This Is Beirut 2024-02-19 15:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
La Liga leaders Real Madrid stumbled to a frustrating 1-1 draw at neighbours Rayo Vallecano on Sunday but stretched their lead at the top to six points. Joselu fired the visitors in front early on but former Madrid youth player Raul de Tomas levelled for Rayo from the penalty spot in coach Inigo Perez's first match at the helm. Carlo Ancelotti's ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-19 11:59 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Damian Lillard scored 39 points to lead a record scoring performance by the Eastern Conference in a 211-186 rout of the Western Conference in Sunday's 73rd NBA All-Star Game. Boston's Jaylen Brown added 36 points off the bench and Indiana's Tyrese Haliburton had 32 to help spark the East past the old All-Star Game one-team record of 196 set by ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-19 09:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Bayern Munich slumped to a shock 3-2 loss at lowly Bochum on Sunday, suffering a third successive defeat for the first time since 2015 and leaving them eight points behind Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga title race. The result followed a 3-0 league defeat to Leverkusen last weekend and a 1-0 loss against Lazio in the Champions League as coach ...
Jad Ramadan 2024-02-18 19:46 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The Lebanese and Palestinian national basketball teams met for the second game of the Beirut International Cup on Sunday, February 18. Game-day two ended 84-55 in favor of Lebanon, thanks to an impressive display by the Cedars. Quick Recap In the first of three games of the Beirut Cup, Lebanon went up against Iraq and won with a narrow 71-68 ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-18 12:33 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Mohamed Salah returned with a goal as Premier League leaders Liverpool routed Brentford 4-1 despite a rash of injuries, while Manchester City's title defence was damaged by a 1-1 draw against Chelsea on Saturday. Arsenal demolished Burnley 5-0 to keep the pressure on Liverpool, who are two points above the second-placed Gunners and four-ahead of ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-18 09:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
World number two Carlos Alcaraz slumped to a shock straight sets loss to Chile's Nicolas Jarry in the semi-finals of the ATP Buenos Aires tournament on Saturday. Defending champion Alcaraz, playing in his first tournament since losing in the Australian Open quarter-finals, was beaten 7-6 (7/2), 6-3 by his 28-year-old opponent. Two-time Grand ...
Jad Ramadan 2024-02-17 20:56 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The Lebanese and Iraqi national basketball teams went head to head in the inaugural match of the Beirut International Cup on the afternoon of the 17th of February. The game ended 71-68 in favour of the Lebanese national team in a very defensive and low-scoring game. As many stars like Arakji, Ezzeddine, Zeinoun and Haidar were out for this game, ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-17 16:27 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Athletics Raiders Club, in collaboration with the Golf Club, is organizing a cross-country running race covering a distance of 10 kilometers on Sunday, February 18th, in its second edition for the year 2024 at the golf club's fields in the Jnah area. Organizational and logistical arrangements were completed under the supervision and follow-up ...
2024-02-17 12:33 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Lebanese national team bade farewell to the Arab Rugby 7s Championship after suffering two defeats against the Egyptian and Emirati teams with scores of 34-5 and 30-0 in the second group. The only victory came against their Libyan counterpart with a score of 32-0 in the same group. These results do not reflect the fighting spirit with which ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-17 10:38 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz reached the semi-finals of the Buenos Aires clay-court tournament on Friday with a straight-sets win over Italian qualifier Andrea Vavassori. World number two Alcaraz, playing his first tournament since a shock quarter-final exit at the Australian Open, came through 7-6 (7/1), 6-1 against his 152nd-ranked ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-16 16:33 - Reading : less than a minute
Young Lebanese national team athlete Laeticia Aoun (under 57 kg weight category) won the bronze medal in the women's category at the Turkish Taekwondo Open in Antalya. This major sporting event is part of the International Taekwondo Federation calendar. The Lebanese champion's medal is just one in a series of remarkable performances by Cedar ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-16 14:48 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Klay Thompson came off the bench for the first time in 12 years and scored a season-high 35 points on Thursday to lead Golden State over Utah 140-137. The 34-year-old American guard, who has helped the Warriors capture four NBA titles, also reached the NBA career 15,000-point milestone as Golden State (27-26) won for the eighth time in 10 ...