MADRID: A frustrated Lionel Messi called for change after Barcelona handed the La Liga title to Real Madrid on Thursday (Jul 16), warning the team will lose in the Champions League as well if they fail to improve. Barca’s title challenge ended with a whimper at Camp Nou, where they […]
LONDON: Marcelo Bielsa challenged Leeds to win the Championship title after the leaders beat Barnsley 1-0 to move within touching distance of the Premier League on Thursday (Jul 16). Michael Sollbauer’s own goal in the first half at Elland Road was enough for Leeds to climb within one point of […]
White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow told reporters such a move would be a better option than a ban on the app, which was threatened by State Department Secretary Mike Pompeo against the company earlier this month. White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow told reporters such a move would be […]
Netflix has seen a surge in sign-ups due to the coronavirus lockdown, but has warned investors that subscriber growth will slow. The streaming giant added more than 10 million subscribers in the three months to July, bringing the total of new subscribers to 26 million in 2020. In contrast, Netflix […]
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 […]
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 […]