THE kick-off in the Club World Cup clash between South Korea’s Ulsan HD and South African team Mamelodi Sundowns was delayed because of a weather warning on Tuesday. The Group F game was due to start at the Inter&Co Stadium in Orlando at 6:00 pm local time (2200 GMT), and both teams had walked out…
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said the United States would not kill Iran’s supreme leader “for now” and appeared to demand Tehran’s surrender, as US ally Israel traded fire with its arch foe for a fifth day on Tuesday. The comments marked a dramatic escalation in Trump’s rhetoric against Iran and its leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,…
TEHRAN: Facing the camera with a defiant gaze, her index finger raised in the air, Iranian TV presenter Sahar Emami became an icon in her country after an Israeli attack on the state broadcaster. “What you can see is the flagrant aggression of the Zionist regime against the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Iranian…
RIVER PLATE overcame a spirited Urawa Red Diamonds 3-1 on Tuesday to make a strong start in Club World Cup Group E. The Argentine side overpowered their Japanese opponents at Lumen Field under the Seattle sun, in an entertaining battle. Under 12,000 fans attended the clash at the 69,000-capacity stadium but those who were there,…
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump faces potentially the hardest choice of his time in the White House, as he weighs up whether the United States should join Israel’s bombing campaign against Iran. Trump fueled speculation about a US intervention as he dashed back from a G7 summit in Canada, warning Tuesday that the United States could…
SAO PAULO: Brazil’s police on Tuesday called for far-right ex-leader Jair Bolsonaro, on trial for alleged coup-plotting, to be separately charged with illegal espionage while president, Bolsonaro’s son and local media reported. Bolsonaro risks around 40 years in prison if convicted of plotting to cling to power despite losing October 2022 elections to left-winger Luiz…
FORMER Lyon and Bordeaux striker Bernard Lacombe, who won Euro 1984 with France, died on Tuesday at the age of 72 after a long illness. Lacombe began his career with hometown club Lyon and had a brief spell at Saint-Etienne before joining Bordeaux, scoring 255 goals in total in the French top flight in 497…
TOTTENHAM chairman Daniel Levy said he had no regrets over the hiring of Ange Postecoglou as he defended the decision to sack the Australian as manager. Postecoglou guided Spurs to their first trophy for 17 years by winning the Europa League last month. However, that was not enough to save his job after finishing 17th…
PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan will step down when his contract ends next year, the tour announced in a statement on Tuesday. Monahan, who replaced predecessor Tim Finchem in 2017, will gradually hand over his day-to-day responsibilities to newly appointed chief executive Brian Rolapp. Rolapp joins the tour after two decades with the National Football…
LONDON: UK MPs on Tuesday voted to end contentious prosecutions of women in England and Wales for terminating a pregnancy, paving the way for a huge overhaul of how the country’s abortion laws are enforced. Currently, a woman can face criminal charges for choosing to end a pregnancy after 24 weeks or without the approval…
