This Is Beirut 2024-03-26 12:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
World number one Iga Swiatek was knocked out of the Miami Open after inspired Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova triumphed 6-4, 6-2 in their fourth round match on Monday. The 16th seed Alexandrova played brilliant attacking tennis from the outset to beat the Pole and leave the WTA tournament without any of the top three seeds in the quarterfinals, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-25 20:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Table tennis players from India took three titles on the final day of the Beirut International Table Tennis Tournament. Hong Kong and Taiwan took one title each. No fewer than 250 male and female players representing 52 countries took part in this major sporting event. Organized by the Lebanese Table Tennis Federation under the aegis of the ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-25 19:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanon is preparing to face Australia for the second time in a week, in a decisive match for the national football team. Scheduled for this Tuesday at 10:45 AM (Beirut time) at the Gio Stadium, the match is part of the fourth day of Asian qualifying matches for the 2026 World Cup and the 2027 Asian Cup. Montenegrin coach Miodrag Radulović ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-25 18:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Gio Reyna and Tyler Adams scored as the United States beat Mexico 2-0 in Sunday's CONCACAF Nations League final, giving the Americans all three titles in the event's history. Adams scored a long-distance screamer in the 45th minute and Reyna fired home a loose ball from the edge of the box in the 63rd for the USA, who also won Nations League ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-25 15:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Former Brazil international footballer Dani Alves, convicted of rape in Spain, has paid his bail of one million euros and can leave jail pending his appeal, a court said on Monday. One of the world's most decorated footballers, Alves, 40, was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in jail last month for raping a young woman in the VIP bathroom of a ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-25 12:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Giannis Antetokounmpo sparked the Milwaukee Bucks over Oklahoma City in a Sunday showdown of NBA contenders while James Harden lost his first meeting with Philadelphia since the 76ers traded him. Antetokounmpo scored 30 points and grabbed a season-high 19 rebounds to lead Milwaukee over visiting Oklahoma 118-93. Khris Middleton added his second ...
Jad Ramadan 2024-03-25 10:16 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
As Beirut (11 wins, 5 losses) met with Riyadi (14 wins, 2 losses) on the night of March 24, this game was considered to be pivotal in the regular season, with both teams competing for the top spot in the Lebanese Basketball Championship. While Beirut had the home court advantage, Riyadi was up for a big challenge. After two consecutive and ...
2024-03-24 16:16 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
We close this series in the local football arena on a decidedly optimistic note. Despite the vicissitudes of corruption, embezzlement, sectarian bias and the glaring lack of infrastructure for generations to come, there is still a glimmer of hope for the future of the beautiful game. Political Remedies Fortunately, there are still some ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-24 15:24 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The Boston Celtics pushed their NBA winning streak to nine games with a 124-113 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Saturday as the Houston Rockets won their eighth straight, 147-119 over Utah. Sam Hauser made seven of the Celtics' 21 three-pointers, missing just once from beyond the arc on the way to 23 points. Al Horford also scored 23 while ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-24 12:42 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Ferrari's Carlos Sainz surged to victory at the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday to snap Red Bull's winning start of the season after three-time world champion Max Verstappen sensationally failed to finish. The Spaniard, who had appendicitis surgery two weeks ago, took the chequered flag 2.3 seconds ahead of teammate Charles Leclerc, with ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-24 10:26 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Florian Wirtz grabbed his first international goal with a strike that will go down in the history books as Germany beat France 2-0 in an international friendly on Saturday. 20-year-old starlet Wirtz stunned the crowd in Lyon to give Germany the lead, before Kai Havertz wrapped up the encounter just after half-time in an impressive display by the ...
Hala Abdallah 2024-03-23 18:37 - Reading : less than a minute
The Enhanced Games Qualifiers for doping athletes are scheduled to take place on the day the Paris Olympics close. While some are warning of serious health risks, potentially leading to deaths, its founder Aron D'Souza claims that it's "safer than the Olympics."