 | Lekhwiya wins QSL title again
LEKHWIYA bagged its second
consecutive Qatar Stars League
title after it was held to 1-1 draw by
Al Arabi on Sunday.
Lekhwiya´s Ali Afif´s thirdminute
goal was cancelled by
Abdulaziz Hatem in the 83rd
minute to deny the QSL champions
a victory at Al Arabi ...
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| | Japan, Germany start with wins |  JAPAN and host
Germany both began
their assaults on the
men´s title at the world
team table tennis championships
with straightforward
victories on
Sunday in their group
matches.
With defending
champions China starting
off against Greece
on Sunday night in
Group A, Germany
swept aside the Czech
Republic in Group B,
with Timo Boll opening
with a 3-0 win over
Dmitrij Prokopcov.
Germany´s Dimitrij
Ovtcharov also beat
Antonin Gavlas in consecutive
games by the
same margin before
Patrick Baum was taken
to five games by Petr
Korbel before earning a
3-2 win.
Germany took the silver
medal at the world
team championships
two years ago in
... | | | Olesen bags Barwa Bank
PSA Challenger crown |  KRISTIAN Frost Olesen lived
up to his top seed billing and
tamed third seed Bader al
Hussaini with a compact
game in the final of the Barwa
Bank Squash Tournament,
the fourth event of the PSA
Challenger 5 series.
At the Khalifa International
Tennis and Squash Complex
on Saturday, the Dane was
quick-footed and used strong
strokes to win the title by 11-6
11-7 11-4 in 35 minutes.
This was his fourth
Challenger crown in career
and second of the year after
winning the Move Open in
Belgium last month.
In the first two games,
Olesen trailed in the beginning
narrowly. Using his
reach and strong backhand,
Olesen looked in complete
control after drawing... | | | Real routs Sociedad 5-1 |  REAL Madrid beat Real
Sociedad 5-1 on Saturday to
restore its six-point lead over
Barcelona at the top of La
Liga and then staged a media
blackout.
Two goals each from
Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim
Benzema, and one from
Gonzalo Higuain, gave the
home team a comfortable victory
with Xavi Prieto grabbing
a consolation for the
team from San Sebastian.
Ronaldo´s brace put him
level with Lionel Messi on 35
league goals after the
Argentine and Gerard Pique
scored earlier in Barcelona´s
2-0 win at Mallorca, the
champions´ seventh successive
league win.
The result will come as a
relief to Jose Mourinho´s Real
who had dropped four points
in two 1-1 draws with Malaga
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