NEW YORK: World number two Aryna Sabalenka will not play at the Indian Wells tournament after testing positive for COVID-19, the 23-year-old said. Sabalenka, who lost to Canadian teenager Leylah Fernandez in the U.S. Open semifinal last month, was the top seed in the women’s draw at the Indian Wells after world number one Ash […]
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Liverpool boss Klopp compares anti-vax movement to drink driving
LIVERPOOL: Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said people should get vaccinated against coronavirus for the same reason they should not drink and drive, as he revealed his squad are “99 percent” vaccinated. Take-up of the vaccine has been mixed among elite athletes, with reports last week suggesting only seven of the 20 Premier League clubs have […]
Bournemouth claim top spot in English Championship
LONDON: Bournemouth beat Sheffield United on Saturday to open up a three-point lead at the top of the English Championship as Coventry bounced back from a humiliating defeat to crush Fulham. The Cherries’ status as the last remaining English Football League team yet to taste defeat looked under threat when Morgan Gibbs-White gave United the […]
Norrie topples Rublev to reach San Diego ATP final
LOS ANGELES : Britain’s Cameron Norrie rallied to beat fifth-ranked top seed Andrey Rublev 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 Saturday and reach the ATP San Diego Open final. Norrie, who captured his first ATP Tour title in Los Cabos, Mexico in July, dropped the first set in 35 minutes, but he saved three break points in the […]
Watford sacks manager Xisco Munoz
LONDON: Watford on Sunday announced the sacking of head coach Xisco Munoz after a poor start to the Premier League season. The Spaniard leaves with the club 14th in the Premier League table having collected just seven points from their opening seven games. “The board feels recent performances strongly indicate a negative trend at a […]
Now Pandora leaks
Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin, Senator Faisal Vawda, PML-Q leader Chaudhry Moonis Elahi, Ishaq Dar’s son, PPP’s Sharjeel Memon, the family of Minister for Industries and Production Khusro Bakhtiar, PTI leader Abdul Aleem Khan, Axact CEO Shoaib Sheikh are among over 700 Pakistanis named by International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) on Sunday for alleged links […]
Over a dozen heads of state, govt have offshore assets
More than a dozen heads of state and government, including the King of Jordan and the Czech prime minister, have hidden millions in offshore tax havens, according to an investigation published Sunday by the ICIJ media consortium. The so-called “Pandora Papers” investigation – involving some 600 journalists from media including The Washington Post, the BBC […]
PM announces to investigate citizens named in leaks
Prime Minister Imran Khan Sunday welcomed the Pandora Papers exposing the ill-gotten wealth of elites, accumulated through tax evasion and corruption and laundered out to financial havens. In series of tweets, he said, “We welcome the Pandora Papers exposing the ill-gotten wealth of elites, accumulated through tax evasion and corruption and laundered out to financial […]
Imran has 2 offshore firms, alleges Ahsan
PML-N Secretary-General Ahsan Iqbal, while speaking to media in Narowal on Sunday, said that the Pandora leaks have “opened a new Pandora’s box” when it comes to ‘Imran Niazi’. “That leader who used to present himself as sadiq (honest) and ameen (trustworthy), has two more offshore companies,” Iqbal claimed, adding that even before the data […]
PM doesn’t own any offshore company
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) has confirmed that Prime Minister Imran Khan doesn’t own any offshore company, Senator Faisal Javed said on Sunday after the unveiling of Pandora Papers. Senator Faisal Javed said in a Twitter message that some people tried to link PM Imran Khan’s name with the offshore companies. He said […]