 | Hamad qualifies for vault finals
NASSER al Hamad was the lone local
gymnast to have made the cut in his pet
vault event at the fifth FIG Artistic
Challenge Cup at the Aspire indoor hall, on
Wednesday.
The 22-year-old local gymnast, who
had his career-best fourth place in the
same event two years ago...
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| | Balooshi needs luck for strong finish |  Qatar´s Al Anabi Racing Top Fuel
team, the two-time, reigning
NHRA Top Fuel World
Champion and owned by His
Excellency Sheikh Khalid bin
Hamad al Thani, is looking for
good fortune at the 13th annual
Summitracing.com NHRA
Nationals in Las Vegas, the
fourth of 23 races which make up
the 2012 NHRA Full Throttle
Drag Racing season in the
United States.
Dubai native Khalid al Balooshi
enters the Summitracing.com
NHRA Nationals in 11th place in
the NHRA Full Throttle Top Fuel
point standings. He trails 10thplace
Brandon Bernstein by 19
points and leads 12th-place David
Grubnic by three points.
AlBalooshi is competing for the
2012 ... | | | Lasareishvili causes
another upset |
 GEORGIAN qualifier
Ekaterine Lasareishvili
extended her impressive run
in the second Qatar ITF Junior
Open, shocking another seeded
player in straight sets at the
Khalifa International Tennis
and Squash Complex on
Wednesday.
The 1621st world-ranked
player, who stunned fourth
seed Akshara Iska on Tuesday,
toppled fifth-seeded Yvette
van Oyen of the Netherlands
by 6-2 6-1. She faces another
big test in the semi-finals in
which she has to take on second
seed from Czech Republic
Marie Bouzkova.
The Czech had to overcome
some resistance from sixth
seed Daria Glushich of Russia
in the second set before
advancing with a 6-1 6-4 triumph.
In the upper half... | | | Real, Chelsea post away victories |  REAL MADRID and Chelsea
took giant strides towards the
Champions League semifinals
on Tuesday as they both
recorded away wins in their
quarter-final first leg matches.
A double from French striker
Karim Benzema inspired
nine-time winners Real to a
3-0 victory over Cypriot surprise
packages APOEL
Nicosia and all but ensured a
last four spot against the winners
of Marseille and Bayern
Munich.
A second-half goal from
Salomon Kalou gave Chelsea
a 1-0 win over Portuguese
outfit Benfica - ironically the
only side playing on Tuesday
that didn´t field a Portuguese
player in its starting line-up -
to inflict the hosts first home
defeat in Europe this term.
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