Fatima Al Marzouqi& Haneen Dajani / The National Never give up is the biggest challenge for Zahra Lari ABU DHABI // Skating backwards, Zahra Lari hops elegantly on to one leg before launching herself into a 540 degree spin through the air With split-second timing she lands on her other leg, having performed, with apparent [...]

Credit Photo: Charles William / Impact de Montréal MONTREAL – The Montreal Impact’s first ever home opener ended in a 1-1 draw on Saturday against the Chicago Fire at Olympic Stadium, in front of a record crowd of 58,912. Impact captain Davy Arnaud (56th) scored the club’s first ever goal in MLS, while forward Dominic [...]

Canada’s Christine Nesbitt won the 1,000 metres at the speedskating finals Sunday to take her second overall title in two days and clinch the women’s Grand World Cup. Nesbitt, from London, Ont., who won the 1,500 World Cup title on Saturday, claimed the last 1,000 race of the season in one minute 15.04 seconds, with [...]

Egypt Soccer Riots kills more than 100 people in Port Said It was one of the worst incidents of sports violence in Egypt in decades. State TV showed video of sections of the Cairo stadium on fire. The announcer said angry fans of the Zamalek protested the cancellation and set some sections of the stadium [...]

Zdeno Chara and Daniel Alfredsson won’t have quite as much talent at their disposal as they captain opposing teams for the second straight game. They’ll have more to play for, though, as Chara’s Boston Bruins look to extend their Northeast Division lead Tuesday night with a seventh consecutive win over the visiting Ottawa Senators. Chara’s [...]