Sports,Football
Uruguay needed a late equaliser and penalties to beat Canada in Saturday's Copa America third-place playoff match, with coach Marcelo Bielsa saying the South American side had performed well below their level.Canada made several changes to their lineup for the match and looked the fresher side a...
World
The United States on Thursday announced a new security package for Ukraine worth $225 million, which includes a Patriot missile battery, additional ammunition for high-mobility artillery rocket systems and missiles, among other items.Why It's ImportantWashington, Ukraine's biggest supp...
Colombia beat Uruguay 1-0 in their Copa America semi-final on Thursday despite being reduced to 10 men for 45 minutes to book a title decider against defending champions Argentina thanks to a first-half header from Jefferson Lerma.Uruguay's Darwin Nunez missed several chances in the first half a...
Spain fought back to beat France 2-1 in an entertaining Euro 2024 semi-final on Tuesday with a stunning Lamine Yamal strike and a Dani Olmo goal booking their spot in Sunday's final in Berlin.France struck early when Kylian Mbappe, not wearing a mask after breaking his nose earlier in the tourna...
World,Back Page
Russia blasted the main children's hospital in Kyiv with a missile in broad daylight on Monday and rained missiles down on other cities across Ukraine, killing at least 41 civilians in the deadliest wave of airstrikes for months.Parents holding babies walked in the street outside the hospital, d...
The route to the last four of Euro 2024 has been a rocky one for the Netherlands and England, and a few flashes of their best quality in their semi-final showdown on Wednesday might be enough for either side to make the final.England's shootout win over Switzerland brought momentary euphori...
Goal-shy France will be looking to silence the critics when they take on Spain in their Euro 2024 semi-final clash on Tuesday in Munich, while their opponents hope to keep their impressive campaign going even without key players.With Kylian Mbappe leading their talented squad, France were well among...
Uruguay beat Brazil 4-2 in a penalty shootout on Sunday after a bruising 0-0 draw to march into the semi-finals of the Copa America where they will face Colombia.Sergio Rochet saved Brazil's first penalty in the shootout from Eder Militao while his teammate Douglas Luiz hit the post. Brazil keep...
Portugal manager Roberto Martinez said there was no blame to cast after Joao Felix missed the penalty that resulted in their exit from the European Championship and likely brought the curtain down on Cristiano Ronaldo's international career.Felix fired his penalty against the post -- the only mi...
Business
Germany's coalition government is set to overhaul the way renewable energy is subsidised so that power producers would get one-off support for their investment costs instead of a guaranteed price for power they produce, a finance ministry document showed on Friday.A shift to investment subsidies...
Around 39 people at Malaysia's Kuala Lumpur international airport fell ill on Thursday after a gas leak at an aircraft engineering facility, but no passengers were affected and there were no flight disruptions, the fire department said.The Selangor state fire department said it received an emerg...
The UK financial sector is warming to Labour's pro-business overtures and pledges to provide stability and support, but many in the City remain wary it could be targeted to prop up Britain's stretched public finances further down the line.Under leader Keir Starmer, the Labour Party - expecte...
Russian strikes killed two people and wounded 26 on Thursday in Ukrainian regions stretching from the south to the east and northeast, local authorities said.A missile strike in southern Odesa region killed a woman, injured seven people and damaged port infrastructure, regional governor Oleh Kiper s...
England's European Championship campaign looked dead and buried before it was salvaged by a remarkable last-gasp goal from Jude Bellingham in the round of 16, but they have barely made their presence felt in Germany.Gareth Southgate's men take on in-form Switzerland in the quarter-finals on ...
Germany take on fellow title contenders Spain in their mouth-watering Euro 2024 quarter-final clash on Friday, hoping to end a winless run at tournaments against them that stretches back to 1988.The Germans are enjoying their best international tournament in eight years with home fans desperate for ...
Sports,Tennis
Marketa Vondrousova became the first defending Wimbledon women's champion to make a first-round exit for 30 years as she was bundled out by Spaniard Jessica Bouzas Maneiro on Tuesday.The Czech sixth seed slumped to a 6-4 6-2 defeat as her reign ended with a whimper and there was also crushing di...
France’s critics were told to lay off the team by assistant coach Guy Stephan on Wednesday, who said they never expected to saunter to victory at the European Championship.Stephan, himself a former Senegal coach, said those who believed France would have any easy tournament in Germany were mis...
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan's detention is arbitrary and in violation of international law, a UN human rights working group said in an opinion issued on Monday, adding the jailed politician should be released immediately.The Geneva-based UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention sai...
Five-time World Cup champions Brazil and in-form Colombia meet in North California on Tuesday in a highly-anticipated Copa America clash with more than just the Group D lead on the line. The match is scheduled to start at 7:00 AM (Bangladesh time)Colombia are arguably the hottest team in the America...
Portugal goalkeeper Diogo Costa saved three Slovenia penalties to earn his side a 3-0 shoot-out victory after Cristiano Ronaldo redeemed himself from the spot in a dramatic Euro 2024 last 16 clash on Monday.Portugal forward Ronaldo broke down in tears after missing a penalty in the first period of e...
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