NEW YORK: Serbia’s Filip Krajinovic bounced second-seeded Austrian Dominic Thiem from the Western & Southern Open yesterday with a dominant 6-2, 6-1 victory. Krajinovic dropped just two service points on the way to victory in the tournament moved from Cincinnati to New York to put players in the same quarantine […]
Day: August 24, 2020
NEW YORK: World number one Novak Djokovic battled through neck pain on the way to a 7-6 (7/2), 6-4 victory over Ricardas Berankis at the Western & Southern Open, where second seed Dominic Thiem crashed out. Djokovic, who pulled out of doubles with a sore neck on Sunday, made it […]
NEW YORK: Andy Murray claimed the biggest win of his comeback and a place in the last 16 of the Western and Southern Open yesterday by taking out self-destructing fifth seed Alexander Zverev 6-3 3-6 7-5. Murray offered hope he was on the right track after his injury woes with […]
JAKARTA: Indonesia reported 2,037 new coronavirus cases today, bringing its total tally to 153,535, data from the country’s Covid-19 taskforce showed. The Southeast Asian country also added 86 new deaths today, taking the total number to 6,680, the highest Covid-19 death toll in Southeast Asia.
LONDON: The United Kingdom recorded 853 new cases of Covid-19 in the latest daily statistics published today, down from 1,041 yesterday, government figures showed. Four people died after testing positive for the coronavirus within the previous 28 days, compared with six deaths announced yesterday.
LISBON: Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak said his club wants to develop a “constructive relationship” with European football’s governing body Uefa after the end of their bitter legal battle over financial rules. Uefa had banned City from European competition for two years after ruling they had breached Financial Fair […]
LONDON: Newcastle United have signed Ireland midfielder Jeff Hendrick on a four-year contract, the Premier League club said yesterday. Hendrick, who has 54 caps, arrives at St James’ Park on a free transfer after leaving Burnley at the end of his contract last month. The 28-year-old made 139 appearances for […]
JOLO: At least 14 people were killed and 75 wounded—including members of the security forces and civilians—in twin bombings today involving a suicide attacker on a southern Philippine island that is a stronghold of Islamist militants, officials said. The apparently coordinated attacks happened in Jolo in Muslim-majority Sulu, where government-backed […]
WELLINGTON: The daughter of a woman killed in the New Zealand mosque shootings challenged white supremacist Brenton Tarrant at his sentencing hearing to use his life in prison to consider the beauty of the diversity and freedom he sought to destroy. The daughter of Linda Armstrong sobbed as she addressed […]
NEW YORK: Slovan Bratislava have forfeited their Champions League first qualifying round tie against Faroe Islands side KI Klaksvik after a player from the Slovakian club tested positive for Covid-19, Uefa said yesterday. The match was initially scheduled for August 19 but postponed to August 21 after a member of […]