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Keane as mustard on mare Kalpana

Kalpana - Kalpana (Colin Keane) claiming her second victory in the Group 1 British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes at Royal Ascot on Oct 18, 2025 after winning it in 2024. The Andrew Balding-trained five-year-old mare has gone on to take out the Group 1 King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2,414m) at Royal Ascot on July 25.

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Qatar ‘ready’ if 2030 Asian Games moved back: official

Reports in April said that the executive board of the Olympic Council of Asia had approved the idea of reshaping the calendar so that future Games double up as qualifying and preparation for the Olympics.

Qatari mediators press peace deal between US and Iran

US President Donald Trump arrives at the White House on the South Lawn in Washington, D.C., US, September 27, 2026. REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon

Iran Foreign Minister expects US answer on Sept 29 on plan to open Hormuz

As a precondition for ending its blockade on the Strait of Hormuz, Iran is demanding a seven-day ceasefire across the Middle East.

Qatar's Barshim withdraws from high jump final at Asian Games

Athletics - Diamond League - Silesia - Silesian Stadium, Chorzow, Poland - August 22, 2026 Qatar's Mutaz Essa Barshim reacts during the men's high jump final REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel

Qatar Airways retires idle A330s and sends pilots to RwandAir as Iran war drags on

Qatar Airways aircraft parked at Teruel Airport in Spain in March 2026, as the US-Israeli conflict with Iran has badly disrupted travel patterns in the region.

Qatar’s energy chief sees LNG expansion start-up in 2027

Disruptions, such as the Iran war, have choked supplies of the fuel from Qatar, the world’s second-largest exporter.

PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi under investigation in France for conflict of interest

France’s former president Nicolas Sarkozy (left) and Paris Saint-Germain’s Qatari president Nasser al-Khelaifi speaking during the Champions League clash against Slovan Bratislava at the Parc des Princes in Paris on Sept 9.

Asian Games begin with Qatar basketball win, nine days before opening ceremony

Basketball tipped off at the Aichi International Arena, the competition venue for the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games in Nagoya.

US-Iran strikes raise fears of renewed war across the Middle East

The US military said it struck air defences, radar systems, mine-laying capabilities and more in Iran on Sept 1.

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