 | Rayyan, Arabi lose in Champions League TWO of Qatar´s football clubs, Al
Arabi and Al Rayyan, which featured
in the last AFC Champions
League, lost its opening matches in
Asia´s premier club competition at
home and away. While Al Arabi
succumbed to a 2-0 defeat against
Baniyas at Bani.
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| | Eleyan, Azlan keep Qatari flag
flying in junior squash tourney |
 QATARI players Ahmad
Eleyan and Syed Azlan Iqbal
were in the limelight at the
under-17 category in the
Doha Junior Open Squash
Tournament on Tuesday.
At the Khalifa International
Tennis and Squash Complex,
Eleyan ousted 5/8 seed
Abdallah Alsarraj of Jordan
in straight games, while Iqbal
stretched second seed Shyan
Kwan Ka Lapp fair enough
but could not overcome him,
losing in four games.
Eleyan knocked out the
Jordanian player by 11-3 11-8
11-0 in 14 minutes and Iqbal
was involved in a grim battle
for a place in the second
round with the Malaysian.
Both battled hard and spiritedly
but Lapp proved a shade
tougher winning by 11-9 11-9 ... | | | Sri Lanka´s big win over
Australia levels tri-series |  SRI Lanka blazed to an
emphatic eight-wicket victory
over Australia at the
Adelaide Oval Tuesday to
take the tri one-day international
series to a decider.
The World Cup finalist
easily ran down Australia´s
271 for six to post 274 for
two with 34 balls to spare.
M a n - o f - t h e - m a t c h
Tillakaratne Dilshan
smashed 106 off 119 balls
and skipper Mahela
Jayawardene hit 80 off 76
balls to give Sri Lanka a flying
start. Their opening
stand of 179 off just 165 balls
set the platform for victory.
Kumar Sangakkara hit the
winning runs to remain 51
not out with Dinesh
Chandimal on 17. It was Sri
Lanka´s fourth win over
Australia in the series and
gives them all ... | | | Bayer faces tough task at Barca |
 TRAILING 3-1, Bayer
Leverkusen is facing the formidable
task of becoming the first
club in nearly three decades to
overturn a two-goal deficit at
Barcelona to reach the
Champions League quarterfinals.
Barcelona goes into
Wednesday´s game with a number
of injury concerns but is
comfortably on course to reach
the quarterfinals for the fifth
straight season.
The European champions
have progressed 31 of 33 times
when opening a two-leg series
with a victory away from home,
and not since a 4-1 loss to Metz
in 1984 has the Catalan club
failed to close out a two-goal
lead at the Camp Nou.
Leverkusen has won a season-
best three straight league
matches ... | |
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