Kvitova admitted it took some time getting used to playing in front of the empty stands at Flushing Meadows. NEW YORK: Sixth seed Petra Kvitova handily defeated Irina-Camelia Begu 6-3 6-2 in first-round action at the US Open yesterday but the Czech admitted it took some time getting used […]
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NEW YORK: First seed Karolina Pliskova got a roaring start to her bid for a maiden Grand Slam title at the US Open yesterday, downing first-round opponent Anhelina Kalinina 6-4 6-0 to kick off the action in Arthur Ashe Stadium. The 28-year-old Czech, who led the WTA in aces in […]
Angelique Kerber (pic) returns a shot to Alja Tomljanovic of Australia on Day 1 of the 2020 US Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center August 31, 2020. NEW YORK: Former champion Angelique Kerber returned to action for the first time in seven months and […]
PITTSBURGH: Joe Biden on Monday (Aug 31) accused President Donald Trump of stoking violence after a week of deadly unrest catapulted law and order to the top of the political agenda barely two months before the US election. The stakes for Biden’s speech in Pittsburgh, in the swing state of […]
BRUSSELS: The European Commission said on Monday (Aug 31) that it would contribute to an initiative led by the World Health Organization to buy COVID-19 vaccines, while the WHO said Germany had joined the pact and that the agency was still negotiating with the bloc. The Commission, announcing that it […]
BANGKOK: Thai police arrested a student leader today as part of a continued crackdown against political activists who helped organise an anti-government protest in July, a police officer told Reuters. Jutatip Sirikhan, 21, the president of the Student Union of Thailand, was arrested by a plain-cloth police officer while she […]
SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS (Belgium): Red Bull team advisor Helmut Marko hit back at Lewis Hamilton’s criticism of Alex Albon and defended Red Bull’s driver line-up as a “good pairing” after the London-born Thai driver’s sixth-placed finish in yesterday’s Belgian Grand Prix. Albon, in his first full season as Max Verstappen’s team-mate, has […]
MANILA: The Philippines’ health ministry today reported 3,483 additional novel coronavirus infections and 39 more deaths. In a bulletin, the ministry said total confirmed infections had reached 224,264, more than half of which were reported in the past 30 days, while deaths had increased to 3,597. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte […]
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook said on Monday (Aug 31) it had erred in blocking a pro-Biden ad submitted by Democratic political action committee Priorities USA, after initially telling the group the video violated its policy against “sensational” content. A company spokesman cited an “enforcement error” and said Facebook was approving the […]
WELLINGTON: Schools and businesses reopened in Auckland today after the lifting of a lockdown in New Zealand’s largest city to contain the resurgence of the coronavirus, but face masks were made mandatory on public transport across the country. The Pacific nation of 5 million people had appeared to have succeeded […]