SPORTS
| Zafeen, Hendi Win Race 1 of Abu Dhabi GP |
| ABU DHABI — Fazza lead from start to finish to win Race 1 of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in the UIM-WPPA (Union Internationale Motonnautique –World Professional Powerboating Associations) Class 1 World Powerboat championship at the Abu Dhabi breakwater on Friday. |
| Portugal and Brazil Enter Semis |
| DUBAI — Japan’s unbeaten run came to a dramatic end as Portugal won the quarter-final 2-1 to book their place in the semifinals of the Fifa Beach Soccer World Cup in Dubai on Friday. |
| Four-star Watson Enjoys Perfect Day |
| DUBAI — Champion Trainer Doug Watson appeared to hold all the aces heading in to the third meeting of the new season at Jebel Ali and so it proved with the Master of Red Stables supplying four of the six winners. |
| Eagles Land |
| DUBAI — England’s Lee Westwood sunk a 20-foot birdie on the treacherous final hole in windy conditions to surge into the lead by two strokes on the second day of the Dubai World Championship at the sparkling Earth Course at Jumeirah Golf Estates on Friday. |
| IAAF keep mum on Semenya |
| MONACO - World athletics’ governing body, the IAAF, held their silence over South Africa’s gender row 800m world champion Caster Semenya during the first day of their annual congress here on Friday. |
| Cantona slams Domenech and Henry |
| MARSEILLE, France - Former French international Eric Cantona launched a stinging attack on national coach Raymond Domenech on Friday following France’s controversial qualification for the 2010 World Cup. |
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