SILVERSTONE, England: Police said they arrested four people on Sunday (Aug 2) after protesters displayed a banner for climate action group Extinction Rebellion during the British Formula One Grand Prix. Northamptonshire Police and Silverstone circuit said the four were detained by security inside the venue perimeter. “Officers are working closely […]
NEW DELHI: This year’s Indian Premier League (IPL) will take place, subject to government clearances, between Sep 19 to Nov 10 in three “bio-secure” venues in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Indian cricket board (BCCI) said on Sunday (Aug 2). The Twenty20 league was originally scheduled to begin in […]
LONDON: England’s Sam Horsfield held his nerve to claim a maiden European Tour title at the English Open on Sunday. Horsfield took a one-shot lead into the final round and carded a closing 68 to finish 18 under par, a shot ahead of Belgium’s Thomas Detry. Detry had recorded his […]
AMSTERDAM: Ajax Amsterdam will have to change their playing style after the sale of Hakim Ziyech to Chelsea and the possibility of up to six others leaving before the new season in the Netherlands starts, coach Erik ten Hag said as they began pre-season training. Ziyech was one of the […]
Official figures from Brazil have shown a big increase in the number of fires in the Amazon region in July compared with the same month last year. Satellite images compiled by Brazil’s National Space Agency revealed there were 6,803 – a rise of 28%. President Jair Bolsonaro has encouraged agricultural […]
TOULOUSE: Italian sprinter Sonny Colbrelli of the Bahrain-McLaren team won a bunch sprint on stage two of the four-day French Route d’Occitanie race on Sunday after a 174.5km run from Carcassonne to Cap Decouverte. Britain’s Chris Froome and Colombian Tour de France champion Egan Bernal are warming up on the […]
REUTERS: When Inter Milan coach Antonio Conte faces the cameras after a match, it is a case of lighting the blue touch paper and standing well back. In his first season at Inter, the 51-year-old former Juventus, Italy and Chelsea coach has railed against his own club’s “poor planning” and […]
SILVERSTONE: Daniil Kvyat escaped unhurt when he crashed heavily after suffering a puncture on lap 13 of Sunday’s British Grand Prix, wrecking the rear end of his Alpha Tauri car. The Russian driver’s car lost both rear wheels in the impact, which saw him spinning off at the high-speed Maggots […]
NEW YORK: A record high percentage of US companies are beating analysts’ forecasts this earnings season, giving investors a glimmer of hope in what is still expected to be the slowest profit period since the financial crisis. More than halfway through second-quarter earnings, 82.1 per cent of companies reporting have […]
Global soccer body FIFA has said there is no reason for Swiss authorities to launch criminal proceedings against its president Gianni Infantino who will continue in his role as normal. BERN: Global soccer body FIFA has said there is no reason for Swiss authorities to launch criminal proceedings against its […]