Middle East Sports News

Australia, England, Indonesia, Japan, Netherlands-Belgium, Russia, and Spain-Portugal have also bid to host both World Cups, and Qatar and South Korea bid for 2022 only. England and Spain are viewed as the leading contenders to host in 2018, while the...

The Oman Cricket Club (OCC) are currently running training camp in preparation for the First Gulf Cup 2009 organised by the UAE National’s Cricket Team which will take place at the Dubai Cricket Ground, UAE from November 28 to December...

The England striker appeared to clutch his hamstring after scoring the winner in Saturday's 1-0 victory over Arsenal. Black Cats manager Steve Bruce told the club website: "If it is his hamstring, we could be looking at three weeks out....

Nico Rosberg is to join the new Mercedes GP team from next Formula One season, it was confirmed Monday. Rosberg, who leaves Williams after four years, will be the first German since Karl Kling and Hans Herrmann in 1955 to...

Scott's share of seventh place in the rich Dubai World Championship on Sunday followed his tie for sixth at the Australian Masters and a tied third at the Singapore Open. That's cause for renewed confidence after a tough year as...

The Chandigarh golfer, who had slipped to tied 24th on Friday, is six-under 210 after three rounds at the Earth Course of Jumeirah Golf Estates here. The opening hole bogey was one of the just two blots on his card...

Middle East has recoiled drastically on Adelaide United coach Aurelio Vidmar, who has been suspended and heavily fined by his club, a sanction that also betrays the sensitivity of Australian soccer as it seeks to win Asian backing for its...

At the close of racing on day two of the Extreme Sailing Series Asia in Hong Kong both Oman teams held on to the top three positions. Masirah kept the top spot although sharing it with Team BT on equal...

Iraqi MPs will meet again on Sunday to try to break the deadlock on a stalled electoral law, which has left the country's planned January general election in doubt. "The vote is postponed until tomorrow," parliament speaker Iyad al-Samarrai told...

Australia�s Robert Allenby reaped a rich reward for switching early to the new grooves as he shot a brilliant round of seven-under par 65 on Thursday to establish a course record and take an early lead in the 7.5 million...