 | Al Gharafa scraps past Al Sadd BONEY Watson and
Suleiman Braimoh led two
brilliant scoring runs for Al
Gharafa Club in the third
quarter as the defending
champion held off Al Sadd
Club in a group league
match of the Emir Cup
Basketball on Saturday.
At its home court, twice
winner...
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| | Radwanska beats
Sharapova to
win Miami title |  AGNIESZSKA Radwanska defeated
world number two Maria
Sharapova 7-5, 6-4 on Saturday to
win the Miami Masters for the first
time.
Radwanska, the fifth seed from
Poland, rode out the storm from
the aggressive Sharapova, who
held a 7-1 lead in their series going
into the finale and had not lost to
the Pole since 2007.
The loss was the fourth for
Sharapova in a final at Crandon
Parkand duplicated the Russian´s
defeat a year ago in the title match
to Victoria Azarenka.
Radwanska earned her second
trophy of the season after winning
Dubai last month. She holds a 26-4
record this season, with all four of
her defeats coming against number
one Azarenka. "You have to play
100... | | | Kuwari comes eighth in Bahrain GP dress rehearsal |  QATAR´S Saadon al Kuwari
secured an eighth spot in
penultimate round of the
Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge
Middle East to cement his
place at the top of the
Michelin Silver Trophy on
Friday.
At the Bahrain
International Circuit,
Austrian Clemens Schmid
scored a commanding victory.
The race was a dress
rehearsal for next month´s
Formula One Bahrain
Grand Prix, and Schmid
survived an early slip to win
by just under 10 seconds
from Saudi Arabia´s Bandar
Alesayi to climb to third
place in the 12-round championship.
The UAE´s Karim al
Azhari secured his second
podium finish for Al
Nabooda Racing since
entering the Porsche GT3
Cup series at the half ... | | | City suffers title setback
with Sunderland draw |  MANCHESTER City´s challenge
for the Premier League
title suffered a setback as it was
forced to stage a late fightback
just to salvage a 3-3 draw
against Sunderland at
Eastlands on Saturday.
With leaders Manchester
United not in action until
Monday´s trip to Blackburn,
Roberto Mancini´s side would
have returned to the top of the
table on goal difference if they
had beaten the Black Cats.
But City, who had won its
previous 20 home league
games to set a Premier League
record, is now two points
behind United and that gap will
extend to five if the champions
win at Ewood Park.
City, on a run of only one win
in four league matches, fell
behind to Sweden midfielder... | |
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