Mon, 12/13/2010 - 06:43 by Prince damin
Doha, Qatar -- Six finalists for the International Prize for the Arabic Fiction 2011 award have been named in Qatar, judges said.
The award's panel of judges announced the candidates during an event at the central library of the Qatar Foundation in Doha, Gulf News reported.
"This is an objective neutral international award," said Jonathan Taylor, chairman of the award's board of trustees. "The real value of each novel is the sole fact adopted by the panel in selecting the contenders. There is no discrimination either against ethic or gender."
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Wed, 12/08/2010 - 01:45 by Prince damin
Doha, Qatar -- The Qatari parents of a girl named Fifa, after the world soccer governing organization, same the name is a tribute to their country hosting the 2022 World Cup.
The woman said she and her husband had originally planned to name their child Dana, but changed those plans in favor of a tribute to FIFA after their country became the first Arab, Muslim and Middle Eastern country chosen to host the World Cup tournament, the Gulf News reported Tuesday.
"We saw that Qataris were truly overjoyed with the historic award and we wanted to contribute to the celebrations in our own way," the mother said.
Copyright 2010 United Press International, Inc. (UPI).
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Sat, 10/30/2010 - 02:01 by Prince damin
Doha, Qatar -- Vera Zvonareva defeated Kim Clijsters in straight sets Friday and finished first in group play at the WTA Championships in Qatar.
Zvonareva defeated Clijsters 6-4, 7-5 in winning the White Group and finish round-robin play undefeated. It was just the third time in nine meetings that Zvonareva beat Clijsters.
Both had locked up spots in the semifinals, leaving Friday's match to see who would continue unbeaten on the week and be eligible for the bonus that kicks the champion's check to $1.55 million.
The match featured 10 breaks in 21 games, with Zvonareva, who won 52 percent of the points off Clijsters' serve, getting three in each set.
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Sat, 10/30/2010 - 01:40 by Prince damin
Doha, Qatar -- Elena Dementieva, who was twice a major-tournament finalist and was ranked as high as No. 3 in the world, retired from competitive tennis Friday.
Dementieva, 29, made her decision public after she lost 6-4, 6-2 to Francesca Schiavone in her final round-robin match at the WTA Championships in Qatar. The loss formally eliminated Dementieva from the tournament.
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Wed, 01/06/2010 - 09:29 by Rakhi Kaptiyal
Doha, Qatar-- World No. 1 Roger Federer and formerly top-ranked Rafael Nadal scored first-round wins Tuesday at the season-opening Qatar Open in Doha.
Federer, who was won Doha twice, rolled over Belgian Christophe Rochus 6-1, 6-2, while Nadal easily handled Italian Simone Bolelli 6-3, 6-3 at Khalifa Tennis Complex's hard courts -- a tournament considered a tuneup for the Australian Open.
Federer posted his victory over Rochus in only 57 minutes, thanks to 12 aces and four service breaks.
Nadal dispatched Bolelli in 88 minutes. The Italian fell to 0-22 lifetime against Top 10 opponents.
Federer's second-round opponent Wednesday will be Russian Evgeny Korolev. Nadal has drawn another Italian, Potito Starace.
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Mon, 11/02/2009 - 11:33 by shalini.bahadur
Doha, Qatar -- Serena Williams beat her sister Venus Williams in straight sets Sunday and won the Sony Ericsson Championships in Qatar, her 35th WTA title.
Serena , who was seeded No. 2 in the event, won 6-2, 7-6 (7-4). Venus was seeded seventh.
The victory was Serena's eighth in 11 finals matches against Venus. Overall on the tour, Serena has a 13-10 record against her sister.
Serena received a first-place check for $1.55 million.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International.
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Mon, 11/02/2009 - 10:31 by shalini.bahadur
Doha, Qatar -- Serena Williams has withdrawn from the U.S. Fed Cup tennis final against Italy next week at Reggio Calabria.
Her decision was announced by the United States Tennis Association.
She made the decision late Saturday before her season-ending match against older sister, Venus, at the Sony Ericsson Championships at Doha, Qatar.
"I think I'm just going to be wiped out by the end of this," Serena said after beat the injured Caroline Wozniacki.
Her decision means Vania King, No. 78 in the latest women's world rankings, gets a chance to better her 4-5 career Fed Cup record.
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Fri, 10/30/2009 - 11:20 by shalini.bahadur
Doha, Qatar -- World No. 1 Serena Williams beat Elena Dementieva 6-2 6-4 Thursday, earning a semifinal berth at the season-ending Sony Ericsson Championships at Doha, Qatar.
Williams rose to 3-0 overall at the round-robin tournament, fueled by a six-game winning streak after the fifth-seeded Dementieva, a Russian Olympic gold medalist, took a 2-1 lead in the first set.
"It was definitely a match I had to be really focused for because she's a really good player," Williams said. "She's one of those late bloomers who tends to get better and better and better as every year goes on (and) I was probably playing the most fit girl on tour."
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Thu, 10/29/2009 - 10:07 by shalini.bahadur
Doha, Qatar -- Serena Williams defeated her sister Venus Wednesday at the Sony Ericsson Championships and also learned she would end the year as the No. 1 player in the world.
Williams went into the season-ending event ranked second behind Dinara Safina and needed to post more victories this week than Safina to pass her and claim the top spot. Safina, however, retired from her opening round-robin match Wednesday and gave up a chance to end the season as No. 1 for the first time in her career.
It is the second time Williams has concluded a season ranked on top. She also did so in 2002.
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Wed, 10/28/2009 - 10:47 by shalini.bahadur
Doha, Qatar -- Serena Williams opened with a win and Venus Williams with a loss Tuesday in the Sony Ericsson Championship -- the year's last event on the women's tennis tour.
The eight-player tournament divides the players into two groups and those within each group play a round-robin schedule to determine Saturday's semifinalists.
The Williams sisters are in the same group along with Svetlana Kuznetsova and Elena Dementieva. Serena defeated Kuznetsova, the French Open champion, 7-6 (8-6), 7-5.
Dementieva won for the first time in seven tries against Venus 3-6, 7-6 (8-6), 6-2.
In the other group, Victoria Azarenka was a 6-2, 6-3 winner over former world No. 1 Jelena Jankovic. Dinara Safina and Caroline Wozniacki will not play until Wednesday.
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Wed, 09/30/2009 - 11:06 by shalini.bahadur
Doha, Qatar, Sept. 29: Mira Nair's "Amelia" is set to open the inaugural Doha Tribeca Film Festival in Qatar, organizers announced Tuesday.
The movie about iconic aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart stars two-time Academy Award-winner Hilary Swank and Golden Globe-winner Richard Gere.
Twelve of the other 32 films on the festival's slate have roots in the Middle East. Offering a diverse selection of titles from the international festival circuit, by both emerging and established directors, the Doha festival is to run from Oct. 29 to Nov. 1.
Festival activities will be headquartered at the I.M. Pei-designed Museum of Islamic Art, organizers said.
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Wed, 06/17/2009 - 21:33 by Jamie Anderson
Dubai, June 17: Qatar will reveal the outcome of the parleys with Porsche SE (Xetra: PAH3, FWB: PAH3), which are primarily centered around the size of the stake that the government will buy in the besieged German sports car maker, in two to three weeks.
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