Kuala Lumpur: The State of Qatar won bid to host the 18th edition of the 2023 AFC Asian Cup during the 11th AFC Executive Committee meeting, which was held Monday at the headquarters of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.   The AFC President Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa congratulated the QFA on their successful bid.

Paris, Benzema won the men’s Ballon d’Or for the first time on Monday after a brilliant season with Real Madrid capped by the Champions League and Spanish league titles.   The 34-year-old Benzema had his best season ever at Madrid, being the top scorer in both leagues. He scored 44 times with Madrid, including 15 in Europe’s top competition, and

Twenty-four hours following the start of the 2022/23 racing season at the dirt track of Al Rayyan Racecourse, the turf track was the focus of attention for the season’s second race meeting with an eight race card featuring Al Hamla Cup on Thursday, 13 October. In the meeting’s feature race, the Mubarak Bin Saeed Aljafai Al Naimi-owned Al Shomos (QA)