THE International Monetary
Fund has been at the centre of
global financial stability since its
creation after World War II. In
the last year it has played a central
role in reducing the risk of a
European financial meltdown. At the
...
I HAD to catch a train in
Washington last week. The
paved street in the traffic circle
around Union Station was in
such poor condition that I felt as
though I was on a roller coaster. I
travelled on the Amtrak Acela, our
sorry excuse for a fast train, on ...
QATARI rally superstar
Nasser bin Saleh al Attiyah
suffered a puncture and finished
second to Saudi
Arabian Yazeed al Rajhi in the
rerun of the first special stage
but still looked in control of
the Sealine Cross-Country
Rally ...
KEVIN Pietersen blasted
a whirlwind 103 not out to
help Delhi Daredevils
score a superb five-wicket
victory over Deccan
Chargers on Thursday
and take the top spot in
the points table of the
Indian Premier League.
The England batsman
smashed nine sixes and
six fours off 64 balls in his
maiden Twenty20 century
as Delhi scored 162-5 in
19.1 overs after restricting
Deccan to 157-8 at the
Ferozeshah Kotla ground.
Deccan had earlier
looked set for a huge total
before Shahbaz Nadeem
(3-16) and Morne Morkel
(3-23) pegged it back with
timely strikes.
Parthiv Patel (45) and
Shikhar Dhawan (44)
were the main scorers for
Deccan.
Pietersen struck ...
AL RAYYAN Club, the most
dominant team in the Qatar
basketball, will be looking for a
sound strategy to avoid another
slip-up in the Emir Cup
Basketball Championship final
on Friday.
Rayyan boasts of 15 League
crowns, seven Emir Cup titles
in 11 finals and six Heir
Apparent Cups. It got some
measures of solace when it
edged arch-rival Al Gharafa 3-
1 in the best of five semi-finals
series, avenging two successive
losses to Gharafa in the
Emir Cup finals in the past two
seasons.
Rayyan managed to surmount
one hurdle but is up
against another big challenge
in form of Al Sadd in the final
at Al Gharafa Club indoor hall.
This is the second meeting
between...
CHELSEA produced a performance
of resilience and
ruthlessness to hand
Barcelona its first Champions
League loss in 14 months on
Wednesday, winning 1-0 at
Stamford Bridge to leave the
semi-final delicately poised
ahead of the second leg in
Spain.
The irrepressible Didier
Drogba grabbed the winner in
first-half injury time with
Chelsea´s only shot on target
in a match it spent almost
entirely on the back-foot, leaving
Barcelona to rue its failure
to claim a crucial away goal.
The Spanish giants enjoyed
72 percent possession and
were camped inside Chelsea´s
half for long periods, but were
denied by a mixture of poor
finishing and brave defending
in driving rain...
KEVIN Pietersen blasted
a whirlwind 103 not out to
help Delhi Daredevils
score a superb five-wicket
victory over Deccan
Chargers on Thursday
and take the top spot in
the points table of the
Indian Premier League.
The England batsman
smashed nine sixes and
six fours off 64 balls in his
maiden Twenty20 century
as Delhi scored 162-5 in
19.1 overs after restricting
Deccan to 157-8 at the
Ferozeshah Kotla ground.
Deccan had earlier
looked set for a huge total
before Shahbaz Nadeem
(3-16) and Morne Morkel
(3-23) pegged it back with
timely strikes.
Parthiv Patel (45) and
Shikhar Dhawan (44)
were the main scorers for
Deccan.
Pietersen struck ...
AL RAYYAN Club, the most
dominant team in the Qatar
basketball, will be looking for a
sound strategy to avoid another
slip-up in the Emir Cup
Basketball Championship final
on Friday.
Rayyan boasts of 15 League
crowns, seven Emir Cup titles
in 11 finals and six Heir
Apparent Cups. It got some
measures of solace when it
edged arch-rival Al Gharafa 3-
1 in the best of five semi-finals
series, avenging two successive
losses to Gharafa in the
Emir Cup finals in the past two
seasons.
Rayyan managed to surmount
one hurdle but is up
against another big challenge
in form of Al Sadd in the final
at Al Gharafa Club indoor hall.
This is the second meeting
between... 
CHELSEA produced a performance
of resilience and
ruthlessness to hand
Barcelona its first Champions
League loss in 14 months on
Wednesday, winning 1-0 at
Stamford Bridge to leave the
semi-final delicately poised
ahead of the second leg in
Spain.
The irrepressible Didier
Drogba grabbed the winner in
first-half injury time with
Chelsea´s only shot on target
in a match it spent almost
entirely on the back-foot, leaving
Barcelona to rue its failure
to claim a crucial away goal.
The Spanish giants enjoyed
72 percent possession and
were camped inside Chelsea´s
half for long periods, but were
denied by a mixture of poor
finishing and brave defending
in driving rain...
