LEICESTER, England: Leicester City boosted their hopes of finishing in the Premier League top four as goals by Ayoze Perez and substitute Demarai Gray secured a 2-0 home win over Sheffield United on Thursday (Jul 16). The result left Leicester fourth on 62 points from 36 games, three ahead of […]
Month: July 2020
WASHINGTON: Athletes and the Olympic movement face their greatest crisis since the 1980s Cold War-era boycotts in the COVID-19 pandemic, long-time International Olympic Committee member Richard Pound told AFP on Thursday. The Canadian lawyer, a former IOC vice president and World Anti-Doping Agency president, said the global coronavirus outbreak that […]
Millions of people around the world could be exposed to dangerous levels of heat stress – a dangerous condition which can cause organs to shut down. Many live in developing countries, and do jobs that expose them to potentially life threatening conditions. These include being out in the open […]
New pictures of the Sun taken just 77 million km (48 million miles) from its surface are the closest ever acquired by cameras. They come from the European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter (SolO) probe, which was launched earlier this year. Among the UK-assembled craft’s novel insights are views of mini-flares […]
Formula One fans will be able to get a better flavour of the race-day experience with a virtual alternative to the ‘Paddock Club’ during the COVID-19 pandemic as part of a digital partnership with U.S. based Zoom Video Communications. Formula 1 fans will be able to get a better flavour […]
Qatar, host of the next World Cup in 2022, will stage West region matches of this year’s Asian Champions League, officials said on Thursday, following a drastic shake-up caused by the coronavirus. KUALA LUMPUR: Qatar, host of the next World Cup in 2022, will stage West region matches of this […]
Southern hemisphere governing body SANZAAR announced plans Thursday to hold this year’s Rugby Championship in New Zealand, as the game’s Kiwi powerbrokers gathered to discuss a radical revamp of Super Rugby. WELLINGTON: Southern hemisphere governing body SANZAAR announced plans Thursday to hold this year’s Rugby Championship in New Zealand, as […]
MILAN: Juventus coach Maurizio Sarri says he is “perplexed” by his team’s ups and downs after the Serie A leaders gave him another rollercoaster ride in a 3-3 draw against Sassuolo. The Turin side, seven points clear with five games left, are still on course for an unprecedented ninth successive […]
BERLIN: The head of an exhibition tennis tournament in Berlin says she has doubts the US Open will go ahead at the end of August as planned amid the coronavirus pandemic. “I think it is realistic that the ladies’ tour will start in Europe at the beginning of August as […]
AMMAN: Jordan said on Thursday (Jul 16) it will partially resume commercial flights from August to a limited number of European and Asian countries on an internationally approved safe list. Government spokesman Amjad Adailah told state-owned Al Mamlaka TV that regular commercial flights from Alia international airport, suspended since March, […]