)
police inquiry into football
corruption, former
Portsmouth chairman Milan
Mandaric also was found not
guilty of two counts of cheating
the public purse.
Mandaric hugged Redknapp
as the verdict was announced,
and their supporters cheered
from the back of the courtroom
after the two-week ... |
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