 | Al Gharafa wins Emir Cup AL GHARAFA defeated Al Sadd
4-3 in a penalty shoot-out to capture
the prestigious Emir Cup
after barren regulation time at the
Khalifa International Stadium on
Saturday.
This is the seventh time that
Gharafa has lifted the Emir Cup
and the ninth time when the outcome.
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| | Local lad Driouch clocks world´s best in youth category |  A GLOOM that had descended
when local high jump hope
Mutaz Essa Barshim pulled out
of the Samsung Diamond
League opener was lit up by a
Qatari teenager Hamza Driouch
in the 1,500 metres.
At the Qatar Sports Club
Stadium on Friday, the 17-yearold
Driouch, who has also qualified
for the London Olympic
Games, produced a sparkling
performance to set the world
best time in youth category.
Driouch finished in 3 minutes
and 33:69 seconds to get the
ninth place in the race, won by
Silas Kiplagat edging his
Kenyan compatriot Asbel
Kiprop, the world and Olympic
champion.
Driouch also has the world´s
best performance in 1000
metres... | | | City eyes power shift as
United prays for miracle |  MANCHESTER City is determined
to usher in a new era
for English football on
Sunday by clinching its first
title for 44 years as the curtain
comes down on a
thrilling Premier League
campaign.
Four years after the serial
under-achievers from the
blue half of Manchester was
bought by the Abu Dhabi
United Group, the club´s fabulously
wealthy owners are
poised to see the biggest
return yet on their substantial
investment
Victory over Queens Park
Rangers at Eastlands on
Sunday will — barring a
miraculous scoreline for
Manchester United at
Sunderland — be enough to
see Roberto Mancini´s side
claim the league crown.
Yet City, whose owners
have... | | | Fatigue may foil Spain´s
bid to script history |  SPAIN heads to Euro 2012
looking to make history but
its bid for a third consecutive
major tournament triumph
could be hit by fatigue, with
top players feeling the effects
of several years competing at
the highest level.
Spain was the big underachievers
of the European
game before their triumph at
Euro 2008 but having since
gone on to win the 2010
World Cup, it will be the team
to beat in Poland and
Ukraine.
No team has ever retained
the Henri Delaunay trophy or
won three major tournaments
on the bounce, even if
West Germany came close,
losing the 1976 European
Championship to
Czechoslovakia after previously
winning the 1972 Euros
and the ... | |
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