India beat South Africa, remains unbeaten in Cricket World Cup on November 6, 2023KOLKATA: India and South Africa locked horns at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens today, where the former emerged triumphant by a significant margin of 243 runs. The toss favoured India, who opted to set the tone of the match by batting first. The Men in Blue gave a target of 327 runs to South Africa to chase. […]
Bosnia criticised for playing Russia in November friendly on September 11, 2022LONDON: Bosnia and Herzegovina will play Russia in a friendly match in November, the Bosnia Football Association announced on its official website on Friday, sparking criticism from Bosnia midfielder Miralem Pjanic and the mayor of Sarajevo. The game will take place in St Petersburg on Nov. 19, one day before the World Cup in Qatar […]
Sri Lanka admits bankruptcy, warns of crisis through 2023 on July 6, 2022COLOMBO: Sri Lanka is bankrupt and the acute pain of its unprecedented economic crisis will linger until at least the end of next year, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told parliament on Tuesday. The island nation’s 22 million people have endured months of galloping inflation and lengthy power cuts after the government ran out of foreign […]
Pele discharged from hospital after urinary infection on March 2, 2022SAO PAULO: Brazilian football great Pele has been discharged from a Sao Paulo hospital following two weeks of treatment for a tumor and a urinary tract infection, the medical institution said Monday. The 81-year-old ex-player known as “O Rei” (The King), was “in a stable clinical condition, cured of his urinary infection, and will continue […]
Crude oil futures snap eight-week winning streak on February 21, 2022Crude oil futures retreated on a week-on-week (WoW) basis for the first time since December, snapping a eight-week winning streak. Though Brent, the international benchmark for two-thirds of the world’s oil, and West Texas Intermediate (WTI), the main oil benchmark for North America, edged lower by $0.90 to $93.54 and $2.03 to $91.07, respectively, on […]
Maharaj to skipper South Africa in ODI series with Dutch on November 11, 2021JOHANNESBURG: Left-arm spin bowler Keshav Maharaj will captain South Africa in three one-day internationals against the Netherlands, starting on November 26. Cricket South Africa on Wednesday announced a 16-man squad missing several leading players, including regular white ball captain Temba Bavuma. Bavuma and fellow batsmen Aiden Markram, Quinton de Kock and Rassie van der Dussen […]
Portugal Euro 2016 winner Alves joins Greek side Apollon on September 6, 2021ATHENS: Veteran Portuguese defender and Euro 2016 champion Bruno Alves has joined Greek Super League side ApollonSmyrnis on a one-year contract, the 39-year-old’s new employers announced on Saturday.Alves’ long list of clubs includes Porto, Scottish giants Rangers, and a spell already in Greece with AEK Athens, and most recently Serie A’s Parma.”First of all, I […]
Former champion Raikkonen to retire from F1 on September 3, 2021PARIS: Former world champion Kimi Raikkonen announced on Wednesday that he will retire from Formula One at the end of the season, 20 years after making his debut in the sport.The 41-year-old Finn has won just two points this year for the struggling Alfa Romeo team.He won the world championship in 2007 while driving for […]
New boss Flick to ‘win back hearts’ as Germany reboot on September 2, 2021BERLIN: New head coach Hansi Flick has been tasked with winning back disgruntled Germany fans as he makes his mark on the squad for their World Cup qualifiers.Flick inherits a team which has plummmeted down the rankings to 16th since crashing out early at the 2018 World Cup and struggled with inconsistent results over the […]
Double world champion Dennis to join Roglic’s Jumbo-Visma on September 2, 2021PARIS: Double world time-time trial champion Rohan Dennis will join Jumbo-Visma alongside the discipline’s Olympic gold medallistPrimozRoglic on a two-year deal, the Dutch outfit announced on Wednesday. Dennis, 31, will leave Ineos Grenadiers to race alongside Roglic, who pipped the third-placed Australian to victory in Tokyo in July.The former BMC Racing rider, claimed his world […]