Russian Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko, who was banned for life from the Olympics this week, said Moscow would support Russian athletes who opt to compete at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics as neutrals.

HE the Minister of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs Dr Issa Saad al-Jafali al-Nuaimi met with the visiting Philippine Labour Secretary Silvestre Bello and his accompanying delegation.

French presidential favourite Emmanuel Macron came under fire from both potential allies and his run-off rival Marine Le Pen on Tuesday for acting as if victory next month was already in the bag.

Roger Federer makes his long-awaited return to tennis after six months out with a knee injury in tomorrow’s mixed teams Hopman Cup in Perth ahead of next month’s Australian Open.

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Visitors Al Khor grabbed the lead yesterday but home side Al Arabi turned things around in admirable fashion, winning the Qatar Stars League (QSL) clash 2-1 at Grand Hamad Stadium.

Finally, the floodgates opened. Disregarding the empty-net goal the Wild scored Wednesday against Winnipeg, the Wild hadn’t scored more than two goals in a game with an actual goaltender in net since the last time the team faced the Pittsburgh Penguins on Nov. 10.

The Afghan parliament sacked the minister of foreign affairs and two of his cabinet colleagues on Saturday citing poor performance, in a sweeping move that underlined the fragility of President Ashraf Ghani's struggling government.

Katara – the Cultural Village has partnered with nine embassies in Doha to host the third edition of Katara European Jazz Festival starting tomorrow.

‘I’d love to win in China again and I’ve played well enough here to win but just haven’t done enough when it mattered. Hopefully this year will be the year to change that’

Paulo Dybala hit a brace as champions Juventus underscored their Serie A title credentials with a battling 2-1 win over Udinese as rivals Napoli and Inter Milan crumbled.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte should not be compared to Adolf Hitler, and his reference to the Holocaust was an “oblique deflection” of claims he is a mass murderer, his spokesman said yesterday, ...