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Euro zone governments will have to charm private buyers to step in and buy 400 billion euros of additional debt next year, which will keep the bloc's battered bond markets under pressure as the European Central Bank further unwinds its support.The ECB, effectively a guaranteed debt buyer since i...
Sports,Football
Goals from Christian Eriksen and Marcus Rashford earned Manchester United a comfortable 2-0 win over Burnley in the League Cup fourth round on Wednesday as third-tier Charlton Athletic knocked out Brighton & Hove Albion on penalties.Playing their first game since the World Cup break, United went...
France forward Kingsley Coman and midfielder AurelienTchouameni have been subjected to online racist abuse after missing their penalties in Sunday's World Cup final against Argentina, the BBC reported on Monday.Argentina keeper Emiliano Martinez saved Coman's effort from the spot and Tchouam...
Croatia midfielder Luka Modric said he intends to play for the Balkan nation until the Nations League finals in June next year but has yet to decide about his participation at the Euro 2024 tournament.Modric helped Croatia win the bronze medal at the World Cup in Qatar after they defeated Morocco 2-...
Sports,Cricket
Australia completed a six-wicket victory within two days in the first test against South Africa on Sunday as the Proteas crumbled on a green Gabba wicket that played straight into the home bowlers' hands.Skittled for 152 on day one, South Africa were routed for 99 shortly after tea on day two, l...
After a mesmerising month of upsets, when several brash outsiders threatened soccer’s status quo, the World Cup final will have a familiar feel on Sunday when two of the sport’s super-heavyweights go toe to toe, each seeking a third title.It seems a long time ago that Argentina were on t...
France have not been overly troubled by the virus that has hit several players in the past few days, coach Didier Deschamps said, as the squad prepare to finish off their World Cup campaign in Sunday's final against Argentina.Defenders DayotUpamecano, IbrahimaKonate, Raphael Varane, midfielder A...
As French soccer star KylianMbappe gears up for the World Cup final on Sunday in Qatar, the striker's presence is also felt strongly in Bondy, the unassuming satellite city of Paris where he grew up."Ah, Kylian, the rising star - the star of the stars," said Kamel Ghehioueche, 41, bund...
Former Paris St Germain boss Mauricio Pochettino has said it is absurd to debate Lionel Messi's defensive work as the Argentina captain gets ready to lead his side into the World Cup final against France on Sunday.Messi is the joint top scorer and assist provider at the World Cup, but there has ...
In Rosario, the Argentine city where Lionel Messi grew up, hope and excitement are rising that their hometown star can guide the country to a first soccer World Cup since 1986, repeating a trick by one Diego Maradona 36 years ago.Some 300 kilometers (186 miles) north of Buenos Aires, on the western ...
World,Back Page
A NASA-led international satellite mission was set for blastoff from Southern California early on Thursday on a major Earth science project to conduct a comprehensive survey of the world's oceans, lakes and rivers for the first time.Dubbed SWOT, short for Surface Water and Ocean Topogr...
Poland’s Szymon Marciniak will referee Sunday’s World Cup final between Argentina and France, the Polish FA said on Thursday.The 41-year-old, who will be the first Pole to referee the final, officiated his first World Cup match in 2018 in Russia. He will be joined by assistants Pawel Sok...
Brazilian World Cup-winner Ronaldo is not happy with the idea of fierce rivals Argentina winning the tournament in Qatar following his own country's shock exit in the quarter-finals.Brazil, who captured their fifth title in 2002 with Ronaldo playing a vital role, suffered a last-eight penalty sh...
After putting Belgium, Portugal and Spain to the sword in Qatar, Morocco are looking to bring another soccer superpower to their knees when they face France in the World Cup semi-finals on Wednesday in a match heavy with political and social overtones.Morocco, the first African side to reach the las...
Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag said centre back Harry Maguire had a really good World Cup and urged him to replicate his England form at the club when the Premier League restarts.Maguire lost his first-team spot for United in August but the 29-year-old started every game for England in Qatar...
France are fully aware that Morocco are much more than a strictly defensive team as they prepare for their unexpected World Cup semi-final clash on Wednesday.Morocco reached the last four by beating Spain and Portugal in the knockout stages and have conceded only one goal in the tournament.Their qui...
Argentina, led by superstar Lionel Messi, came into the World Cup as one of the favourites but they face a big roadblock in the semi-final on Tuesday with 2018 runners-up Croatia, who proved too much for the other title contenders, Brazil.The Croats stunned the tournament favourites in the quarter-f...
Morocco's unexpected march to the World Cup semi-finals can be attributed partly to a policy of deliberately seeking out talent in the Diaspora to strengthen the national team and give them a better chance of success.Fourteen of Morocco's 26-man squad were born outside the country, more than...
Australia routed West Indies for 77 in the second innings to romp to a 419-run victory in the day-night second test and complete a 2-0 series sweep at the Adelaide Oval on Sunday.Chasing a hopeless victory target of 497, the West Indies' defeat was merely a matter of time after they began the pe...
All eyes will be on Kylian Mbappe once again as France take on England in a mouthwatering World Cup quarter-final clash but the defending champions must hope their lack of options from the bench will not be exposed on Saturday.Les Bleus, who are looking to become the first team to retain the title s...
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