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Doha, February 16 – World number one Victoria Azarenka and third-seeded Russian Maria Sharapova have both advanced to the semifinals of Qatar Open on Friday, beating the Italian Sara Errani and the Australian Samantha Stosur respectively.

Qatar has now entered the next crucial stage in preparation for the 2022 World Cup, where a significant increase in the number of contracts in the active enterprise market is expected for the years 2013 and 2014.

Doha, February 16 – Serena Williams ensured she will regain the world number one ranking next week after she beat Petra Kvitova to reach the Qatar Open semi-finals.

Qatar will see the commercial roll out of the ultra-fast 4G network over the next few months with the two service providers – Qtel and Vodafone reaching a crucial phase of the Long-Term Evolution (LTE) programme that will deliver the fourth generation network in the country.

Qatar’s Doha Bank has broken a new world record this week by unveiling a 40ft football, crowned the world’s largest by the Guinness World Record organisation.

Washington, February 15- US Secretary of State John Kerry held talks last night with his Jordanian Counterpart Nasser Judeh.

Doha: The development of a debt market in Qatar and across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries would strengthen the position of asset managers and enable them to better serve their clients, Investment Company Amwal’s CEO George Shehadeh said here yesterday.

Doha: The Guinness World Record for the largest ever 5-a-side football match was broken at Aspire Zone on National Sport Day. The highly anticipated match was organised by Qatar Football Association (QFA) and Qatar Shell, and officiated by Guinness World Records. The match which ran continuously for 11 hours, 58 minutes and 12 seconds was played by a total of 523 participants from all over Qatar.

Doha, February 14 – HE President of the Qatar Marine Sports Federation (QMSF) Sheikh Hassan bin Jabor Al Thani announced Wednesday that the QMSF is making its final preparations for an exciting new racing program in the United States of America and that Qatar will go head-to-head with the mighty USA with a two-pronged racing challenge this season.

The match drew hundreds of participants including Wael Sawan, Managing Director and Chairman of Qatar Shell Companies, and Sheikh Thani Al Thani, Deputy General Manager, Qatar Shell.