NEW YORK: The agent for Jamaican sprint king Usain Bolt confirmed yesterday that the eight-time Olympic gold medallist has tested positive for the coronavirus. “The Covid test was positive, but Usain is not showing any symptoms,” Ricky Simms told American news channel CNN in an email. Simms’ statement confirms earlier […]
Month: August 2020
HONG KONG: Two prominent Hong Kong opposition lawmakers were arrested today in a police operation focused on last year’s huge anti-government protests, the latest move in a widening crackdown against the city’s democracy camp. Lam Cheuk-ting and Ted Hui were detained after raids on their homes early Wednesday morning according […]
MILWAUKEE: Milwaukee Bucks star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo was named NBA Defensive Player of the Year yesterday. Antetokounmpo received 75 first-place votes and 432 points in balloting performed by a panel of 100 sportswriters and broadcasters. Power forward Anthony Davis of the Los Angeles Lakers was second (200 points, 14 first-place […]
Oil producers on Tuesday had evacuated 310 offshore facilities and shut 1.56 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude output, 84% of Gulf of Mexico’s offshore production, near the 90% outage that Katrina brought 15 years ago. The US energy industry on Tuesday was preparing for a major hurricane strike, […]
AMSTERDAM: Ajax Amsterdam defender Daley Blind will undergo further tests after his implanted heart defibrillator momentarily switched off in yesterday’s pre-season friendly against Hertha Berlin, manager Erik ten Hag said. The former Manchester United defender dropped to ground late in the game, which Ajax won 1-0 at the Johan Cruyff […]
MILAN: Spanish forward Pedro Rodriguez yesterday signed a three-year contract with Serie A club Roma after leaving Chelsea on a free transfer. The 33-year-old former World Cup winner becomes the Italian club’s first summer signing on a deal which runs until June 2023. “I am delighted to be here at […]
Using bulldozers and hand tools, crews scraped fire breaks into the earth to block flames from around 24 major blazes sparked by dry lightning during a record heat wave. Over 14,000 firefighters from half a dozen states carved out containment lines around some of the largest wildfires in California history […]
China’s Defence Ministry said the U-2 flew without permission over a no-fly zone in the northern military region where live fire drills were taking place, “seriously interfering in normal exercise activities”. China has lodged “stern representations” with the United States, accusing it of sending a US U-2 reconnaissance plane into […]
BERLIN: Germany coach Joachim Loew omitted Bayern Munich’s Champions League-winning players from his squad announced yesterday for upcoming Nations League games against Spain and Switzerland, giving them extra time to recover. Captain Manuel Neuer, Joshua Kimmich, Serge Gnabry and Leon Goretzka were all left out for next month’s double-header, although […]
An enlarged meeting of the politburo of the Workers Party took place amid a pandemic that is putting additional pressure on the North Korean economy, battered by recent border closures and flood damage. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for prevention efforts against the novel coronavirus and a […]