LONDON - Frederic Piquionne scored twice as crisis club Portsmouth became the first team into this season’s FA Cup semi-finals with a 2-0 win at home to fellow Premier League side Birmingham City on Saturday.
LONDON - Frederic Piquionne scored twice as crisis club Portsmouth became the first team into this season’s FA Cup semi-finals with a 2-0 win at home to fellow Premier League side Birmingham City on Saturday.
ABU DHABI — Al Wahda held Al Jazira 1-1 in the first leg semifinal of the Etisalat Emirates Cup at the Al Nahyan Stadium on Thursday night.
ZURICH - South Africa will reap long-term benefits from the security measures being introduced for the World Cup, police and tournament organisers said on Friday.
ZURICH - FIFA president Joseph Blatter expressed his total confidence Friday in security measures for the 2010 World Cup.
BEIJING - China took it easy in this week’s 2-0 friendly defeat to Portugal for fear of injuring Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo and ruling him out of the World Cup, according to coach Gao Hongbo.
The UAE national team touched down at the Abu Dhabi International Airport following their memorable 1-0 away victory over Uzbekistan in the 2011 Doha AFC Asian Cup qualifier.
ABU DHABI — With a week to go before the 2010 Laureus World Sports Awards in Abu Dhabi, high-profile stars from the world of sport continue to show their support for the event, widely regarded as the premier global sports awards honouring the greatest sportsmen and women across all sports 
each year.
The UAE national team touched down at the Abu Dhabi International Airport on Thursday morning following their memorable 1-0 away victory over Uzbekistan
AS Roma will move level on points with second-place AC Milan with a victory over its title rival on Saturday, while league leader Inter Milan could open up a seven-point lead at the Serie A summit.
John Terry says his England team-mates showed their desire to draw a line under the Wayne Bridge affair by giving the deposed captain their full support before Wednesday’s win over Egypt.