Sports,Cricket
Tim Paine has stepped away from cricket for an “indefinite mental health break”, leaving Australia’s Ashes preparations up in the air a week after the wicketkeeper’s resignation from the captaincy.Paine, replaced as captain by Pat Cummins on Friday, was due to play for Tasman...
World
Turkey and the United Arab Emirates signed accords for billions of dollars of investments on Wednesday including in technology and energy, after talks between President Tayyip Erdogan and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan.Sheikh Mohammed's visit to Ankara, the first in y...
Former England captain Michael Vaughan will play no part in the BBC's coverage of the upcoming Ashes series after being named in the racism controversy involving former Yorkshire player Azeem Rafiq, the broadcaster said Wednesday.Rafiq alleged that Vaughan told him and two other players of Asian...
Former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting said Tim Paine's resignation from the captaincy due to a 'sexting' scandal will "inevitably" be a distraction during the five-test Ashes series against England.Paine stood down from the role last Friday after media revelations he had been ...
Social Democrat Olaf Scholz was preparing to take over as German chancellor after agreeing a coalition deal on Wednesday that aims to modernise Europe's largest economy, accelerate its green transition and bring the curtain down on the Angela Merkel era. The centre-left Social Democrats (SP...
Sports,Football
Chelsea claimed a thumping 4-0 victory over Juventus thanks to goals from home-grown trio Trevoh Chalobah, Reece James and Callum Hudson-Odoi and a fourth by Timo Werner to top Champions League Group H and cruise into the knockout stage.Defender Chalobah, 22, smacked the ball into the net past the f...
Benfica held Barcelona to a scoreless draw in the Champions League at the Camp Nou on Tuesday night, meaning the second team to qualify for the Round of 16 from Group E behind Bayern Munich will be decided in the final game of the group stage.Barca are two points ahead of Benfica with one game still...
World,Back Page
The United States does not need to impose a lockdown or shut down its economy to curb the spread of COVID-19 and will rely on other tools, White House COVID-19 response coordinator Jeff Zients said on Monday."We are not headed in that direction. We have the tools to accelerate the path out of t...
India's participation in the 2025 Champions Trophy in Pakistan is a "challenging" issue for the International Cricket Council but the world governing body said it is confident all teams will travel to the country for the tournament.International sides have largely steered clear of Paki...
Sports,Tennis
Germany's Alexander Zverev capped a memorable year by sweeping aside Russian world No 2 and defending champion Daniil Medvedev 6-4 6-4 to win the ATP Finals Sunday, claiming the title for the second time in his career.The 24-year old Zverev, who did not face a single break point in the final, ha...
Manchester United sacked manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer on Sunday, a day after a 4-1 defeat by promoted Watford left the Old Trafford club seventh in the Premier League.Former player Michael Carrick, a member of Solskjaer's coaching staff, will take charge of the United team for Tuesday's Cham...
Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin sought on Saturday to reassure allies in the Middle East that President Joe Biden's administration was committed to the region despite Washington increasingly turning its attention towards countering China.It was unclear how much impact Austin's speech would ha...
Austria will become the first country in western Europe to reimpose a full COVID-19 lockdown, it said on Friday as neighbouring Germany warned it may follow suit, sending shivers through financial markets worried about the economic fallout.A fourth wave of infections has plunged Germany, Europe'...
Former South Africa international AB de Villiers said he has decided to retire from all forms of cricket having lost his hunger for the game,bringing to an end a 17-year career where he established himself as one of his country’s greatsDe Villiers had retired from all international formats in ...
After a nerve-wracking last World Cup qualifier for Spain as they booked their place at next year's finals by beating Sweden 1-0, LaLiga returns this weekend with all eyes on Barcelona.New manager Xavi Hernandez will take charge of the team in the Catalonia derby against Espanyol on Saturday and...
France's foreign minister warned Iran on Friday not to come to the next round of talks on reviving the 2015 nuclear deal with a "sham" negotiating stance, a day after Paris urged the board of the UN atomic watchdog to send Iran a tough message.Tehran had earlier responded to Paris by s...
Barcelona’s Brazilian defender Dani Alves received a rousing reception on Wednesday after being presented to supporters at the Nou Camp for the second time, joking that “I’m even more handsome now than when I left”.The 38-year-old right back, who wore an amber velvet suit, si...
The next Twenty20 World Cup final will be held under lights at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Nov. 13 next year, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Tuesday.The tournament was scheduled to take place in Australia in late 2020 but was postponed for two years because of the COVID-19...
The debate over the Greatest of All Time (GOAT) in men's tennis has divided opinions for years but American Pete Sampras has no doubt that Serbian Novak Djokovic is the one.Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal are currently tied at 20 major singles titles each and fans and pundits have continu...
Serbia clinched an automatic berth in the 2022 World Cup finals after a 90th-minute header by halftime substitute Aleksandar Mitrovic gave them a comeback 2-1 win over Portugal in their Group A qualifier on Sunday.The result lifted Serbia into top spot on 20 points, three more than second-placed Por...
Page 74 of 83, showing 20 results out of 1,646 total
