 | Inspired Al Sadd to take
on Jaish in semis today
AL GHARAFA and Kharaitiyat
will trade tackles in the first semifinal
while Al Sadd and El Jaish
are gearing up to play the other
semi-final in the prestigious Emir
Cup football tournament at the Al
Sadd Stadium on ...
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| | Kolkata routs Delhi, tops IPL points table |  KOLKATA Knight Riders
thrashed Delhi Daredevils by six
wickets in a lop-sided contest to
emerge as the table leader in the
Indian Premier League at the
Ferozeshah Kotla Stadium on
Monday.
Chasing a modest target of 154,
KKR knocked off the runs with
eight balls to spare, courtesy
Brendon McCullum´s 56 and his
68-run opening stand with skipper
Gautam Gambhir (36).
KKR now leads the points table
with 17 points and is all but
through to the knock-out stage.
The Daredevils lost the match
within the Powerplay overs as
Gambhir and McCullum started
off from where they left against
Pune Warriors.
McCullum, who has started to
find some form, smashed... | | | Budding spikers display skills at QVA Fest |  MORE than 70 budding
spikers from various training
centres in the country
exhibited their skills at the
Mini Volleyball Festival in
Doha on Monday.
Organised by the Qatar
Volleyball Association, this
is a joint initiative by the
clubs and schools to target
under-9 players. The main
purpose of the scheme,
devised by QVA Technical
Director Hussein Imam Ali,
is to make the young boys
inclined towards the sport.
"We wish to attract young
boys to the sport first. That
is why we have introduced
coloured and soft balls. The
courts are small and we just
want the players to learn
how to serve and return to
start with. We also want to
focus on their movements,"
informed... | | | Juventus clinches Serie A
title after glum season |
 JUVENTUS and its fans celebrated
into the early hours of
Monday after the team ended
several years of agony and
shame with a 28th Serie A
title.
Juve fans filled streets and
squares across Italy, with a
large group awaiting the team
at the Turin airport on its
return from Trieste, where
they beat Cagliari 2-0 late on
Sunday to take the title a week
ahead of the season finale with
an unbeaten record.
Holders AC Milan had
moved within one point in a
midweek, but its hopes ended
in a 4-2 defeat against
crosstown rivals Inter.
Ironically, Juve secured its
28th title in a stadium named
after Nereo Rocco, a legendary
coach of rivals Milan in the
1960s and 1970s, who was... | |
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