Fierce city rivals Hamburg and St Pauli resume hostilities in the Bundesliga on Friday, 14 years since their last top-flight clash. Six-time German champions Hamburg, known as HSV in Germany, were relegated in 2018 and endured a seven-year stint in the second division before winning promotion at the end of last season. Hamburg’s toil in […]
Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim said his side were “completely lost” during an embarrassing League Cup exit to fourth-tier Grimsby on Wednesday that heaped more pressure on the Portuguese coach. League Two side Grimsby won a marathon penalty shootout 12-11 after a 2-2 draw. After a woeful first half United trailed 2-0 to goals from […]
Jonas Vingegaard reclaimed the overall lead of the Vuelta a Espana on the fifth-stage team time-trial on Wednesday, while Team UAE riders Juan Ayuso and Joao Almeida climbed to second and third in the standings. As the 21-day race arrived in Spain after four stages in Italy and France, the leaderboard was reshuffled with the […]
Jelena Ostapenko was involved in a furious on-court confrontation with Taylor Townsend after being dumped out of the US Open by the unseeded American on Wednesday. Latvian 25th seed Ostapenko unleashed an angry verbal volley at Townsend following her 7-5, 6-1 second-round defeat. Townsend later revealed that Ostapenko had accused her of lacking “class” during […]
Lionel Messi scored twice late on as Inter Miami fought back to beat Orlando City 3-1 and reach the final of the Leagues Cup on Wednesday. After missing two straight matches with a right thigh injury, Messi converted a penalty in the 77th minute to pull Inter level at 1-1 then combined with Jordi Alba […]
Gold prices in Pakistan edged higher on Wednesday, moving in opposite direction of the international market, where bullion slipped under pressure from a stronger US dollar and Treasury yields. According to the All Pakistan Sarafa Gems and Jewellers Association, the price of gold per tola increased by Rs1,000 to Rs361,700. Similarly, the rate of 10 […]
At least 25 people were killed and 27 injured when a bus overturned in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, authorities told AFP, a week after the country’s deadliest road accident in years. The crash happened “due to the driver’s negligence” on a highway near the capital Kabul leading to the southern city of Kandahar, interior ministry […]
Clashes during a raid in Iran’s restive southeast killed at least 13 militants as well as a Revolutionary Guard, state media reported Wednesday. A Revolutionary Guards statement carried by state television said that “13 terrorists have been killed and a number of others arrested” in Sistan-Baluchistan province, which has seen a spate of violent clashes […]
Two children were killed and 17 other people were injured on Wednesday after a gunman opened fire on schoolchildren who were attending Mass at a Minneapolis Catholic school, authorities said. The assailant, wielding a rifle, a shotgun and a pistol, fired dozens of rounds through the church windows, officials said. The shooter then took his […]
The South Asia & Southeast Asia Rice Molecular Design Breeding Network has been officially launched in Kunming, Yunnan, China. It was established during the South Asia & Southeast Asia Upland Rice Network Annual Meeting held from August 19 to 22. The platform will support seed industry cooperation between China and countries across South and Southeast […]