Archive for the May 12, 2017
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Real Madrid inflicted a fourth Champions League elimination on Atletico Madrid in as many years on Wednesday, losing their semi-final second leg 2-1 but progressing to the final 4-2 on aggregate. Atletico had threatened an
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Striker Abdul Haseeb Khan will lead Pakistan hockey team in the World League semi-final round being played from June 15 in London. Umar Bhutta is the vice captain of the team while other members of
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Azhar Ali crawled to a second hundred in as many matches as Pakistan reached 227 for three at lunch on the second day of the third and final Test against the West Indies on Thursday.
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Gianni Infantino slammed "fake news" and "alternative facts" surrounding FIFA and insisted football's scandal-ridden governing body had changed in an impassioned speech to its annual congress in Bahrain on Thursday. Fifteen months after being elected
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Football fans heading to next year's World Cup in Russia will receive a "hospitable" welcome, the head of the body organising the tournament told the annual FIFA Congress in Bahrain on Thursday. Shrugging off fears
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China hosts on Sunday a summit showcasing its ambitious drive to revive ancient Silk Road trade routes and lead a new era of globalisation, just as Washington turns inward in favour of "America First" policies.
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The US State Department has approved the possible sale of 160 missiles to the United Arab Emirates for an estimated $2.0 billion, the Pentagon said on Thursday. The UAE government has requested the possible sale
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Britain's opposition Labour party sought to shrug off the apparent leak Thursday of its manifesto for next month's election, which includes its view on Brexit talks. The document proposes sweeping reforms including the renationalisation of
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Israeli authorities on Thursday charged a Palestinian with murder over the fatal stabbing of a young British woman on a Jerusalem tramway last month, the justice ministry said. Jamil Tamimi, 57, from Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem,
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Clashes erupted in the occupied West Bank on Thursday between Israeli soldiers and hundreds of Palestinians protesting in support of hunger strikers in Israeli jails. At least two Palestinians were wounded by rubber bullets and
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