 | Savoy Place named Qatar´s
Olympic House in London THE QATAR Olympic Committee
(QOC) on Monday announced
that London´s prestigious
Institution of Engineering and
Technology at Savoy Place (IET:
Savoy Place) will be its official
Olympic House during the
London 2012 Olympic and
Paralympics.
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| | Egypt to clash with India, Pakistan
with England in WSF squash semis |  TOP SEED Egypt and fourthseeded
India will clash in the first
semi-finals of the Doha WSF
World Junior Men´s Team Squash
Championship on Tuesday.
At the Khalifa International
Tennis and Squash Complex,
defending champion Egypt put it
across 10th seed Canada 3-0 with
straight-game wins, while India,
for its second entry into the last
four stage, required to sweat a bit
to make the grade with a 2-1 triumph
against fifth-seeded Hong
Kong.
The other semi-final pits second
seed Pakistan against third-seed
England. Pakistan advanced with
Syed Bukhari and Nasir Iqbal
pulling off the wins with consummate
ease against Tomotaka Endo
and Taiki Kaido of Japan.
England was put ahead by
Richie Fallows who ... | | | Villwock holds off David to
claim APBA Gold Cup victory |  U-1 SPIRIT of Qatar´s Dave
Villwock claimed his second
successive victory in a round
of the 2012 Air National
Guard H1 Hydroplane Series
by winning the APBA Gold
Cup on the Detroit River on
Sunday.
The most successful driver in
the history of hydroplane racing
clinched a 67th career win –
his second in two weekends - by
staying ahead of U-6 Oh Boy!
Oberto in a thrilling final held
in demanding weather conditions.
The Washington State driver,
who runs an Ellstrom Racing
hydroplane in the H1
Unlimited series with the
backing of Sheikh Hassan bin
Jabor Al-Thani and the Qatar
Marine Sports Federation
(QMSF), duly extended his
advantage in the National
High Points standings to 465
points, after adding ... | | | Serena wins at Stanford
in final Olympic tune-up |  SERENA Williams overcame a
shaky start and two service
breaks to beat lucky loser Coco
Vandeweghe 7-5, 6-3 on
Sunday for her second straight
Bank of the West Classic title.
Eight days after winning
Wimbledon, Williams saved a
set point and won the final four
games of the opening set. It
was the 43rd WTA Tour championship
of Williams´ career,
tying older sister Venus for the
most among active players.
The first all-American WTA
final on home soil in eight years
was hardly a one-sided affair.
The 20-year-old Vandeweghe,
who failed to make it out of
qualifying and got into the main
draw only when Bojana
Jovanovski withdrew with an
injury, moved the 14-time
Grand Slam champion and her
highlighter-yellow outfit ... | |
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