 | KKR beats Delhi, enters IPL final JACQUES Kallis and Sunil
Narine shared four wickets to
bowl Kolkata Knight Riders into
the Indian Premier League final
with a comfortable 18-run victory
over Delhi Daredevils on
Tuesday.
South African paceman Kallis
and West Indies spinner Narine
each...
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| | Qatar National Bank to sponsor QVA events for two years | QATAR National Bank
(QNB) signed a major sponsorship
agreement with the
Qatar Volleyball
Association, (QVA) for providing
financial help to its all
activities for two years.
QNB also declared to be
the sponsor of the World
Clubs Volleyball
Championships, which will
be held in October this year.
Salem al Naimi, AGM
Corporate Relations, Group
Communications at QNB,
and QVA Secretary General
Mohammad Ali al
Mohannadi signed the contract
in Doha on Tuesday.
Also present on the occasion
were Yousef Jassim
Fakhroo, Manager
Corporate Social
Responsibility, Group
Communications, QNB, and
QVA Assistant Secretary
General Yousef Ahmed. | | | Thunder shoots past Lakers into
Western Conference finals | YOUNG guns Russell
Westbrook, Kevin Durant
and James Harden shot the
Oklahoma City Thunder
back into the Western
Conference finals.
Westbrook scored 28
points, Durant had 25 and
Harden chipped in with 17
as the Thunder withstood 42
points from Kobe Bryant to
be at the visiting Los Angeles
Lakers 106-90 on Monday
night and wrap up their
Western Conference semifinal
series 4-1. "It feels good
to get to the conference
finals, but we have to keep it
going," said Durant, who
grabbed 10 rebounds, as
well.
The Thunder are going to
the conference finals for the
second straight year. The
second seeds will meet the
San Antonio Spurs, with ... | | | Drogba to quit Chelsea
in June after 8 years | IVORY COAST striker Didier
Drogba confirmed on Tuesday
he will leave newly-crowned
European champions Chelsea
when his contract expires at
the end of June.
Drogba has been at the
Premier League club since
2004, joining from French
side Marseille, and has scored
157 goals in 341 appearances
helping the Blues win ten trophies.
The 34-year-old leaves the
London club on a high after
scoring a late equaliser against
Bayern Munich in the
Champions League final on
Saturday and then converting
the decisive penalty in a dramatic
shoot-out after extratime.
"I wanted to put an end
to the speculation and confirm
that I am leaving
Chelsea," he told Chelsea´s... | |
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