 | Mehta ready for professional snooker NEW Asian snooker champion
Aditya Mehta is extremely pleased
to have signed off the amateur circuit
on a winning note.
In the final at the Qatar Billiards
and Snooker Federation hall on
Saturday, the 26-year-old cut short a
spirited ...
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| | Nadal beats Ferrer, wins
seventh Barcelona title |  RAFAEL Nadal confirmed
his status as king of clay on
Sunday when the Spanish
powerhouse won his seventh
Barcelona Open title with a
high-quality 7-6 (7/1), 7-5
defeat of David Ferrer.
World number two Nadal
went from one history-making
weekend to another after
claiming an unprecedented
eighth straight title a week
ago in Monte Carlo where he
beat world number one
Novak Djokovic.
Seven days later, he took
nearly three hours to add to
his records in Barcelona as he
held off compatriot Ferrer.
Nadal and his friend were
playing their fourth final at
the Real Club de Tenis, with
Nadal winning all of them
dating back to 2008.
He now stands as the only
man to ... | | | Nike selects three in Chance Middle East talent hunt |  NIKE Middle East selected
three players during The
Chance Middle East to go on to
play at the FC Barcelona´s
famed youth academy.
The talent hunt came to a successful
end at Al Ahli Club on
Saturday and the three players
picked were Omar Rahmani
and Mounir Mourayou, both
from the United Arab Emirates,
and Alexis Khazzaka of
Lebanon. The Change Middle
East is a global football talent
search that gives young amateur
footballers from around
the world an opportunity to
prove themselves on an elite
stage and take their game to
the highest level.
The final 100 players from
Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, UAE
and Qatar competed to win a
spot at the global finals before
... | | | Real in sight of La Liga
title after rout of Sevilla |  KARIM Benzema struck a
brace in a 3-0 win over Sevilla
on Sunday as Real Madrid
edged closer to its first
Spanish league title in four
years.
The win gave Real a 10-
point lead on arch-rival
Barcelona and will be enough
to secure the championship if
Barca lose to Rayo Vallecano
later on Sunday.
Cristiano Ronaldo opened
the scoring at the Bernabeu
for Jose Mourinho´s side and
Benzema added a brace after
the interval to put it within
touching distance of a first La
Liga title since 2008.
Real, who was eliminated
from the Champions League
after a semi-final defeat to
Bayern Munich in midweek,
took its record breaking haul
of league goals for the ... | |
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