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Behind The (Secret) Scenes of Lebanese Sports (13)
Behind The (Secret) Scenes of Lebanese Sports (13)

- A well-known club refused to allow its foreign player to play matches with an Arab team in a successful friendly competition, while allowing him to play the two official matches in the continental qualifiers. Interventions to persuade a senior club official to reverse their decision were unsuccessful. - The draw set Lebanon against South Africa ...

Jezzini and Makary Win Athletic Raiders Cross-Country Race
Jezzini and Makary Win Athletic Raiders Cross-Country Race

At the recent cross-country competition held on the Jnah golf course, Imad Jezzini took first place in the men's race and Joan Makary came first in the women's race. The event, organized in partnership between the Beirut Athletic Raiders Club and the Golf Club, attracted elite runners under the supervision of the Lebanese Athletics ...

Germany's Andreas Brehme, 1990 World Cup Winning Goal Scorer, Dies
Germany's Andreas Brehme, 1990 World Cup Winning Goal Scorer, Dies

Andreas Brehme, who scored from the penalty spot to seal victory for West Germany against Argentina in the 1990 World Cup final, died overnight into Tuesday at the age of 63, his former club Bayern Munich said. "FC Bayern is deeply shocked by the sudden death of Andreas Brehme," the club said in a statement. "We will always keep Andreas Brehme ...

Crisis-Club Napoli Replace Coach Mazzarri Ahead of Barca Clash
Crisis-Club Napoli Replace Coach Mazzarri Ahead of Barca Clash

Struggling Napoli sacked Walter Mazzarri on Monday and brought in Slovakia coach Francesco Calzona just two days before hosting Barcelona in the Champions League. The 62-year-old Mazzarri became the second man to be sent packing this season by the ailing Italian champions. Mazzarri took charge in November after Rudi Garcia was dismissed but ...

Football: Layla Iskandar Gives Lebanon Victory in WAFF Women's Championship
Football: Layla Iskandar Gives Lebanon Victory in WAFF Women's Championship

The Lebanese national team kicked off the West Asian Women's Football Championship with a hard-fought victory over Guam, with four goals to three in Group A. Layla Iskandar, a professional player in the Saudi league, scored a hat-trick, including a goal in the last minute of second-half stoppage time, to secure the team's first win of the ...

Relay Race in Beirut 150 Days Before the Paris Games
Relay Race in Beirut 150 Days Before the Paris Games

With 150 days to go until the Summer Olympic Games in Paris, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in collaboration with the Games' organizing committee, is launching "La Course du Relais" in 133 countries around the world. The global event will take place over 24 hours, starting at 9:00 AM local time in each country. Among the emblematic ...

'No Solutions' for Marseille as Gattuso Poised for Exit
'No Solutions' for Marseille as Gattuso Poised for Exit

Italian coach Gennaro Gattuso is to leave Ligue 1 side Marseille following their 1-0 defeat at Brest at the weekend, a source close to the negotiations told AFP on Monday. Gattuso said after Sunday's defeat that Marseille, who have now gone six games without a win had "hit rock bottom". According to a source close to Monday's talks, the Italian ...

La Liga: Rayo Hold Subdued League Leaders Madrid
La Liga: Rayo Hold Subdued League Leaders Madrid

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 ...

East Roll to Record 211-186 Win Over West in NBA All-Star Game
East Roll to Record 211-186 Win Over West in NBA All-Star Game

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 ...

Bayern Suffer Nine-Year Low in Shock Loss, Slip Eight Points Off Title Race
Bayern Suffer Nine-Year Low in Shock Loss, Slip Eight Points Off Title Race

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 ...

Basketball/Beirut Cup: Lebanon Secures a Second Consecutive Victory Against Palestine
Basketball/Beirut Cup: Lebanon Secures a Second Consecutive Victory Against Palestine

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 ...

Salah Scores In Liverpool Return As Man City Held By Chelsea
Salah Scores In Liverpool Return As Man City Held By Chelsea

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 ...