‘Sports’ Archives
Soccer Capsules: Club America spending big as Apertura opens
Club America will be looking to win its first title since 2005 when the Apertura season opens Friday, having broken the Mexican domestic transfer record in the offseason by signing Christian Benitez for almost $10 million from Santos. Benitez may give America an edge, but the Mexican first division is set to be as unpredictable as ever from the [...]
Adel Taarabt sparks civil war at PSG
ADEL TAARABT has sparked a major civil war at Paris St Germain. The French club's Arab owners have already tabled a £13.5million bid for the QPR star who seems certain to move. Yet former AC Milan coach Leonardo, now a director at PSG, walked out of negotiations because he did not want to spend more than £7m of his budget on the [...]
Iran, Saudi Arabia and China enter in early knock out stage
-Major Asian football nations Iran, Saudi Arabia and China will face their first hurdles in the path toward Brazil 2014 when they start sudden-death home-and-away qualifiers on Saturday, while Qatar has a challenging task as it seeks to assert its World Cup credentials. With only five nations given byes through to the third round of Asian [...]
QOC releases 14th edition of Qatar Sports magazine
Doha: The 14th edition of Qatar Sports magazine released by the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) features the World Conference on Sports and Environment held in Doha earlier this summer. The conference which saw the attendance of President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Jacques Rogge, and Hungarian President and Chairman of IOC [...]
USOC, IOC Optimistic of Reaching Revenue Deal
U.S. and international Olympic leaders made substantial progress Friday toward a new revenue-sharing agreement that they hope to complete in the next few weeks, officials from both sides told The Associated Press. U.S. Olympic Committee CEO Scott Blackmun said he would not rule out an American bid for the 2020 Olympics if a deal is signed soon, [...]
Qatar Sports Investments complete PSG takeover
French football giants Paris Saint-Germain have been officially taken over by Qatar Sports Investments (QSI), who now own a 70 percent share in the club. Sebastien Bazin, the president of former majority sharelholders Colony Capital Europe, announced on Thursday that QSI president Nasser Al-Khelaifi had signed the deal along the lines already [...]
Locals Set Modest Goal In Asian Championship
Despite playing in front of home crowds, Palembang Bank Sumsel Babel has set the modest goal of a top-eight finish in the Asian Men’s Club Volleyball Championship, which starts on Saturday at Sriwijaya Sports Hall in South Sumatra. Bank Sumsel, which won its first-ever Indonesian Pro League (Proliga) trophy last season, hosts 11 other clubs [...]
Women’s sports back in spotlight with World Cup, WNBA
On Sunday, the U.S. women's soccer team lost a close World Cup final to a talented group from Japan, spurring overwhelming fan and media interest: more than 13 million U.S. viewers, mass news coverage, and an unprecedented volume of messages per second on Twitter. While some may argue that these indicators herald the arrival of women's sports, [...]
Brazilians allay fears over ‘slow’ preparations for 2014 World Cup
Brazil's sports minister, Orlando Silva, has rejected Fifa's criticism that preparations for the 2014 World Cup are off the pace by claiming that the world game's governing body will be "pleased" with progress when it visits next week for the preliminary draw for the finals. Jérôme Valcke, the Fifa general secretary, had claimed that Brazil [...]
Mascots are unique entertainers and characters
One day, he caused problems during math class, and his teacher, also a cheerleading coach, chose an unusual punishment - put on the mascot uniform and wear it throughout the building. "She did it to kind of humiliate me, but I actually liked it," Pace said. "The principal wondered who it was and brought me into his office. "He said, 'If this [...]
