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Bahrain meet champions Tunisia in dead-rubber clash

TDT | Manama Email : hussainm@newsofbahrain.com TDT | Manama Bahrain’s senior men’s volleyball team face Tunisia today at 3pm at Princess Sumaya Hall in Amman, in what has become a dead-r...

Lions of Mesopotamia Roar Past Bahrain

Iraq Breaks 10-Game Jinx Against the Reds in Arab Cup Opener Bahrain’s national team suffered a bitter start to their Arab Cup Group D campaign, losing 2-1 to Iraq at Stadium 974 in Doha yesterday. Prior to this clash, Iraq had failed to win in their last 10...

Kuwait Sweep Past Bahrain Side

Bahrain’s senior men’s volleyball team slipped to their second straight defeat in the Arab Challenge Cup, losing 3-0 to Kuwait last night in Amman. After pushing Egypt across four sets on Monday, the Bahrainis entered this contest needing a response, but Kuwait’s precision and c...

Atlas Lions Roar in Arab Cup

The 2nd day of the FIFA Arab Cup delivered high intensity across Qatar’s stadiums. Morocco flexed their tournament credentials and looked every inch a tournament heavyweight with a confident 3–1 win over Comoros at Khalifa International Stadium, Egypt were held to a dr...

Thunder down Blazers to avenge lone defeat of season

AFP | Los Angeles Email : editor@newsofbahrain.com The NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder avenged their only defeat of the season on Sunday, using a fourth-quarter surge to beat the Portland Trail Blaz...

F1 title race tightens after Qatar drama

AFP | Doha Email : editor@newsofbahrain.com After another bungled team performance from McLaren, Max Verstappen is now within reach of what seemed to be an improbable fifth consecutive drivers’ w...

Bahrain’s Arab Cup Run Stalled

Bahrain’s senior men’s volleyball team suffered their first defeat in the Arab Challenge Cup in Amman, Jordan, going down 3-1 to Egypt last night. After a resounding 3-0 win over Palestine in their opener, the Bahrainis faced a far much tougher opponent in the North Af...

Arab Cup Opens With Shockwaves

The FIFA Arab Cup returned to Doha with all the tension and unpredictability the region has come to expect, and on opening night, Group A delivered two seismic jolts. Syria’s disciplined 1-0 win over Tunisia at Ahmad bin Ali Stadium set the tone, before Palestine stunned hos...

Kohli stars as India beat South Africa in first ODI

AFP | Ranchi Email : editor@newsofbahrain.com Star batsman Virat Kohli hit a record-extending 52nd one-day century to set up India’s 17-run win over a spirited South Africa in the first match yes...