A sharpshooter in the winning Chicago Bulls line-up alongside Michael Jordan, Hodges spoke openly of racial oppression and was subsequently ostracised. Three decades later, he shares the travails and turmoils of his time and connects it with the present context in the US. A sharpshooter, Craig Hodges helped Michael Jordan’s […]
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HONG KONG: The Asian Tour announced on Sunday (Jun 7) plans to restart its 2020 golf season with three tournaments in September as coronavirus travel restrictions begin to ease across the world’s most populous continent. The tour, which has been suspended since American Trevor Simsby won the Malaysia Open on […]
PARIS: France’s coronavirus death toll, the fifth-highest in the world, rose more slowly on Saturday (Jun 6), while the number of people in intensive care continued to fall, government data showed. The number of deaths from the COVID-19 disease increased by 31, or 0.1 per cent, from the previous day […]
LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is planning to relax rules on outdoor dining and weddings, as well as speeding up government investment plans in a bid to limit the economic damage from the coronavirus, newspapers reported on Saturday (Jun 6). The Sunday Times said Johnson wanted to relax planning […]
BERLIN: Bayern Munich came from a goal down to ease past hosts Bayer Leverkusen 4-2 on Saturday and remain firmly on course to retain the Bundesliga title with four games remaining. The Bavarians are within touching distance of their eighth consecutive league crown and have also set a league record […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) has changed its advice on face masks, saying they should be worn in public to help stop the spread of coronavirus. The global body said new information showed they could provide “a barrier for potentially infectious droplets”. Some countries around the world already recommend or […]
SINGAPORE: About 1.5 terabytes of sensitive data was reportedly stolen from a US subsidiary of ST Engineering Aerospace in a massive data breach that was discovered on Friday (5 June), according to cybersecurity firm CYFIRMA . CYFIRMA said its initial investigation showed the breach at VT San Antonio Aerospace started […]
REUTERS: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Friday said he would consider changes to the policy that led the company to leave up controversial posts by President Donald Trump during recent demonstrations protesting the death of an unarmed black man while in police custody, a partial concession to critics. Zuckerberg did […]
Yuvraj Singh’s apology comes a day after Haryana Police initiated a probe against him. Former Indian all-rounder Yuvraj Singh issued an apology Friday for ‘unintentionally’ hurting the sentiments of some people. The apology came after Singh was alleged to have made a casteist remark in jest against leg spinner Yuzvendra […]
Since the time the pandemic-induced lockdown came into force, anti-doping activities across the country have virtually come to a standstill. Now, as training resumes, NADA wants to restart policing the athletes. Before they get tested for performance-enhancing drugs, India’s athletes will first have to give an undertaking that they are […]