 | Al Rayyan team wary of
Kharaitiyat´s challenge AL RAYYAN, the Heir
Apparent Cup champion, is
wary of minnow Al
Kharaitiyat as the two teams
get set for the Emir Cup quarter-
finals on Saturday.
Al Rayyan, who edged Al
Sadd in the final of the HA
Cup last ...
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| | Spurs pummels Utah Jazz;
Grizzlies downs Clippers |  THE San Antonio Spurs
pummelled the Utah Jazz
114-83 on Wednesday to take
a 2-0 lead in their NBA
Western Conference firstround
playoff series.
Tony Parker scored 18
points and handed out nine
assists for the Spurs, who are
the top seeds in the West and
whose coach, Gregg
Popovich, accepted his NBA
Coach of the Year award
before the contest.
After the Spurs extended
their series lead with ease,
the Memphis Grizzlies
clawed back in their best-ofseven
showdown against the
Los Angeles Clippers, triumphing
105-98 to knot the
series at one game apiece.
The Grizzlies bounced
back after a demoralising
game one defeat on Sunday,
in which the Clippers roared
... | | | BPS wins Qatar Cricket Association
Under-14 girls tournament |
 BIRLA Public School
became the proud winner
of the QCA Under-14 Girls
Cricket Tournament after
beating Pakistan
Education Center in the
final. The tournament,
organised by the Qatar
Cricket Association in
Doha, began on April 1
and concluded on April 25.
Hiral Agarwal of BPS
was the star performer in
the final. She smashed a
superb 68 runs and took a
wicket, playing an instrumental
role in her team´s
victory.
Pak Shama School also
played well and took the
third place.
Mr Manzoor Ahmad,
General Secretary of the
Qatar Cricket Association,
presided over the closing
ceremony and gave away
the prizes in presence of
members of the women´s ... | | | Real Madrid wins league
title after four years |  IT took a record-setting Real
Madrid to finally dislodge
Barcelona from its perch atop
the Spanish league with a
competition-high 32nd title
and its first in four long seasons
dominated by its biggest
rival.
Madrid won 3-0 at Athletic
Bilbao on Wednesday for its
first league championship
since 2008, forcing Barcelona
to relinquish the title after
three straight years despite
winning 4-1 against Malaga in
a game in which Lionel Messi
broke a 39-year-old European
club scoring record by hitting a
hat-trick to take his season
total to 68 goals.
Madrid, which can set a
record total of 100 points with
victories in its last two games,
has already broken a 22-year
mark for ... | |
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