 | Nadal breezes into semis in Paris RAFAEL Nadal defeated fellow
Spaniard Nicolas
Almagro 7-6 (7/4), 6-2, 6-3
on Wednesday to reach the
French Open semi-finals
without dropping a single
set.
It was the 50th win for
Nadal at the spiritual home
of claycourt tennis since he
first competed here as...
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| | Oman unveils Sail´s Multi
One Design yacht |  OMAN Sail unveiled its new
Multi One Design 70 yacht
named "Musandam-Oman
Sail" at a traditional naming
ceremony complete with rose
water and the fragrance of
frankincense in St Nazaire,
France, on Tuesday.
His Highness Sayyid Tarik
bin Shabib al Said officially
named Oman´s new yacht.
The ceremony was attended
by Ali al Qasmi, Oman´s
deputy ambassador to France,
David Graham Oman Sail´s
CEO and several officials from
Oman Sail and the MOD 70
organising committee.
During the launch ceremony
Sayyid Tarik al Said
presented crew member
Khamis al Anbouri with the
national flag of Oman that
was raised by Fahad al Hasni
on board... | | | QSA to host FINA Swimming
World Cup in October |  FOLLOWING nomination by
Federation Internationale de
Natation (FINA), the Qatar
Swimming Association
(QSA) has announced that it
will be hosting two editions
(2012 & 2013) of the FINA
Swimming World Cup
(25m).
The QSA announcement
came at a press conference
on Wednesday. It was
addressed by the President of
Qatar Swimming Association
Khaleel al Jabir and attended
by the Federation swimmers
Nada Arakji and Ahmed
Ghithe G Atari who will participate
in the London 2012
Olympic Games in addition
to Federation board members
Issa Zara and Ahmed al
Mana.
FINA World Swimming
Cup (25m) is considered one
of the most prestigious... | | | Match-fixing tainted players
will be banned, says Platini |  UEFA President Michel Platini
on Wednesday warned that the
career of any player convicted
of match-fixing would be over,
as Euro 2012 begins in the
shadow of fresh illegal betting
allegations in Italy. "They won´t
play football again," the former
France captain told a news
conference in Warsaw, where
co-hosts Poland takes on
Greece in the Polish capital in
the tournament´s first match
on Friday.
Italy has been rocked by
fresh claims of illegal betting in
the national game, which led to
the arrests of several top players,
including Lazio captain
Stefano Maurio, and a dawn
raid on the national team´s pre-
Euro training camp near
Florence.
Platini, whose former club... | |
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