Shares in SpiceJet rose by as much as 8.5 per cent on Tuesday after the Times of India reported the budget carrier was close to selling a stake to a foreign carrier, which it said was most likely to be Qatar Airways. ...
05:17 PM, Jan 15, 2013
Tiger's involvement at the January 23-26 Qatar Masters would cost a whopping USD3 million. ...
02:17 PM, Jan 11, 2013
Kaymer has a good record in the Middle East having won the Abu Dhabi Championship three times. ...
06:57 PM, Jan 07, 2013
Second-seeded Richard Gasquet overcame German qualifier Daniel Brands, while Nikolay Davydenko ousted top-seed David Ferrer. ...
09:57 PM, Jan 04, 2013
Gael Monfils lost to German qualifier Daniel Brands in the quarters, while David Ferrer advanced to the semis beating Paolo Lorenzi. ...
11:21 PM, Jan 03, 2013
Davydenko beat fourth-seeded Mikhail Youzhny 7-5, 6-3, while Monfils upset third-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-4, 2-6, 6-4. ...
11:04 PM, Jan 02, 2013
The match was not short of drama with the Indian team at one stage threatening to quit over an umpiring decision. ...
11:36 PM, Dec 27, 2012
Singapore: Three moments of late magic helped Uzbekistan, Iraq and Qatar grab key 1-0 wins in World Cup qualifying on Wednesday as Asian champions Japan rode their luck before edging to the brink of a place in Brazil. Nine of the 10 teams remaining in the two groups of Asian qualifying have been hard to split after numerous low scoring, close-fought matches with Japan proving the exception. The Blue Samurai...
10:58 AM, Nov 15, 2012
Milan: AC Milan said on Friday there are no plans to sell a stake in the soccer club to the Qatar sovereign wealth fund or other investors. Italy's leading sports newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport said on Friday that Silvio Berlusconi was considering selling a 30 percent stake for 250 million euros to reinvigorate his team. The report said talks with Qatar have become more frequent. "There is no truth in...
07:16 PM, Oct 12, 2012
Geneva: The World Health Organization on Wednesday urged health workers around the world to report any patient with acute respiratory infection who may have traveled to Saudi Arabia or Qatar and been exposed to a new SARS-like virus confirmed in two people so far. The United Nations agency put out a global alert on Sunday saying a new virus had infected a 49-year-old Qatari who had recently traveled to Saudi...
04:00 PM, Sep 26, 2012
Haider virtually ran through the Qatar innings after Sarkar's 135-ball 209, which contained 27 fours and eight sixes. ...
07:32 PM, Jun 23, 2012
Dubai: Several Indian schools in Qatar have been accused of charging fees much above the rates permitted by CBSE, causing resentment among parents. While the CBSE has fixed Rs 3,000 (195-197 Qatari riyals at current exchange rates) as the examination fee to be collected from overseas Indian students appearing for the Class 12 board examinations to be held in March next year, MES (Middle-East Education Society) Indian School is levying...
10:51 AM, Jun 11, 2012
Doha: At least 19 foreign nationals, including 13 children, were killed in a fire that ripped through an upscale shopping mall in Qatar on Monday, the country's interior ministry said. The children were from Spain, Japan, the Philippines and Benin among other countries. A Spanish diplomatic source in Madrid told Reuters that four of the dead children were Spanish. It was not immediately clear what caused the blaze, which media...
02:32 AM, May 29, 2012
Dubai: Qatar has been ranked as the world's wealthiest country in a new list compiled by the prestigious US magazine Forbes. The Gulf State with a population of 1.7 million topped the list as the world's richest country per capita, thanks to a rebound in oil prices and its massive natural gas reserves. Adjusted for purchasing power, Qatar booked an estimated gross domestic product per capita of more than $...
09:59 AM, Feb 26, 2012
Doha: Top-ranked Victoria Azarenka of Belarus shook off a lingering ankle injury to win the Qatar Open on Sunday, routing Sam Stosur of Australia 6-1, 6-2. Azarenka earned her 17th straight victory and first title since replacing Caroline Wozniacki atop the rankings after winning the Australian Open. It was her third title overall in 2012. Azarenka showed no ill effects after twisting her left ankle in the semifinal against Agnieszka...
01:34 PM, Feb 20, 2012
Doha: Victoria Azarenka hobbled with an ankle injury to reach her first final as No 1, downing Agenieszka Radwanska 6-2, 6-4 in the Qatar Open on Saturday. Azarenka expects to be OK to meet Sam Stosur in Sunday's final. Stosur advanced from her semi-final after Marion Bartoli retired with a right calf injury after losing the first set 6-3. Azarenka has won all five previous matches against the fifth-ranked Stosur,...
04:00 PM, Feb 19, 2012
Doha: When top-ranked Victoria Azarenka thinks about her newfound success, she might want to thank Daniela Hantuchova. She was beaten in the first round by the Slovakian at the Qatar Open a year ago, causing a crisis of confidence in the 22-year-old Belarusian. She rushed home, ready to tell her family that she wanted to quit the sport she had grown to despise. "It was just not fun for me...
05:12 PM, Feb 18, 2012
Doha: US Open champion Sam Stosur reached her first semi-final of the year by overcoming the unorthodox Monica Niculescu 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 at the Qatar Open on Friday. Top-ranked Victoria Azarenka swept aside Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium 6-0, 6-4 for her 15th straight win to set up a semi-final clash with fourth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland, who beat Christina McHale of the United States 6-1, 6-1. After crashing out of...
05:03 PM, Feb 18, 2012
Doha: Top-ranked Victoria Azarenka swept aside Simona Halep of Romania 6-3, 6-1 to reach the Qatar Open quarter-finals while Lucie Safarova dumped Svetlana Kuznetsova out of the tournament. Third-seeded Sam Stosur took advantage of shaky serving from Petra Cetkovska to win 6-3, 6-2 in the third round and earn her first back-to-back victories of the year, while fourth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska saved two set points in the first set on her...
12:52 PM, Feb 17, 2012
Doha: Targetting their second title in a row, Sania Mirza and Elena Vesnina crashed out of the Qatar Open after a straight-sets defeat against Vera Dushevina and Shahar Peer. The second seed Indo-Russian pair lost the second round match 4-6 4-6 in one hour and 12 minutes to their unseeded opponents in the USD 2,168,40 event. Sania is not competing in the singles event of the tournament. Last week, Sania...
03:52 PM, Feb 16, 2012
