 | Al Sadd draws Al Rayyan in QSL AL Sadd held Al Rayyan in a
goalless draw at the end of a
thrilling Qatar Stars League
match played at the packed Al
Sadd Stadium on Saturday.
Second-placed Al Rayyan
now has 33 points from 20
matches and was the better
side.
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in PSA squash final |  TOP seed Kristian Frost Olesen of
Denmark is just one step away from
his fourth career PSA World Tour
title in the Barwa Bank Squash
Tournament, the fourth event of the
Challenger 5 Series.
At the Khalifa International
Tennis and Squash Complex on
Saturday, the tall 74-th worldranked
Dane played at a fast pace to
crush David Haley, the lucky loser,
by 11-3 11-6 11-5. The No 1 seed had
to spend just 29 minutes on the
court to dispose of the challenger,
reaching the second Challenger
final of the year.
Olesen will take on third seed
Bader al Hussaini of Kuwait, who
had to struggle again but came
through like his previous matches.
Hussaini was kept busy for 65 ... | | | Venus knocks out third
seed Kvitova in three sets |
 VENUS Williams, in only her
second WTA match after a
long illness lay-off, upset
world number three Petra
Kvitova on Friday to reach the
third round of the WTA and
ATP Miami hardcourt tournament.
World number two Rafael
Nadal cruised in his opener
and women´s top seed Victoria
Azarenka stretched her win
streak to 24 matches at the
$9.6 million event, but seventime
Grand Slam singles
champion Williams stole the
show.
"It´s definitely a big step forward,"
Williams said after her
6-4, 4-6, 6-0 win. "To win
these matches definitely a lot
of it is mental, to get out there
and believe you´re going to win
and execute.
"How I´m going to do, I
never really know, so it´s ... | | | Chelsea held in Tottenham stalemate |
 CHELSEA missed the chance
to close the gap on Tottenham
in the race for a top-four finish
on Saturday, drawing 0-0 in
the Premier League´s early
kick-off at Stamford Bridge.
The draw left fifth-placed
Chelsea five points adrift of a
coveted Champions League
qualifying berth, and fourthplaced
Tottenham were
unlucky not to take all three
points after twice going close
late on.
Spurs, bidding to secure
their first league win at
Chelsea since 1990, enjoyed
the better of the chances without
ever managing to dominate
their London rivals in a
game played in brilliant sunshine.
Tottenham manager Harry
Redknapp praised his side´s
performance but warned ... | |
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