 | AlArabi gets the better of QSC QATAR Sports Club did its
best against Al Arabi Club but
it was not enough in its crucial
match of the Emir Cup
Basketball Championship, on
Sunday.
The Heir Apparent Cup
winner, Arabi, kept itself
ahead of the rival throughout
the match and ended with a
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| | Paes pockets 50th doubles title |  INDIA´S Leander Paes and his
Czech partner Radek
Stepanek came back from a
set down to beat second-seeded
Max Mirnyi and Daniel
Nestor in the men´s doubles
final of the Sony Ericsson
Open.
The seventh seeds won their
second title of the season on
Saturday beating the
Belarusian and Serbian pair 3-
6, 6-1, (10-8) to win in an hour
and 22 minutes.
After dropping the first set,
the Australian Open champions
broke Mirnyi and Nestor
twice in the second set to force
a tie-break. The Indian-Czech
tandem trailed 1-4 before winning
six straight points to
surge ahead. Stepanek closed
out the victory with an unreturnable
volley.
"We fought through it, and
we got on top of ... | | | Abdulla clinches open
class squash crown |  ABDULLA al Tamimi overcame
a stiff resistance from
Abdulrahman al Malki to win
the open class crown at the
Qatar Closed 2012 Squash
Tournament.
At the Khalifa International
Tennis and Squash Complex,
Abdulla was tested by more
experienced Malki and both
shared the first two opening
games.
But Abdulla´s better fitness
and more aggression paid off,
helping him clinch the next
two games quite comfortably.
The final scoreline of the 40-
minute-long match was 13-11
9-11 11-7 11-5 in favour of
Abdulla.
Abdulla´s brother, Ahmed,
took the third place, disposing
of Saud al Sulaiti in
straight games. Only in the
second game, there was a
close battle ... | | | Cisse´s double adds
to Liverpool´s woes |
 SHAMBOLIC Liverpool ended
the game in disarray with 10
men as they slid to a 2-0 defeat
at Newcastle here on Sunday,
with Andy Carroll suffering a
humiliating return to
Tyneside.
Papiss Cisse scored twice as
Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe
Reina saw red in the latest
blow to the Reds´ rapidly disintegrating
Premier League
campaign.
A sixth loss in seven league
games left the League Cup
holders languishing in eighth
place, 11 points adrift of their
hosts, who drew level with
Chelsea in fifth thanks to a
third consecutive victory.
Liverpool finished the
match in embarrassing fashion
after a late red card for
Reina to leave manager Kenny
Dalglish with a ... | |
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