This is Beirut 07/02 10:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
FC Barcelona Copa del Rey Valencia
Ferran Torres hit a hat-trick as Barcelona routed Valencia 5-0 on Thursday to cruise into the Copa del Rey semi-finals. Fermin Lopez and Lamine Yamal were also on target for the record 31-time Spanish Cup winners as they swaggered to victory at an upset Mestalla stadium. Earlier Real Sociedad progressed with a comfortable 2-0 win over 10-man ...
Jad Ramadan 06/02 20:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
To kick off the new Lebanese league season, Beirut Club and Hoops played out an intense duel on Thursday afternoon at Beirut’s Chiyah Forum. In a game that was tight right to the end, the home team had to dig deep to win by the narrowest of margins, 82-80. Fresh from winning the Dubai tournament with the Beirut Club, coach Jad al-Hajj ...
This is Beirut 06/02 16:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanon's women's national football team is set to play its first international matches in a year as part of its preparations for the 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup Qualifiers. The team will travel to Nepal on February 14 to compete in a friendly tournament featuring the host nation, Lebanon, Myanmar and Kyrgyzstan. The Cedars will face Myanmar on ...
Makram Haddad 06/02 13:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
La Sagesse Beyrouth got the 2024-2025 season off to a perfect start in the Lebanese basketball championship, with an authoritative 118-88 victory over Club Central Jounieh. The match, played as part of the first day's action, took place at the Antoine Choueiry hall in Ghazir, in front of almost 1,800 spectators. From the very first minutes, La ...
This is Beirut 06/02 10:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Young Real Madrid striker Gonzalo Garcia headed home a 93rd minute winner to put his side into the Copa del Rey semi-finals with a 3-2 victory at Leganes on Wednesday. Juan Cruz's brace for the hosts pulled back early strikes by Luka Modric and Endrick for the European champions at Leganes' Butarque stadium. With extra-time beckoning 20-year-old ...
This is Beirut 06/02 00:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Newcastle swept into the League Cup final for the second time in three seasons with a vibrant 2-0 win against Arsenal in the semi-final second leg on Wednesday. Eddie Howe's side took the lead through Jacob Murphy's first half strike at raucous St James' Park. Anthony Gordon sealed Newcastle's 4-0 aggregate victory as Arsenal paid the price for ...
Hala Abdallah 05/02 16:20 - Reading : less than a minute
Do you like the new #UEFA Champions League format? The matches are coming up soon, on February 11-12 and February 18-19. #ChampionsLeague
This is Beirut 05/02 09:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
New York Basket-ball NBA Lakers Celtics
Jayson Tatum scored 22 points as the Boston Celtics laid down a postseason marker against the high-flying Cleveland Cavaliers with a 112-105 victory on the road on Tuesday. In a heavyweight showdown between the Eastern Conference-leading Cavaliers and the second-ranked Celtics, Boston produced a clinical display to seal a deserved win. Tatum led ...
This is Beirut 04/02 18:15 - Reading : less than a minute
In an interview with This is Beirut, the newly appointed head coach of the Qatari women's national #basketball team, Rana Bazazo, speaks out on being a woman in a male-dominated field.
This is Beirut 04/02 12:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanon Winter Asian Games Ski Olympic Committee
The Lebanese Olympic Committee announced its participation in the Asian Winter Games (9th edition) in Harbin, China, from February 7 to 14, 2025. The announcement was made at a press conference at the Committee's headquarters in Hazmieh, in the presence of Committee President Pierre Jalkh, Chef de Mission Raymond Sukkar, Treasurer Khoder Moukalled ...
This is Beirut 04/02 10:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Jalen Brunson scored 42 points as the New York Knicks unleashed a late barrage to overwhelm the Houston Rockets 124-118 in the NBA on Monday. The Knicks were humbled at home by the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday and looked to be sliding to another defeat at Madison Square Garden as Houston powered into an 11-point lead early in the fourth ...
This is Beirut 04/02 09:20 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Neymar Santos Saudi Arabia Brazil
When Neymar left Brazil aged 21 in 2013, bound for Barcelona, he set off to establish himself as a footballing great, seemingly destined to be remembered as his country's greatest player since Pele. Last week, 12 years on, he returned to first club Santos -– Neymar the celebrity with unimaginable wealth, but a footballer whose fragile body has ...