Category: Games

Doha-Qualifiers Laura Siegemund of Germany and Jessica Pegula of the United States on Tuesday produced quality tennis to post wins over experienced players at the Qatar Total Open while Tunisian star Ons Jabeur also impressed with a gutsy show on day two of the tournament. Siegemund beat Elena Rybakina, wrapping up their match with a 7-6, 7-6 scoreline in 2 hours and 29 minutes. Also on Tuesday, World Number 44 Pegula proved too good for…

Doha-The main rounds of World Table Tennis (WTT) Middle East Hub will begin at the Lusail Multipurpose Hall on Wednesday. Japan’s 17-year-old talented Tomokazu Harimoto will take on Chinese Taipei’s world ranked 26th Chuang Chih-Yuan in the men’s singles. South Korea’s world No.22 Lee Sang-Su face off Austria’s Robert Gardos, while Englishman Liam Pitchford will take on Austrian Andreas Levenko. Sweden’s Mattias Falck will meet Hungary’s Mihai Bobocica, and Dimitrij Ovtcharov (GER) face Noshad Alamiyan…

H.H. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Khalifa Al Thani’s AL SHAMAN (War Front x Communique) landed THE LATE ABDUL AZIZ AL FUHAID CUP (THOROUGHBREDS (Class 2)) in scintillating fashion at the Al Uqda Complex on Wednesday. The Julian Colin Smart trained horse is considered to be the classy sort who ran rather well over the Gr2 Irish Thoroughbred Marketing Cup two weeks ago over HH The Amir Sword Festival weekend. The 7yo only built up on that…

In the colours of Al Shaqab Racing, DUHAIL (Lope de Vega x Single) was making his seasonal bow in the Prix Anabaa, a Class 1 race at Chantilly on Tuesday. Trained in Chantilly by French maestro André Fabre, DUHAIL made short work of his opposition, winning the 1,300-meter contest with ease. This race is a fast-track qualifier to the Betway Sprint All Weather Championship at Lingfield (UK) on the 2nd April. Now 5 years old, this…

Doha-The 2021 dates for the Longines Global Champions Tour and GCL team series will kick off at Longines Arena at Al Shaqab on Thursday. There will be 16 events on the LGCT and GCL calendar as the worlds greatest riders and horses join the ultimate contest for individual and team glory. The championship season will start at the stunning Longines Arena at Al Shaqab arena in Doha and finish with the Finals in New York…

Doha- (QNA) – HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani attended Monday part of the opening day of Qatar Total Open 2021 held at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex. HH the Amir attended the match between Spain’s Garbine Muguruza (the world no. 15) and Russia’s Veronika Kudermetova (world no. 26) where the Spaniard won the match 6-2 7-6. The match was also attended by a number of their excellencies guests of the…