Sports,Cricket
Australia opener Usman Khawaja has vented his frustration after the team lost 10 World Test Championship (WTC) points for slow over-rates during the drawn Ashes series in England.Khawaja, also an Australian Cricketers' Association board member, had lobbied the International Cricket Council (ICC)...
England captain Ben Stokes said on Monday that he had drawn on his natural optimism and experience as a player to help cope with the mental pressure of guiding England to a 2-2 draw in the Ashes series against Australia.England secured a dramatic 49-run win in the final Test at The Oval, bagging sev...
Sports,Football
Brazil midfielder Fabinho has joined Al Ittihad from Liverpool on a three-year deal, the Saudi club announced on Monday.Financial details were not disclosed but British media reported the Saudi Pro League champions paid 40 million pounds ($51.33 million) for the 29-year-old.Fabinho will join Ballon ...
Entertainment & Glomour
Warner Bros' (WBD.O) "Barbie" showed no signs of slowing down in its second weekend at the box office, and was set to haul in $93 million in ticket sales Friday through Sunday, according to estimates from media analytics firm Comscore. Director Greta Gerwig's take on "Barbie&q...
Manchester United signed a 900 million pound ($1.1 billion) deal with Adidas on Monday, renewing the English soccer club's partnership with its official kit supplier for 10 more years.MU, whose U.S. owners have been considering selling the Premier League club, will return to the lucrative UEFA C...
Lauren James scored a wonder strike in her first Women's World Cup start to lead England to a 1-0 Group D victory over Denmark on Friday, all but guaranteeing the European champions a spot in the knockout stage.Coach Sarina Wiegman made two bold changes to Friday's squad, moving the versatil...
Talismanic captain Alexandra Popp scored a brace as Germany launched their bid for a third Women's World Cup title with a 6-0 demolition of debutants Morocco on Monday.In the tournament's greatest mismatch to date, veteran Popp led from the front, heading in two first-half strikes before Kla...
There was relief rather than celebration at the news that Australia had retained the Ashes when cricket fans Down Under woke up on Monday morning after the Manchester rain had rescued their team in the drawn fourth Test.Australia retained the urn after no play was possible on day five at Old Traffor...
Hundreds of thousands of Taylor Swift fans descended on Seattle on Saturday ahead of the pop star's "The Eras Tour", her latest stop in tourism-boosting concerts across the United States.Throngs of fans lined up to purchase T-shirts and other merchandise outside Lumen Field, where the ...
World
A wildfire raging on the Greek island of Rhodes forced thousands of tourists and island residents to shelter in schools and indoor stadiums on Sunday after they were evacuated from coastal villages and resorts.Thousands spent the night outdoors and tour operators Jet2, TUI and Correndon canceled fli...
Sweden, France and the Netherlands will all be favourites to win their Women's World Cup openers on Sunday, kicking off a campaign where they will again hope to challenge for the title after falling short in the 2019 tournament.Runners-up four years ago, the Netherlands return to the global stag...
Manchester City's Algerian forward Riyad Mahrez has completed a move to Saudi Arabia's Al-Ahli, Saudi state-run Al Ekhbariya TV said early on Friday.Al Ekhbariya said on Twitter that Mahrez has become Al-Ahli's latest signing but did not provide further details. The Jeddah-based club hav...
Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Friday his government will not cooperate with the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) investigation into the thousands of killings committed during his predecessor’s ‘war on drugs’.Marcos maintained the ICC has no jurisdictio...
Shoppers are snapping up Barbie hoop earrings, perfume, jumpsuits, and dresses as retailers seek to cash in on Friday's Barbie film release, reigniting the craze for the plastic doll and her hot pink, sequin-adorned universe.With many consumers spending less amid a cost of living squeeze, retail...
FIFA President Gianni Infantino said women's football has experienced incredible growth over the last 10 years and is confident that the World Cup will win over anyone who remains sceptical about the merits of the women's game.The sport's governing body expects 2 billion people to tune i...
Sports,Tennis
Marketa Vondrousova plans to celebrate with beer and a new tattoo after becoming one of the most unlikely Wimbledon champions by beating Ons Jabeur in the final on Saturday.The Prague-based, 24-year-old Czech won 6-4, 6-4 against the overwhelming crowd favourite to become the first unseeded player t...
Australian wicketkeeper Alex Carey has said he would not hesitate to repeat his controversial stumping of England's Jonny Bairstow should a similar opportunity arise in the final two Tests of the ongoing Ashes series.Carey sparked a 'Spirit of Cricket' row that drew in the prime minister...
The Kremlin said on Wednesday that security assurances the West is considering for Ukraine would be a dangerous mistake that would impinge on Russia’s own security and expose Europe to greater risks for many years ahead.G7 countries are expected on Wednesday to announce an international framew...
Favourite Novak Djokovic found himself behind for the first time at this year's Wimbledon but responded in brutal fashion to beat Andrey Rublev 4-6 6-1 6-4 6-3 and reach the semi-finals on Tuesday for the 12th time.Inspired seventh seed Rublev snatched the opening set but it was akin to poking a...
Steven Gerrard said a "family feeling" at Saudi Arabian Pro league club Al-Ettifaq was one of the things that persuaded him to accept a coaching job with the side.The former England and Liverpool captain signed a three-year contract last week after previously saying he would not be taking ...
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