LONDON: A magnificent long-range strike from Youri Tielemans gave Leicester City their first FA Cup triumph with a 1-0 victory over Chelsea at Wembley on Saturday, in front of the biggest crowd in England since March 2020. Leicester had been beaten in all their three previous FA Cup final appearances, most recently in 1969, and … Read more
Ebrahim Raisi, head of Iran’s judiciary shows his identification document while registering his name as a candidate for the June 18 presidential elections DUBAI: The hard-line cleric in charge of Iran’s judiciary who also took part in a panel involved in the mass execution of thousands of prisoners in 1988 registered Saturday to run against … Read more
NEW DELHI: Former India women’s cricket team coach WV Raman on Saturday thanked the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) Secretary Jay Shah for his kind words in his communication. “Thanks, @JayShah for your kind words in your communication to me.. Much appreciated.. @BCCI,” Raman tweeted. Thanks @JayShah for your kind words in … Read more
NEW DELHI: With the cyclone ‘Tauktae’ intensifying into a ‘severe’ cyclonic storm over east-central Arabian Sea, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday reviewed preparedness of states and central agencies to deal with the situation. The storm is expected to make landfall near Dwarka in Gujarat as a ‘very severe’ cyclonic storm on May 18. ‘Tauktae’ … Read more
NEW DELHI: Scottish explorer Cairn Energy Plc has sued loss-making Air India in a US court to force recovery of a $1.2 billion international arbitration award it won in December against the Indian government’s retrospective tax claim, a move that could bog down disinvestment of the state-run national carrier. Cairn filed the lawsuit in the … Read more
CHANDIGARH: India’s latest Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) sensation Ritu Phogat‘s unbeaten run came to an end after narrowly going down to Vietnamese-American fighter Bi Nguyen, but it was 2010 Commonwealth Games gold medallist wrestler Arjan Bhullar, who grabbed the limelight by clinching the world heavyweight title in Singapore on Saturday. Bhullar, who had a 10-1 … Read more
BERLIN: The United Nations‘ human rights chief is urging all in what has developed into a battle between Israel and Gaza‘s militant Hamas rulers to lower tensions, and faulted actions by both sides. Michelle Bachelet, the UN high commissioner for human rights, said in a statement issued in Geneva on Saturday that “rather than seeking … Read more
MUMBAI: BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday wrote to Congress president Sonia Gandhi about the Covid-19 situation in Maharashtra, and said she should rather advise the states where her party is in power about how to handle the pandemic. State Congress leaders hit back, alleging that the BJP-led Union government’s “arrogance and complacency” led to … Read more
Wahab Riaz (Getty Images) LAHORE: Pakistan pacer Wahab Riaz has said that the Indian Premier League (IPL) is at a different level and no other league in the world can compete with it. He also said that all the best international players make their presence felt in the IPL and as a result, it cannot … Read more
An Israeli artillery unit fires toward targets in Gaza Strip at the Israeli Gaza border GAZA/JERUSALEM,: Israel pummelled Gaza with air strikes and Palestinian militants launched rocket barrages at Israel on Saturday, with no sign yet of an imminent end to the worst escalation in years after six days of conflict and amid a rising … Read more