Sports

ZURICH, Oct 8, (RTRS): Kuwait, home to influential sports power broker Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, has been threatened with a ban by FIFA because of government interference in the running of the local football association. World governing body FIFAhas given the Kuwait Football Association until next week to avoid the …

ZURICH, Oct 7, (RTRS): FIFA president Sepp Blatter faces a 90 day suspension from football if the governing body’s ethics judge backs a prosecutor’s recommendation, a close friend and former advisor to Blatter told Reuters on Wednesday. Blatter’s long-term confidant Klaus Stoehlker said the decision by judge Hans-Joachim Eckert on …

KUWAIT CITY, Oct 7: Minister of Justice and Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Yacoub Al-Sane’ has issued a decision to form a judicial panel at the Court of First Instance which will arbitrate on sports disputes in the country. According to an official statement issued by Ministry of Justice, …

COMMERCE CITY, Colorado, Oct 7, (AP): Sluggish in the first half, the Americans needed some kind of catalyst. So the team called on Jerome Kiesewetter and Jordan Morris, ending their nights off. Kiesewetter sparked the offense with a goal and an assist in the second half, and the United States …

The coaches of both Kuwaiti and South Korean football teams stressed here Wednesday the significance of their Thursday match which is part of the fourth round of Group 7 of world and Asian cup qualifiers. They shared the same view during a joint press conference that they would have an …

PARIS, Oct 7, (AFP): Coastguards have launched a search for an Omani sailor lost at sea off the coast of Croatia after falling overboard on Wednesday, his Musandam-Oman Sail team announced. The captain of the Oman-based multihull boat, Frenchman Sidney Gavignet, raised the alarm at 0305 GMT after Mohammed Al …

In this file photo, Barcelona’s Neymar (center), vie for the ball with Leverkusen’s Jonathan Tah (right), during a Champions League Group E soccer match between Barcelona and Bayer Leverkusen at the Camp Nou Stadium in Barcelona, Spain on July 20, 2015. (AP) SAO PAULO, Oct 6, (AFP): Much has changed …

MADRID, Oct 6, (RTRS): Spain’s public prosecutor has recommended a jail sentence totaling 18 months and fines of more than 2 million euros ($2.25 million) for Lionel Messi’s father Jorge in a tax fraud case. The prosecutor reiterated that Lionel Messi should not have to face charges for allegedly defrauding …

SEOUL, Oct 6, (Agencies): FIFA presidential hopeful Chung Mong-Joon said Tuesday the ethics committee of football’s governing body wants him banned for 19 years and slammed the move as a bid to “smear” his election campaign. The South Korean tycoon said that FIFA president Sepp Blatter, himself the target of …

KUWAIT CITY, Oct 6: H.P.I. Hyperians, Kuwait Steel, Body Building and HEISCO won their inter-company quarter-final matches Friday afternoon at the ongoing PBLK 4th Conference basketball tournament at the Khaitan Sports Club. H.P.I Hyperians’ Borj Alisbo finished with 30 points including 53-pointers while Ric Bumagat scored 18 with forward Ramos …