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Diamondbacks down Rockies to earn playoff berth against Dodgers

LosAngeles - Muslimchronicle

The Arizona Diamondbacks withstood a fierce late rally from the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday to win their National League wildcard playoff duel 11-7 and advance to a meeting with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Back-to-back home runs from Nolan Arenado and Trevor Story in the top of the eighth inning saw the Rockies claw their way back to within one runRead more

Ethiopia's Ayana smashes world record to win 10000m gold

Rio de Janeiro - Arab Today

Ethiopia's Almaz Ayana smashed one of the longest-held records in athletics here Friday to win the 10,000m and claim the first gold of the Olympic track and field competition. The 24-year-old pulled away from the field midway through the race and never let up before powering home in 29min 17.45sec. Her winning time was nearly 14 seconds quicker than theRead more

Euro 2016: Belgium Beat Sweden 1-0

Nice - Arab Today

Radja Nainggolan scored a late goal to give Belgium a 1-0 win versus Sweden to send Zlatan Ibrahimovic's team home from European Championship 2016 . Nainggolan hit the ball hard from outside the penalty area in the 84th minute. As Group E runner-up, Belgium will play Hungary in the round of 16. Needing a win to qualify, SwedenRead more

Italy, Spain into last 16 after wins

Paris - Arab Today

Eder' s goal gave Italy a 1-0 victory over Sweden and defending champions Spain' s 3-0 win helped the two powerhouses get to last 16 at Euro 2016. The 29-year-old Brazilian-born Eder collected a pass from Zaza and danced through the Sweden defence before finishing superbly past goalkeeper Andreas Isaksson in the 88th minute, which gave Italy 6 points toRead more

Kenya win too late as Congo bow out of AFCON finals

Nairobi - Arab Today

Kenya secured their first win in five attempts and in the process eliminated Congo from the Africa Nations Cup finals in Gabon in 2017. Eric Johanna struck a second half winner as Harambee Stars rallied from behind to beat visiting Congo 2-1 in a thrilling Africa Cup of Nations qualifier on Sunday in Nairobi. The visitors took the lead,Read more

Leganes win historic first promotion to La Liga

Madrid - Arab Today

Leganes made history when the small town club from the south of Madrid earned promotion from the Spanish second division (Liga Adelante) to the BBVA Primera Liga for the first time on Saturday. A 1-0 win away to Mirandes thanks to a 48th minute Pablo Insua goal was enough to earn Leganes, based in a sleeper town just south ofRead more

Abu Dhabi to host Women in Nuclear conference in November

Abu Dhabi - WAM

Under the patronage of Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation, president of the General Women’s Union, chairwoman of Motherhood and Childhood Supreme Council, Abu Dhabi will host the 24th Global Annual Conference of the Women in Nuclear (WiN) organisation in November. According to an announcement of the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec) the event willRead more