UEFA said on Wednesday it would “investigate allegations of discriminatory behaviour” after Real Madrid forward Vinicius Junior accused Benfica’s Gianluca Prestianni of racially abusing him during a Champions League match in Lisbon. Tuesday’s first leg of the knockout phase play-off tie was stopped for more than 10 minutes after Vinicius complained to French referee Francois […]
Little Ramazan lanterns and string lights appeared on streets lined with collapsed buildings and piles of rubble in Gaza City, bringing joy and respite as Islam’s holiest month began — the first since October’s ceasefire. In the Omari mosque, dozens of worshippers performed the first Ramazan morning prayer, bare feet on the carpet but donning heavy jackets […]
Striker Serhou Guirassy scored one goal and created another as hosts Borussia Dortmund claimed a 2-0 victory over Italian visitors Atalanta in the first leg of their Champions League playoff tie on Tuesday. The match kicked off 15 minutes late as the Dortmund team bus was caught in traffic, but they were fast out of […]
A district and sessions court in Islamabad on Wednesday directed jailed former prime minister Imran Khan to appear either in person or via video link at the next hearing of six cases filed against him. The hearings at the District and Sessions Court included five cases linked to the May 9 unrest, in which former […]
The chief minister of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Sohail Afridi, on Wednesday announced the formation of the “Imran Khan Release Force” to campaign for the release of Imran Khan, saying a public movement had become “unavoidable after persistent violations of court directives”. “The Free Imran Khan Force will wage a completely peaceful struggle. After his release, Imran Khan […]
Critics hammered Australia’s bowling line-up and selection “stuff-ups” after the country’s shock T20 World Cup exit in the group stages. The 2021 champions were knocked out of the T20 World Cup in Sri Lanka on Tuesday. Zimbabwe qualified after their match against Ireland was rained off without a ball being bowled. The washout gave each […]
South Africa sent a T20 World Cup warning to co-hosts India after romping to a six-wicket win over the United Arab Emirates in New Delhi on Wednesday. After restricting the Emiratis to 122-6 on a pitch enlivened by morning rain, South Africa raced to 123-4 in just 13.2 overs to complete a perfect group phase […]
Match-winner Vinicius Junior hit out at “cowards” after accusing Benfica’s Gianluca Prestianni of racially abusing him during Real Madrid’s 1-0 Champions League play-off first leg victory in Lisbon on Tuesday. The game was stopped for more than 10 minutes due to a racism protocol after Vinicius complained to French referee Francois Letexier about the alleged […]
Australia said on Wednesday it would temporarily ban one of its citizens held in a Syrian camp from returning to the country, under rarely-used powers aimed at preventing terror activity. Thirty-four Australians in a northern Syrian facility holding families of suspected Islamic State militants are expected to return home after their release was conditionally approved by […]
Negotiators from Ukraine and Russia were due to begin a second day of talks in Geneva on Wednesday, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the United States was putting undue pressure on him to bring an end to the four-year-old war. The US-mediated peace talks in Switzerland have been taking place as US President Donald […]