 | Aditya Mehta new Asian champion INDIA´S Aditya Mehta exhibited
superb touch and sound temperament
as he beat two world champions
in a single day to win the Asian
Snooker Championship final crown
on Saturday.
At the Qatar Billiards and
Snooker Federation´s Hall, Mehta
was up against former ...
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| | Nadal, Ferrer to meet in
fourth Barcelona final |  RAFAEL Nadal crushed
Fernando Verdasco for the
13th time in his career on
Saturday to set up a fourth
Barcelona Open final with
long-time rival David Ferrer.
The Sunday showdown will
be a repeat of the 2008, 2009
and 2011 finals which were all
won by Nadal.
French Open champion
Nadal, fresh from winning an
unprecedented eighth
straight title at Monte Carlo
last weekend, overwhelmed
Verdasco 6-0, 6-4 in just 85
minutes with four breaks of
serve.
Third seed Ferrer had a
tougher afternoon, requiring
just over two hours in defeating
huge-serving Canadian
Milos Raonic 7-6 (7/2), 7-6
(7/5).
"I played a great first set,
and stayed focused for the
entire match... | | | Balooshi comes sixth in NHRA qualifying rounds |  QATAR Al Anabi Racing
Top Fuel team driver
Khalid Al Balooshi is the
No. 6 qualifier at the midpoint
of qualifying for the
O´Reilly Auto Parts NHRA
Nationals, just outside
Houston.
Both cars, making up the
two-time defending NHRA
Full Throttle Top Fuel
World Champions owned
by His Excellency Sheikh
Khalid bin Hamad al Thani,
have qualified for Sunday´s
race.
Balooshi, the rookie Top
Fuel driver from the UAE is
clearly making excellent
progress in learning how to
be a Top Fuel driver.
He made two strong
qualifying passes at the
suburban Houston race
track, but his quickest and
fastest pass came in the
second session when he
recorded a ... | | | Van Persie rescues Arsenal
as Gunners stay third in EPL |  ROBIN van Persie´s 35th goal
of the season cancelled out
Peter Crouch´s opener as
Arsenal picked up a 1-1 draw
at Stoke.
While Arsenal knew a victory
would have tightened their
grip on third place in the
Premier League and they controlled
the game throughout,
a draw does their hopes of
Champions League football
next season little harm.
At a venue they have rarely
enjoyed, they fell behind early
on through Crouch´s header.
But Van Persie, who faces
speculation about his future
with only one year remaining
on his contract, touched in for
his second goal in eight
games.
Although Arsenal have
endured a miserable record at
the Britannia Stadium in
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