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Qatar's Barwa plans $5.5 billion island to house World Cup fans
The hotels would be able to house as many as 25,000 soccer fans, Barwa's Chief Executive Abdulla al-Subaie said at the sidelines of a real estate conference in Doha.
No need to shut down IPL, says MoS home RPN Singh
Minister of State for Home Affairs RPN Singh Friday said it would not be right to ban the Indian Premier League (IPL) in view of fresh revelations in the spot fixing scandal, and promised to act tough against guilty.
Fulham sign Boateng and Amorebieta on free transfers
Boateng, 30, has 46 caps for his country and joins Fulham from Ukrainian side FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk.
Brazil's stadiums ready for World Cup warm-up in June
Only two stadiums were completed in time for the December deadline originally set by FIFA, which takes over the first batch of stadiums on Tuesday.
Indian football team's England tour cancelled
English Premier League club Fulham FC, whose Craven Cottage ground was hired to organise the matches, issued a statement informing about the cancellation.
Lee, Aditya, Chawla enter last eight of snooker meet
While Pankaj Advani is sitting pretty atop Group D with three wins from as many outings, Sandeep Gulati of Delhi and Shahbaaz Khan of PSPB will battle it out for the second spot.
Ibrahimovic says he plans to remain at PSG
There has been a lot of speculation around PSG's top names, with coach Carlo Ancelotti being rumoured to be about to join Real Madrid.
Women's football: India beat Bahrain 2-1 in friendly
Pinky Magar and Kamala Devi scored for India in the 8th and 36th minute respectively.
Bad weather forces Mahi Racing riders to crash out of Monza
Reigning champion Sofuoglu of Mahi Racing team lost the front at turn 8 during the 4th lap of the race, while he was in the lead.
Six junior wrestlers skip dope test, lose medals
WFI had requested NADA to collect samples from the Junior National Wrestling Championships that were held in Chandigarh May 9-12.
Lin Dan gets wild card for world championships
The world body made the announcement Thursday after its management committee unanimously decided to grant Lin a spot.
F1: Barcelona set to remain Spain's sole grand prix
Hit hard by an economic crisis that has left almost five million unemployed, Spain has been reduced to hosting just one race this year for the first time since 2007.
Liverpool's Gerrard to undergo shoulder surgery this week
The 32-year-old, who has been ever present in this season's league campaign, is now likely to miss England's friendlies against Ireland.
Couples, Montgomerie inducted in Hall of Fame
Former US Open champion and television broadcaster Ken Venturi, former European Tour executive director Ken Schofield and twice former British Open winner Willie Park Jr. were also inducted.
Dortmund get half a million ticket requests for Champions League final
Prices start at 60 pounds per ticket and go up to 330 pounds for the top category, a shock for German fans used to much lower prices for Bundesliga matches.
F1 teams to get extra tyres for practice
Pirelli said the extra hard tyres would be a specially-created compound, made to last much longer and different to the regular orange-marked hards.
Barton handed suspended ban for 'ladyboy' tweet
Barton, who has more than two million followers on Twitter, used the microblogging site to insult Thiago Silva last month.
Golf: Chowrasia tied 11th in China, four behind leader
Chowrasia, who was 11th at the Ballantine's Open last week, was four shots behind leader Robert-Jan Derksen.
Bahrain's Sheikh Salman wins AFC presidential election
Sheikh Salman secured 33 votes of the 46 available from the AFC's member associations in Malaysia to beat Yousuf Al Serkal of the United Arab Emirates.
Lord's to undergo £200 million makeover
The first phase of redevelopment, expected to cost 90 million pounds, will be completed in time for the 2019 World Cup.
Brazil striker Damiao set for Tottenham move
The English Premier League outfit has been pursuing Damiao for the past two years.
Former Portugal star Deco fails drug test
Furosemide is a diuretic that acts by inhibiting the kidneys' ability to retain water and is banned due to its effectiveness in hiding other prohibited substances.
TN govt to tax Champions League T20 matches
Earlier, the government had also decided to bring the Indian Premier League (IPL) matches held in the state within the ambit of entertainment tax.
Fidel Castro's son wins Montecristo Cup golf tournament
The tournament, held last weekend, featured over 100 players from 15 countries, including the US, Canada, Britain and Spain.
World Supersport: Mahi Racing continues fine display
The team's racers came second and third in a closely fought third race at the TT circuit in Assen.
Atwal slips way down in third round at Georgia Classic
Meanwhile, Bhavik Patel (67-70-74) slipped to tied 12th after being second at the end of 36 holes.
Beckham gets red card as PSG march on in Ligue 1
Beckham, who came on as a second-half substitute, was shown a straight red for a foul on Youssef Adnane two minutes into stoppage time.
India pulls out of Asian Snooker in Pak citing security reasons
Alamgir Sheikh, the President of the Pakistan Billiards and Snooker Association, told a press conference that India had expressed its inability to send its team as it had not been able to get clearance from its government.
South Africa suspends its track federation board
Olympic committee president Gideon Sam says his body had appointed an administrator to temporarily run ASA in a move that came on the second day of the South African national track championships.
Four bookies arrested in Bangalore for IPL related betting
The four were involved in betting on the IPL matches between Royal Challengers Bangalore versus Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi Daredevils and Mumbai Indians.