WASHINGTON: World number one Dustin Johnson capped a two-under-par 68 with a birdie at the last to seal a three-stroke victory in the US PGA Tour Championship and earn the US$15 million FedEx Cup playoff title on Monday (Sep 7). Johnson finished with a 21-under-par total at East Lake Golf […]
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TOKYO: Japan’s chief cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga signalled the possibility of calling a snap election if he were to become the country’s next prime minister, the Asahi newspaper reported today. Suga, a frontrunner to succeed incumbent prime minister Shinzo Abe, also stressed Japan’s resolve to hold next year’s Tokyo Olympic […]
NEW YORK: Second seed Dominic Thiem edged a first-set tiebreak before turning up the heat to romp into the US Open quarter-finals with a resounding 7-6(4) 6-1 6-1 victory over Canadian youngster Felix Augur-Aliassime at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Monday (Sep 7). Top seed Novak Djokovic’s disqualification on Sunday for […]
NEW YORK: Third seed Serena Williams advanced to the U.S. Open quarter-finals after a gritty, tension-filled 6-3 6-7(6) 6-3 win over Greece’s Maria Sakkari on Monday (Sep 7). Early nerves saw Williams start with a double fault, but the veteran then found her footing, playing strong defensive tennis to save […]
LONDON: Frank Lampard admits expectations at Chelsea will soar after an expensive recruitment drive ahead of the new Premier League season. The Stamford Bridge club have spent nearly £200 million (RM1.09 billion) as they have brought in on Hakim Ziyech, Timo Werner, Ben Chilwell, Thiago Silva, Kai Havertz and Malang […]
BERLIN: After two consecutive draws which have left the Germany camp seething, head coach Joachim Loew has vowed to go on the attack with a full-strength squad in the Nations League next month. “We will really attack again in October,” said Loew as Germany sit third behind Group 4A leaders […]
LONDON: Phil Foden and Mason Greenwood have been sent home from England duty after breaching coronavirus rules, manager Gareth Southgate said today. Southgate revealed Manchester City midfielder Foden and Manchester United forward Greenwood would not be travelling from Iceland to Denmark for tomorrow’s Nations League match. Although Southgate refused to […]
LONDON: Britain’s competition regulator on Monday fined Amazon 55,000 pounds (US$72,364) after the US online giant delayed an investigation into its purchase of a 16 per cent stake in food platform Deliveroo by failing to provide documents on time. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) finally cleared Amazon’s stake purchase […]
French carmaker Renault will develop and assemble the next generation of partner Nissan’s Micra models, a senior executive at the Japanese firm said, as the two companies try to reboot their alliance with tighter cooperation in production. PARIS: French carmaker Renault will develop and assemble the next generation of partner […]
NEW DELHI: Doctors at one of the largest private Covid-19 facilities in the Indian capital say they are exhausted and facing staff shortages after nearly six months of relentless work. India’s total cases of the novel coronavirus crossed 4.2 million today, overtaking Brazil as the second worst-hit country after the […]