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Team Qatar GT made a strong start to its 2026 European Le Mans Series (ELMS) campaign after securing pole position in the GT category during qualifying at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya Saturday. Running the Mercedes-AMG LMGT3 in collaboration with Iron Lynx, Team Qatar GT features a driver lineup of Abdulla al-Khelaifi, Julian Hanses, and Adam Christodoulou. Al-Khelaifi took on driving duties in the qualifying session and delivered a impressive performance. He set the fastest lap of 1:42.289 across eight laps, with an average speed of 163.9 km/h, to secure pole position for Team Qatar ahead of the season-opening race. TF Sport qualified second, just 0.063 seconds behind, while Proton Competition placed third with a gap of 0.485 seconds. Racing Spirit of Leman and Kessel Racing rounded out the top five, 0.662 and 0.863 seconds off the pace respectively. The 2026 European Le Mans Series calendar features six rounds across Europe: Barcelona from April 10 to 12, followed by Paul Ricard on May 3, Imola on July 5, Spa-Francorchamps on August 23, Silverstone on September 13, and Portimao on October 10. Related Story Source link
Injaaz Stud’s Mutamarrid bounced back to winning form with a commanding victory in the Al Mamoura Cup at Al Rayyan Racecourse Saturday.The nine-year-old grey, trained by Jihad El Ahmad, delivered a standout performance in the feature 1200m Local Thoroughbred Handicap. Despite carrying top weight and breaking from the widest draw, the seasoned veteran was expertly positioned just behind the early leader before launching a decisive challenge inside the final 200m. He surged clear to score comfortably by 1¼ lengths. Ridden under the supervision of Alberto Sanna, Mutamarrid’s triumph also completed a memorable treble for the jockey in the evening. Settling off the pace in the early stages, Mutamarrid took cover behind the long-time leader Al Nasr Al Washeek, with Al Shomos tracking the pace in third and Alwaad positioned in midfield as the field established order through the early exchanges. As they straightened for the run-in, Al Nasr Al Washeek continued to dictate and looked set to make a bold bid from the front, with Al Shomos moving closer to challenge. However, Mutamarrid, travelling strongly just behind, angled out and produced a decisive turn of foot inside the final 200m, surging past the leader and quickly asserting to settle the outcome. He extended his advantage in the closing strides, sealing a comfortable success despite the weight and draw. Al Shomos, representing Saeed bin Mubarak Saeed Aljafali al-Naimi and from the Ahmed Kobeissi Yard, with Mohammed Hassan Ali Alabdulmalik in the saddle, kept on well from a prominent position to take second, a length clear of the Khalifa Hamed Nasser al-Sawai-trained Alwaad, who finished strongly from midfield for Al Emadi Racing under Youssef Lachhab to claim third.Earlier, Acclaim To Royalty made all to open proceedings in dominant fashion by winning the Thoroughbred Handicap (0-60), 3yo+, 1900m. Jungle The Bank, guided by Sanna, also returned to winning ways with authority for the thoroughbred Handicap (0-60) for the three-year-old+. Windsor, also under Sanna, shed his maiden tag by winning the Local Purebred Arabian Maiden Plate for four-seven-year-old in emphatic style. Hidalgo Du Croate struck over a new trip with a strong late surge in the Purebred Arabian Handicap. Mushaakis also confirmed his liking for six furlongs with a decisive success, and Za’eer Al Shahania edged a thrilling blanket finish in the Local Purebred Arabian Handicap (75-95) race. RESULTS65th Al Rayyan Race Meeting – Al Mamoura CupWINNERS: (Horse, Trainer, Jockey)1 – Al Mamoura Cup, Local Thoroughbred Handicap (55-80)Mutamarrid, Jihad El Ahmad, Alberto Sanna2 – Thoroughbred Handicap (0-60)Acclaim To Royalty, Mohammed Hassan al-Matwi, Szczepan Mazur3 – Thoroughbred Handicap (0-60)Jungle The Bank, Debbie Mountain, Alberto Sanna4 – Local Purebred Arabian Maiden PlateWindsor, Ibrahim Khaled Elahmed, Alberto Sanna5 -Purebred Arabian Handicap (45-65)Hidalgo Du Croate, Dr. Fahad Salman al-Hajri, Saleh Salem al-Marri6 – Local Thoroughbred Handicap (0-55)Mushaakis, Ahmed al-Jehani, Arnaud de Lepine7 – Local Purebred Arabian Handicap (75-95)Za’eer Al Shahania, Eng. Osama Omer al-Dafea, Faleh Bughenaim Related Story Source link
Arsenal’s shock 2-1 defeat by Bournemouth Saturday blew the Premier League title race wide open as Liverpool beat Fulham to boost their chances of qualifying for next season’s Champions League. The Gunners could have opened up a 12-point lead at the top of the table, but a third straight domestic defeat for Mikel Arteta’s men has put the destiny of the title back in Manchester City’s hands. City have two games in hand on the long-time leaders, starting with today’s trip to Chelsea, and host Arsenal next weekend in a potential title decider. Just a few weeks ago the Gunners were dreaming of an unprecedented quadruple but they lost to City in the League Cup final and were dumped out of the FA Cup by second-tier Southampton. A wobble in the Premier League, which they have not won since 2004, raises major doubts about their staying power, with six matches to go. After suffering just three defeats in their opening 49 matches of the season in all competitions, they have lost three of their past four, ramping up the tension. “It’s a big punch in the face, that’s what I said to the boys, and now it’s about how we react to that,” said a downbeat Arteta, whose team remain favourites for the title. The Spaniard, whose side have finished as runners-up three times in a row, admitted Arsenal’s long title drought was playing on their minds. “We know what is at stake and the fact that as a club we haven’t done it for so long is a reason for that,” said the Spaniard. “It talks about the difficulty but I just want to focus on the things that we can control, dominate and we have done. It’s not that we have to do a lot of new things that we haven’t done, no, let’s keep doing a lot of it, or almost all the things that we’ve done for nine months because that’s what has taken us all the way there.” Junior Kroupi reacted quickest to Adrien Truffert’s deflected cross to give mid-table Bournemouth an early lead, silencing a nervy crowd at the Emirates. Viktor Gyokeres levelled before the break from the penalty spot, but a lack of creative spark in the final third was again the home side’s undoing. Arsenal’s fine defensive record has underpinned their title charge but they were cut open with ease when Alex Scott finished off a fine team move for the winner in the 74th minute.Arteta said he desperately needed all his first-choice players back. Absentees on Saturday included Bukayo Saka, Martin Odegaard, Jurrien Timber and Riccardo Calafiori. “We need everything, first of all we need everybody fit and available,” he said. “So the ones that are not involved, the ones that are not with us, that are really big, important players, we need them immediately with us because then we’re going to be much stronger. And then the other ones, they need to stand up, me the first one, and embrace this challenge and go for it. So today we have to suffer. It’s painful, it’s a terrible feeling but tomorrow is a different day and if somebody would have said to me in August, we are in this position right now in April, I’m sure we would all take it.” Arsenal face Sporting Lisbon in the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final on Wednesday after a 1-0 win in the first leg. Then four days later comes the summit meeting at City that could make or break their season. Five English sides will qualify for next season’s Champions League and fifth-placed Liverpool strengthened their case with a 2-0 home win against Fulham, easing the heat on manager Arne Slot. Teenager Rio Ngumoha scored his first goal at Anfield in the early evening match to put the Reds ahead, whipping his shot around the diving Bernd Leno after a jinking run.The recalled Mohamed Salah, departing at the end of the season, doubled Liverpool’s lead shortly before half-time with a sublime, arrowed finish. It is a desperately welcome three points for Liverpool and the beleaguered Slot, whose team had won just two of their previous eight games in all competitions. Heavy defeats by Manchester City in the FA Cup and Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League have piled the pressure on the Dutch boss a year after he led the club to Premier League glory. Brentford and Everton missed the chance to move level on points with Liverpool earlier in the day, drawing 2-2. Twice the Bees led through Igor Thiago, who took his tally for the season to 21 Premier League goals and within one of Erling Haaland in the race for the Golden Boot. Beto levelled midway through the first half for the visitors and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall struck in stoppage time to salvage a point. Brighton are also well in the mix for their first ever taste of Champions League football. Mats Wieffer scored twice as the Seagulls beat relegation-bound Burnley 2-0. A fifth win in six games for Fabian Hurzeler’s men takes them up to ninth and within three points of the top five. It was a third successive league win for Brighton while second-from-bottom Burnley look almost certain to be relegated as they are 12 points off the safety zone with six games left. Related Story Source link
Barcelona’s Ferran Torres celebrates with Lamine Yamal scoring his team’s second goal during the La LIga match against Espanyol at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona…
Bayern Munich’s Leon Goretzka reacts during the Bundesliga match against St. Pauli in Hamburg Saturday. (Reuters) Bayern Munich romped to a 5-0 win at St Pauli Saturday, breaking a 54-year Bundesliga goalscoring record and moving to within touching distance of a 35th league crown. Leon Goretzka’s 53rd-minute goal, Bayern’s second of the match, brought up 102 league goals this season, breaking a previous mark set by the Bavarian giants in 1971-72. Top scorer Harry Kane was left on the bench but Jamal Musiala, Michael Olise, Nicolas Jackson and Raphael Guerreiro joined Goretzka on the scoresheet as Bayern pulled 12 points clear of Borussia Dortmund, who lost to Bayer Leverkusen earlier on Saturday. With five matches remaining this season, defending champions Bayern can win the title as early as next week at home against Stuttgart. Mindful of Wednesday’s Champions League quarter-final second leg against Real Madrid, Bayern left Kane, Luis Diaz, Dayot Upamecano and Jonathan Tah on the bench. The missing firepower mattered little as Musiala headed the visitors in front with nine minutes gone. Early in the second half, Goretzka turned the ball in from close range to best a record the Bavarians set over half a century ago with a side featuring club legends Franz Beckenbauer and Gerd Mueller. Olise added another just a minute later. Kane replacement Jackson got one of his own and Guerreiro scored late to round out the victory and up the record to 105. Robert Andrich hit a long-range strike late in the first half as Leverkusen became just the second team to beat Dortmund in the league this season with a 1-0 away victory. Dortmund, whose two previous defeats this season came against Bayern, remain eight points clear in second place despite their four-game winning streak coming to an end. A day after extending his deal at the club to 2031, Nico Schlotterbeck received a smattering of boos and whistles from the home fans amid reports he had a release clause for this summer inserted into his contract. “We’re really happy Schlotti extended,” centre-back partner Waldemar Anton told DAZN. “He didn’t deserve the boos. That hurts the team, everyone in the stands needs to know that. It’s nonsense and it’s not something we can accept.” Stoic and risk averse under coach Niko Kovac, Dortmund were uncharacteristically fluid in attack in the opening half hour but Andrich broke through for the visitors in simple fashion. The Germany midfielder intercepted a Ramy Bensebaini pass and took a touch before blasting a low shot into the bottom corner past Dortmund goalkeeper Gregor Kobel. Dortmund’s best chance came with seven minutes remaining when Serhou Guirassy collected a Carney Chukwuemeka pass and hit the underside of the crossbar. Yan Diomande’s 81st-minute effort boosted RB Leipzig’s hopes of a top-four finish, securing a 1-0 home win over Borussia Moenchengladbach. Diomande’s late winner lifted third-placed Leipzig three points clear of Stuttgart, who face Hamburg at home on Sunday, with Leverkusen a point further back in fifth. The goal continued the 19-year-old’s impressive debut Bundesliga season, in which he has scored 11 times. Leipzig captain David Raum praised the teenage winger, calling him “a player with world-class potential”. Gladbach ultras unveiled a banner directed at academy product and captain Rocco Reitz, who will join Leipzig in the summer, which said: “Whoever wants what’s here can never be our skipper.” Elsewhere, Wolfsburg lost 2-1 at home to Eintracht Frankfurt to slide closer to relegation. Goals from Oscar Hojlund and Arnaud Kalimuendo left second-last Wolfsburg, who have won just once in 14 games in 2026, six points from safety. Last-placed Heidenheim kept their slim hopes of beating the drop alive with a 3-1 home win over Union Berlin. The victory, Heidenheim’s first since early December, took them two points behind Wolfsburg and eight from fourth-bottom Cologne. Related Story Source link
Rory McIlroy's astonishing finish to grab a Masters record six-stroke lead after 36 holes remained the talk of Augusta National as Saturday's third round began.The 36-year-old from Northern Ireland birdied six of the last seven holes, including the final four, to seize command on Friday as rivals struggled to find words worthy of the spectacular feat.’Rory played great, made the most of pretty much everything he could out there and that's what it takes to be beating the field by six,’ world number three Cameron Young said after playing alongside McIlroy.Defending champion McIlroy fired a seven-under par 65 to stand on 12-under 132 halfway into the year's first major tournament, where he hopes to match Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus and Nick Faldo as the only back-to-back winners of the green jacket.’Rory may never lose this thing again,’ 1992 Masters winner Fred Couples said on Thursday after McIlroy shared the lead on 67.Second-ranked McIlroy solved Amen Corner's formidable par-three 12th and par-five 13th holes for birdies, then closed with a 29-yard chip in at 17 and a six-foot putt at 18 for epic Masters history.Americans Patrick Reed and Sam Burns shared second on six-under 138 entering the third round with Irishman Shane Lowry and England's Justin Rose and Tommy Fleetwood seven adrift on 139.McIlroy will try to solidify his grip on the green jacket when he tees off alongside Burns in Saturday's final pairing at 2:50 p.m. (1850 GMT), 11 minutes after Rose and Reed get started.’I have to go out there with the same free, trusting mindset I have the first two days,’ McIlroy said.The five-time major champion has yet to find a fairway on a par-five hole but has played them in seven-under, delivering a masterclass of iron shotmaking and precision putting on one of golf's greatest stages.’I haven't panicked when I've hit it off course and into the trees,’ McIlroy said. ‘When I was in the trees I didn't mind.’I sort of feel like I'm playing with the house's money, which is a nice place to be.’McIlroy, who ranks second in driving distance at 334.2 yards and putts with only 51, has kept his composure despite finding only 13-of-28 fairways through two rounds – ranking last among 54 players who made the cut in driving accuracy but also ranking second in scrambling percentage.After ending a 10-year major win drought last year with an emotional Masters victory to complete a career Grand Slam, McIlroy has made himself to man to beat for a rare repeat.’I've always loved this course and this tournament even when I felt it didn't love me back,’ McIlroy said.Only two 36-hole leads in major golf history were greater than what McIlroy delivered, the record nine-stroke margin by Henry Cotton at the 1934 British Open and Brooks Koepka's seven-stroke edge at the 2019 PGA Championship.McIlroy's 10th career major round of 65 or lower matched a record shared by Woods and Dustin Johnson.Woods owns the 54-hole Masters record lead of nine strokes from his first major triumph in 1997, won by a Masters record 12 shots.The Masters 54-hole scoring record is 200 by Jordan Spieth in 2015 and matched by Johnson in 2020. Source link
Barcelona coach Hansi Flick pushes away defender Joao Cancelo from referees after their loss to Atletico Madrid at the Camp Nou in Barcelona on Wednesday. (Reuters)…
(FILES) Liverpool’s Scottish defender #26 Andrew Robertson applauds the fans following the UEFA Champions League football match between Liverpool and Qarabag at Anfield in Liverpool, north…
Qatar’s Sultan Jassim al-Suwaidi won the Amateur Tour at 100cm on Cat Ballou 27 in 26.79 seconds. The ninth edition of the Hathab Qatar Equestrian Tour resumed Thursday with the tenth round of the championship at the Qatar Equestrian Federation’s main arena. The Tour paused for the prestigious Doha Equestrian Tour, which wrapped up over the weekend. The three-day event features 14 rounds and saw over 65 riders competing in both the Amateur and Silver Tours. Saudi rider Khaled al-Hadi claimed first and third…
Jefferson Smith rides Sussex to victory. PICTURES: Juhaim Sussex delivered a commanding performance in the 3200m Thoroughbred Open Handicap, clinching The Late Yousef Al Romaihi Cup at Al Rayyan Racecourse Thursday. The seven-year-old bay gelding secured back-to-back wins this campaign, turning the race into a one-horse show with a pillar-to-post display. Always well clear of his rivals, Sussex powered home alone in the straight to win by a commanding 10 lengths. Connection of Sussex pose with the trophies. Under the care of M.H.K. al-Attiyah, he was partnered by Jefferson Smith. The meeting featured a total of 10 races. Always well clear of his rivals, Sussex travelled comfortably at the head of affairs and steadily increased his advantage throughout. While rivals and spectators alike may have expected him to weaken over the extended trip, the opposite unfolded, as he continued to find more with every stride, his strength and dominance becoming increasingly evident. In the home straight, he powered further clear without coming under any real pressure, sealing an emphatic and authoritative success. Foehn, representing Hamad Ramzan al-Naimi and handled by Hadi al-Ramzani, with Alberto Sanna aboard, finished best of the rest to take second, 2 1/5 lengths ahead of the Jassim al-Ghazali-trained Gulf Legend, who kept on for Sheikh Abdul Rahman Rashid al-Thani under Salem Alajmi to take third. The trophy was presented by Ali, Fahad, and Mubarak Yousef al-Romaihi, in the presence of Saad Ali al-Kubaisi, Deputy Director of the QREC Registration & Studbook Department. RESULTS 64th Al Rayyan Race Meeting – The Late Yousef Al Romaihi CupWINNERS: (Horse, Trainer, Jockey)1 – The Late Yousef Al Romaihi Cup – Thoroughbred Open Handicap (Class 2)Sussex, MHK al-Attiyah, Jefferson Smith2 – Purebred Arabian Maiden PlateLouvay De Mireval, Mohammed al-Ghazali, Marco Casamento3 – Purebred Arabian Maiden PlateBin Narain, Ahmed al-Jehani, Arnaud de Lepine4 – Local Thoroughbred Maiden PlateAyash, Ibrahim Saeed al-Malki, Marco Casamento5 – Thoroughbred Novice PlateEdgartown, Alban de Mieulle, Faleh Bughenaim6 – Thoroughbred Handicap (0-80)Court Poet, Nayef Batal al-Otibi, Salman Fahad al-Hajri7 – Purebred Arabian Handicap (60-80)Mejlad, Mohammed Ahmed al-Hajri, Salman Fahad al-Hajri8 – Purebred Arabian Graduation PlateDabida, Alban de Mieulle, Soufiane Saadi9: Local Thoroughbred Handicap (55-75)Best Way, Alban de Mieulle, Soufiane Saadi10 – Purebred Arabian Handicap (70-90)Mohimma, Jean de Mieulle, Faleh Bughanaim Related Story Source link
