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DOHA, Dec 9, (Agencies): Gulf Cup organisers will officially announce early next week that the tournament will be played in Kuwait not Qatar after overcoming political and administrative obstacles, a senior official said Saturday. “We will officially announce it on Monday (Dec 11),” said Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation general …

MOSCOW, Dec 6, (AFP): The head of Russia’s Olympic Committee, Alexander Zhukov, told the IOC on Tuesday that punishing clean athletes was “unjust and immoral”, with the move to ban Russia from the Winter Games sparking outrage in the country. “Punishing the innocent is unjust and immoral. This completely contradicts …

NEW DELHI, Dec 6, (AFP): India won a record ninth Test series in succession Wednesday after drawing the pollution-tainted third and final Test with Sri Lanka in New Delhi. Top-ranked India won the series 1-0 to equal Australia’s record of nine successive Test series victories, between 2005-2008. The first Test …

ADELAIDE, Australia, Dec 6, (AP): Australia won the inaugural day-night Ashes Test by 120 runs on the last day, with Josh Hazlewood striking twice in the first three overs and Mitchell Starc finishing off the tail as the pace attack crushed England’s slim hopes of a comeback victory. England resumed …

KUWAIT CITY, Dec 5: The ASEAN Committee in Kuwait (ACK), composed of the nine Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) embassies held a shooting tournament among embassy staff at the Mayadeen Shooting Range Complex of the Kuwait National Ranges Company last weekend. Prior to the tournament, Filipino Assistant Shooting …

KUWAIT CITY, Dec 5: Kuwait Cricket held an opening ceremony for the T20 Boubyan Trophy at the Doha Entertainment City ground. This is the second tournament of the 2017-18 season for the banks league. Top banks in Kuwait namely Boubyan Bank, NBK, KFH, Warba Bank, Burgan Bank, ABK, AUB, Gulf …

LAUSANNE, Dec 5, (Agencies): Russia were banned from the 2018 Olympics on Tuesday over state-sponsored doping but the International Olympic Committee said Russian competitors would be able to compete “under strict conditions”. The IOC announced the decision after examining evidence of state-sponsored doping over several years that reached a high-point …

PARIS, Dec 4, (AFP): The Champions League group stage, which reaches its conclusion this week, has once again largely served to emphasise the gulf between Europe’s haves and have-nots. As a reminder, here are just a few of the scores from the competition this season: Maribor 0 Liverpool 7; Paris …

LONDON, Dec 4, (AFP): Batsman Alex Hales will face no criminal charges over a fracas that resulted in an England suspension for him and all-rounder Ben Stokes, cricket chiefs said Monday. Hales, a 28-year-old opener, has not played any professional cricket since he and Stokes became embroiled in the late-night …

MOSCOW, Dec 4, (AFP): Vladimir Putin has staked Russia’s prestige — and his own reputation — on sporting achievements but a possible ban from the Winter Olympics after claims of state-run doping threatens to wipe out any successes. Observers say it was the Kremlin’s desire for victory that fuelled the …