ISTANBUL: Turkey and Greece exchanged harsh words on Saturday (Jul 25) over the conversion of Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia into a mosque, a day after Islamic prayers were held at the ancient site for the first time in nine decades. President Tayyip Erdogan, who attended Friday’s ceremony that sealed his ambition […]
Year: 2020
LONDON: England head coach Eddie Jones says he will not attempt to stop fans at the Twickenham Stadium singing “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” but added they would need to be educated on its links with American slavery in order to make an informed decision. The anthem, believed to have been […]
LONDON: Arsenal defender Shkodran Mustafi will miss the FA Cup final against Chelsea on Aug 1 because of a hamstring injury, the Premier League club said. Mustafi, 28, sustained the injury during the closing stages of Arsenal’s 2-0 semi-final victory against Manchester City at Wembley last week. “Will miss remaining […]
DOHA: Former Barcelona star Xavi Hernandez has tested positive for coronavirus, his Qatari club Al-Sadd said on Saturday (Jul 25), adding he would miss their league restart fixture against Al-Khor. Xavi, 40, recently quashed rumours that he was preparing to move back to Barcelona and signed on for another season […]
LONDON: Manchester City’s David Silva says his trophy-laden career with the Premier League club has exceeded his wildest dreams as he prepares for his final league game against Norwich City on Sunday. Silva has won 11 trophies in 10 seasons with Manchester City, including four Premier League titles, since arriving […]
ROME: The upcoming Palermo Ladies Open could lose its biggest draw in world number two Simona Halep after Italy decided to impose a mandatory quarantine of 14 days for people coming from Romania and Bulgaria amid the coronavirus pandemic. Italian Health Minister Roberto Speranza said on Friday (Jul 24) people […]
NEW YORK: When the National Basketball Association (NBA) restarts its coronavirus-interrupted season on Jul 30 in its “bubble” in Orlando, Florida, the stands could have more than 300 fans: None of whom will actually be in the arena. Microsoft and the NBA said on Friday (Jul 24) they have joined […]
SEATTLE: Boeing is preparing to delay its all-new 777X jet by several months or up to a year, three people familiar with the matter said, as the COVID-19 crisis exacerbates a drop in demand for the industry’s largest jetliners. Boeing hopes to bring the jet to market as passenger travel […]
SHANGHAI: Former German international striker Sandro Wagner has left Tianjin Teda for “family reasons”, just as the Chinese Super League (CSL) kicks off on Saturday (Jul 25). The 32-year-old joined the club in China’s northeast in January last year from Bayern Munich for €5 million and scored 12 goals in […]
Facebook Inc and Twitter Inc took down the accounts of several high-profile supporters of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro following a Supreme Court order, a move that underlines the tricky territory the social media titans are navigating in some of the world’s largest jurisdictions. BRASILIA: Facebook Inc and Twitter Inc took […]