SYDNEY: Footballing minnows Adelaide United issued a long-shot bid to entice superstar Lionel Messi to join its ranks today, touting the remote South Australian city as a coronavirus safehaven for playing and raising his family. Writing a “Dear Lionel” letter after news Messi wanted to quit his long association with […]
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Wang Xining, deputy head of mission for the Chinese Embassy in Australia, is seen at the National Press Club in Canberra, Australia August 26, 2020. SYDNEY: A top Chinese diplomat in Australia warned against a “shadow” over the two nations’ ties today, saying that Beijing was disappointed by a […]
In Manama, Pompeo is expected to meet with King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and his son, Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will hold closed-door meetings Wednesday with Bahrain’s royal family and top officials in the United Arab Emirates amid the Trump […]
MANILA: Two female suicide attackers who carried out a double bombing in the southern Philippines were the widows of militants who had worked for the Islamic State-linked Abu Sayyaf group, the army chief said today. Fourteen people were killed and 75 wounded, including members of the government-backed security forces and […]
MUMBAI: India recorded more than 60,000 cases of Covid-19 for the eighth day in a row today, as total cases crossed 3.2 million, data from the federal health ministry showed. The world’s second-most populous country is third behind the United States and Brazil in terms of total caseload, and has […]
LONDON: Briton Johanna Konta’s decision to appoint Thomas Hogstedt as her coach to replace Dimitri Zavialoff is a “weird choice” as the Swede can be difficult to work with, her former Fed Cup teammate Laura Robson has said. Hogstedt, who previously worked with Maria Sharapova, Caroline Wozniacki and Victoria Azarenka, […]
TOKYO: It is too early to talk about the next political era after Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe because his term runs until next year, a top spokesman said today, amid worries about Abe’s ability to continue as premier after two hospital visits. Abe has been to hospital twice in […]
YANGON: Myanmar reported 70 new coronavirus infections today, the South-east Asian nation’s biggest daily rise, amid a recent resurgence of the virus after weeks without confirmed domestic transmission. Myanmar’s outbreaks has been relatively small compared with other countries in the region after it found its first case in March, with […]
Kyrgios has been taking pot shots at Djokovic and other tennis players who have breached social distancing guidelines since the Adria Tour which resulted in four players contracting Covid-19. SYDNEY: Nick Kyrgios was once fined for a “lack of best efforts” at the Shanghai Masters but the mercurial Australian […]
NEW YORK: Serena Williams was sent spinning out of the Western and Southern Open by Maria Sakkari yesterday after the Greek rallied from a set down to beat the 23-times Grand Slam champion 5-7 7-6(5) 6-1 and reach the quarter-finals. Williams, 38, raced to a 5-2 in the opening set […]