Bangladesh expecting tough fight against Sri Lanka on May 21, 2021Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal urged his team to give the maximum as they bid to maintain their home dominance against Sri Lanka in the one-day series starting on Sunday. Bangladesh have totted up a strong record at home, winning all but one of their 12 matches since October 2018, though all of the victories were […]
India to play extra games in Sri Lanka to ease virus losses on May 20, 2021Colombo: India has agreed to play more games on a Sri Lanka tour in July to help overcome the national board’s financial losses from the coronavirus, a top official said Thursday. Sri Lanka will also ask other visiting teams to play extra games to boost television revenues, said Shammi Silva, who was re-elected as Sri […]
‘Victory’ for Belarus opposition behind ice hockey champs on May 20, 2021 Latvia: Months of political drama reminiscent of the ice arena diplomacy of the Cold War era have led up to this year’s ice hockey world championship starting in Latvia this week. The contest was supposed to be co-hosted by Latvia and Belarus until mass protests and deadly repression swept the latter after an election […]
IOC chief’s delayed pre-Olympics Japan trip to happen by mid-July on May 20, 2021Olympic chief Thomas Bach will visit Japan by mid-July, the IOC has announced after he was forced to cancel a planned trip this month over virus restrictions. International Olympic Committee vice-president John Coates said in a letter to officials published late Wednesday that Bach would arrive by July 12 — less than two weeks before […]
UK insists vaccines work against Indian Covid variant on May 19, 2021London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Wednesday that Covid-19 vaccines are proving effective against a highly contagious variant from India. He was pressed on why the government is allowing travel from hotspots. Johnson has been under particular pressure for delaying restrictions on travel to and from India last month, at a time when he […]
Putin hails ties at launch of work on nuclear plants in China on May 19, 2021Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Moscow-Beijing relations had reached their “highest level in history” as he and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping launched via videoconference work on Russian-built nuclear power plants in China. The Kremlin said that the heads of state initiated work on pouring concrete into new units of the Tianwan […]
China hits back at Pelosi ‘lies’ over Beijing Olympics boycott call on May 19, 2021Beijing: China on Wednesday branded US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi “full of lies” after calling for a diplomatic boycott of next year’s Beijing Winter Olympics on human rights grounds. The run-up to the Games, set for February 2022, is being dominated by recriminations over widespread allegations of abuse of China’s Uyghur Muslims and other minorities, […]
Australia to host Afghanistan in historic cricket Test on May 19, 2021Sydney: Australia’s cricketers will play their first-ever Test match against Afghanistan in Hobart later this year ahead of hosting the Ashes against England, officials announced Thursday. “We are also incredibly excited to welcome Afghanistan to our shores for a historic first Test match against Australia,” said Cricket Australia’s interim CEO Nick Hockley. The five-day match […]
Chelsea take revenge on Leicester to take control of top-four fate on May 19, 2021London: Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel thanked the return of fans to Stamford Bridge for helping the side avenge their FA Cup final defeat to Leicester with a 2-1 win over the Foxes to move into third in the Premier League on Tuesday. The 8,000 crowds saw the Blues keep a place in next season’s Champions […]
LHC to hear bail plea of Shehbaz Sharif in two corruption cases on July 16, 2020The Lahore High Court (LHC) will hear the bail plea of Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif in two corruption cases. A two-member bench of LHC, headed by Justice Sardar Ahmad Naeem and Justice Abid Masood Naqvi will conduct the hearing of two corruption cases i.e. assets beyond means and money laundering case. The opposition […]