Pakistan urged to stay 'ruthless' in Sri Lanka World Cup clash
The notoriously unpredictable Pakistan side held their nerve to beat the hosts by 14 runs at Trent Bridge on Monday, just three days after crashing to a seven-wicket defeat against the West Indies at the same venue. We now need to stay consistent and ruthless.? Pakistan posted an impressive 348-8 against a potent England bowling attack, with fifties from ...
'Genius' Ronaldo hat-trick sends Portugal into Nations League final
PORTO (AFP) - Portugal manager Fernando Santos hailed Cristiano Ronaldo a "football genius" after his 53rd career hat-trick sent Portugal into the final of the Nations League on home soil in Porto with a 3-1 win over Switzerland. The hosts had to withstand a huge moment of VAR controversy as after Ronaldo?s free-kick opened the scoring, Portugal thought they ...
Roland Garros chiefs won't rule out finals shift after washout
PARIS (AFP) - Roland Garros organisers were facing a scheduling nightmare on Wednesday after the entire day?s play was washed out with the prospect of another all-consuming deluge expected to swamp Paris on Friday, possibly forcing the women?s final to be played alongside the men?s on Sunday. However, if the weather continues to deteriorate, the women?s final could be ...
India move a head of Pakistan in World Cup points table after beating S Africa
It interesting to share that Pakistan and India both have received two points each , but Pakistan? have payed two matches so far while India? appeared in the one clash of World? Cup 2019. 1 New Zealand 2 2 0 0 0 4 +2.279 2 West Indies 1 1 0 0 0 2 +5.802 3 Australia 1 1 0 0 0 ...
Roland Garros washout keeps Djokovic and Halep waiting
The decision left world number one Djokovic and defending women?s champion Halep facing having to play their quarter-finals on Thursday and semi-finals on Friday if they get through.
Nadal v Federer: Five other great sporting rivalries
Here, AFP Sport takes a look at five other fantastic sporting rivalries from years gone by: -- Fischer?s clash with Spassky in the 1972 world chess championship in Iceland came during the Cold War and signalled the end of 24 years of Soviet domination in the sport.
Konta playing better than ever, says King
PARIS (AFP) - American tennis great Billie Jean King said on Wednesday she thinks Johanna Konta is playing "the best" she has in her career so far. The 28-year-old Konta became the first British woman since 1983 to reach the French Open semi-finals with an impressive straight-sets win over last year?s runner-up Sloane Stephens on Tuesday, and will face ...
Infantino waved in for second term as FIFA president
The FIFA Council chose to back his re-election by acclamation, with Infantino now hoping to build on the work he started in February 2016, when he was voted in to succeed the disgraced Sepp Blatter at the head of the organisation. Eager to "open up" and "globalise" the game, he will now push ahead with already approved plans to ...
The gathering storm
The emerging political alignment that has brought bitter rivals the PML-N and the PPP together is ominous, although it may be sheer political expediency that has forced the two to join hands. Indeed, it signifies the shifting sands of Pakistani politics These disparate opposition groups may not be able to bring down the government through street power. Even more worrisome, ...
Sudanese Health Ministry Says 46 People Killed In Crackdown On Protesters In Khartoum
CAIRO (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 06th June, 2019) The Sudanese Health Ministry on Thursday refuted claims that 100 people had been killed in a crackdown on a sit-in outside the Defense Ministry building in the capital of , saying that 46 people had been killed. "Only several people during the mopping-up operation, carried out by the ...
Unsuspecting Pakistani brides
As relations between China and Pakistan have matured into unprecedented closeness, it seems that many Pakistani women have become unwittingly embroiled in a crisis that shows few signs of abating. In the past several months, reports have emerged of Pakistani women being married off to Chinese men and being sold into prostitution once they are in China. In the ...
Senators seek to block Trump's arms sales to Saudis
The Trump administration last month said it would use emergency powers to defy Congress and provide munitions, aircraft maintenance and other military components to Saudi Arabia along with the United Arab Emirates. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the administration would not follow the usual process of submitting the sales to Congress due to an emergency caused by Iran, ...
UAE to present findings of tanker attacks' probe to UN
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - The United Arab Emirates, along with Saudi Arabia and Norway, will on Thursday present to the UN Security Council the findings of their probe of the May 12 attacks on oil tankers off the Emirati coast, diplomats said.
China’s Xi in Russia seeking cooperation amid US tensions
?Our relationship will be better and better,? said Xi, who was received with full honours when he arrived at Moscow?s Vnukovo airport in the afternoon. ?In recent years, thanks to your direct participation, the relationship between Russia and China has reached an unprecedentedly high level,? the Russian president said. China and Russia ?have strong political mutual trust, and support ...
Syria regime bombardment kills 10 during Eid: monitor
KAFR AWEID (AFP) - Air strikes and shelling by regime forces killed 10 civilians in Syria?s northwest on Wednesday, as residents marked the holiday of Eid al-Fitr, a war monitor said. Two children were among six people killed in regime strikes on the town of Kafr Aweid in the jihadist-held province of Idlib, said the Syrian Observatory for Human ...
Trump, Queen lead emotional tributes to D-Day heroes
Mixing sombre recitals of soldiers? last letters home with period song-and-dance numbers, the ceremony in Portsmouth drew more than a dozen world leaders including Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. They took turns honouring those involved in the Allied cross-Channel invasion of the Normandy beaches, the largest amphibious assault in history, ...
Sudan protesters reject talks after 108 killed in crackdown
KHARTOUM (AFP) - Sudanese protest leaders on Wednesday turned down an offer by the ruling military council for talks and demanded justice for a crackdown that doctors said has left 108 people dead. The Rapid Support Forces, paramilitaries said by rights groups to have their origins in the Janjaweed militias accused of abuses during the 16-year-old conflict in Darfur, ...
Headquarters of ABC News raided by police
The Australian Federal Police said the search was ?in relation to allegations of publishing classified material, contrary to provisions of the Crimes Act 1914.? ?executive editor John Lyons said the search warrant demanded access to reporters? handwritten notes, emails, story drafts, footage and passwords, among other things ? going through a total of 9,214 documents. ?There are also clear rules ...
Trump rejects reports of North Korean executions
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday appeared to cast doubt on news reports of North Korean executions as part of a purge in the aftermath of a failed Hanoi summit and lamented that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was blamed too quickly. Asked about South Korean reports that North Korea had executed a top diplomat, Trump said, ?I ...
U.S. preparing to sell $2 billion worth weapons to Taiwan, China wary
The United States is pursuing the sale of more than $2 billion worth of tanks and weapons to Taiwan, four people familiar with the negotiations said, in a move likely to anger China as a trade war between the world?s two biggest economies escalates. The potential sale included 108 General Dynamics Corp M1A2 Abrams tanks worth around $2 billion ...
