LONDON: Newcastle United took issue with the Premier League on Wednesday by accusing the body of acting inappropriately in rejecting a Saudi Arabian-backed takeover bid based on an owners and directors’ test. The club, whose version appeared to contradict the league’s, issued a statement saying they would be “considering all […]
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BARCELONA: Lionel Messi was back in full training with Barcelona today for the first time since conceding defeat in his battle to leave the club. Unlike Monday, when the 33-year-old Argentine superstar had to train alone under La Liga’s coronavirus protocol, he joined up with the rest of the squad […]
BRISBANE: World number one Ashleigh Barty said she hoped to be reunited with her coach for her build-up to the Australian Open tennis Grand Slam after coronavirus restrictions kept them separated for months. Australia’s Barty, a day after withdrawing from her French Open title defence because of Covid-19 concerns and […]
TOKYO: The postponed Olympics must be held next year “by all means”, Tokyo’s governor said today, becoming the latest official to insist the event is feasible despite the coronavirus pandemic. Yuriko Koike’s remarks, at an event hosted by Kyodo news agency, come after International Olympic Committee vice-president John Coates told […]
LESBOS: Greece’s largest migrant camp on the island of Lesbos was gutted by a huge fire early today, leaving over 12,000 fleeing asylum seekers homeless, with reports that the blaze was started by migrants revolting against coronavirus isolation rules. Firemen said the notorious Moria camp had been mostly destroyed but […]
KABUL: At least two people were killed and a dozen more wounded in an explosion targeting the convoy of Afghanistan’s vice president Amrullah Saleh in central Kabul early today, officials said. Saleh, who is the senior of Afghanistan’s two vice presidents, was not harmed. “This terrorist attack has failed and […]
SYDNEY: A 46-year-old Australian surfer died after being attacked by a shark on a popular Gold Coast beach, the first fatal shark attack on the beach in 62 years and despite protective “shark nets” and drumlines offshore. The man was attacked at Greenmount Beach late yesterday while surfing what is […]
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump will announce further troop withdrawals from Iraq and Afghanistan in the next few days, a senior administration official said yesterday. The official told reporters traveling with the president to expect an announcement today on Iraq, and on Afghanistan in the coming days. During a meeting […]
NEW YORK: The US Justice Department asked yesterday to defend Donald Trump against a lawsuit by a prominent American columnist who says the president raped her, a move that will likely delay the case. E. Jean Carroll, 76, alleges that Trump sexually assaulted her in the changing room at the […]
TOKYO: Yoshihide Suga is on course for a landslide victory in the race to become Japan’s next prime minister, an Asahi newspaper tally showed, as debate kicks off later today among the three candidates vying to succeed long-time leader Shinzo Abe. Suga, Japan’s chief cabinet secretary, has support to become […]