Muharraq and Busaiteen win

BAHRAIN signed off from the 18th Arab Athletics Championships in Doha last night winning another eight medals on the final day of competition, reports PATRICK SALOMON.

VIRGINIA WATER, England: Francesco Molinari flourished while several of his European Ryder Cup team mates fell flat on their faces as the Italian grabbed the lead in the PGA Championship second round yesterday.

NEW DELHI: A top official of the Chennai Super Kings was arrested on Friday for his alleged involvement in spot-fixing less than 48 hours before the team was to play in the final of the Indian Premier League.

KOLKATA: The Mumbai Indians reached the final of the IPL after a dramatic finish in Kolkata saw them squeak past the Rajasthan Royals with only a ball to spare.

DETROIT: The Detroit Red Wings beat the Chicago Blackhawks 2-0 on Thursday to take a 3-1 lead in their NHL Eastern Conference semifinal series and put the team that dominated the regular season on the brink of a premature elimination.

BAHRAIN's Royal Endurance Team riders yesterday had mixed fortune in the 160km ride in Compiegne, near Paris, in France.

Ibn Al Haythem Islamic School defeated Pakistan Urdu School by three wickets in the Under-16 Twenty20 Cricket Tournament for Shaikh Khalid bin Ali bin Khalifa Cup.

BAHRAIN'S hopes of qualifying for the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup were dashed last night following a heart-breaking 1-3 defeat to Hong Kong in their second group 'C' qualifying match at the National Stadium in Riffa.

PARIS: Defending French Open champion Rafael Nadal was drawn in the same half as world number one Novak Djokovic yesterday as the Spanish claycourt machine chases a record eighth title at Roland Garros.

MONACO: Alain Prost, four times world champion and 'Professor' of Formula One, says radical new engine rules for 2014 will reward drivers who can add brainpower to the horsepower at their disposal.

LONDON: English Football Association vice-chairman David Gill yesterday admitted his organisation are set to bid for the right to host the Euro 2020 final and semi-finals.

FORT WORTH, Texas: American Ryan Palmer took advantage of ideal scoring conditions and local knowledge with a birdie fest as he charged into a one-shot lead in Thursday's opening round of the Crowne Plaza Invitational golf in Fort Worth, Texas.

LONDON: Gibraltar was finally accepted as a member of European soccer's governing body Uefa yesterday after a 14-year battle during which they faced fierce opposition from Spain.

MUMBAI: The International Olympic Committee has set India a September 1 deadline for a new election to facilitate the country's return to the Olympic fold.

KHALED Al Thawadi and Abdulrahman Shehab were last night crowned men's doubles champions in the 27th GPIC Open Tennis Championship at Bahrain Tennis Club (BTC).