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HBKU Tournaments: Fixtures

November 14, 2013

HBKU Tournaments: Results and Standings

November 14, 2013

New Basketball rules change EC League dynamics

September 29, 2013

Wildcat women trounce Texas 41-14 in basketball

January 14, 2013

By Paulo Fugen and Ralph Martins Northwestern University in Qatar's Lady Wildcats kicked off the women's basketball tournament at Education City with a commanding start that ended in a 41-14 victory over the Texas A&M at Qatar team Sunday evening. The Lady Wildcats ju...

Two-star Alagha spearheads sweet victory for Pirates against QFIS

December 2, 2012

By Ralph Martins The Pirates star left forward, Jaser Alagha, inspired the Pirates to a 4-3 win over the Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies (QFIS) in the Hamad Bin Khalifa University Football Tournament on Saturday evening. Alagha scored two and set up a third in ...

Georgetown come back to beat Pirates in thriller

November 30, 2012

By Ralph Martins Georgetown came back from a goal down to beat the Pirates 2-1 in a hotly contested Hamad Bin Khalifa University football tournament game Thursday night. A game the Georgetown captain reportedly described as his team's toughest this season was a ...

Pirates protest ref calls in last game, to no avail

November 23, 2012

By Ralph Martins The NU-Q Pirates season came to an end slightly ahead of schedule after a highly controversial game against the Texas A&M University at Qatar (TAMUQ) team Thursday evening. After a first h...

QFIS keep Pirates at bay for 2-1 win

November 16, 2012

By Ralph Martins The Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies (QFIS) held on to best the Pirates 2-1 after a hard-fought game Thursday evening. Looking to pile men into the penalty area early on, the QFIS side didn't allow the Pirates to settle, repeatedly robbing them ...

Pirates trounce UCL in NU-Q’s first win

November 9, 2012

By Ralph Martins The Pirates registered their first win of the HBKU Football League with a 13-0 demolition of UCL Thursday evening. Dominant from the opening whistle, the Pirates rarely conceded possession to the hapless UCL team, creating chance...

ABP edge Pirates 1-0 in scrappy encounter

October 25, 2012

By Ralph Martins An unstable team, tough luck and questionable refereeing meant that the NU-Q Pirates search for their first win must continue over Eid after a bitter defeat to the Academic Bridge Program (ABP) football team Wednesday evening. The Pirates were left shaki...

Pacy Cornell down Pirates 2-0

October 19, 2012

By Ralph Martins The Pirates quest for their first win in the HBKU Football League continued Thursday evening after they were handed a 2-0 defeat by Cornell. The hard-running Cornell midfield and fro...

NU-Q kicks off its first women’s soccer team

October 18, 2012

By Ralph Martins There's a new pack of Wildcats at NU-Q. This semester, soccer enthusiasts Maha Al-Ansari and Dana Al-Mesnad kicked off the first ever Northwestern University in Qatar's female soccer ...