COLOMBO: Pakistani snooker stars made a resounding statement on the opening day of the Asian 6-Red and Team Snooker Championship, securing convincing victories in their respective group stage matches on Sunday. The championship, featuring 32 players from 13 nations divided into eight groups, commenced in Colombo. Each player will contest three matches in the league…
LEEDS: Indian wicket-keeper Rishabh Pant watches the ball drop safe after England batter Harry Brook edges it off spinner Ravindra Jadeja during their first Test at Headingley on Sunday.—AFP LEEDS: Harry Brook fell for 99 on his home ground and the brilliant Jasprit Bumrah took five wickets on Sunday to leave the first Test between England and…
BY striking Iran’s nuclear sites, America has initiated the process of a long and devastating war that will affect the entire global order geopolitically and economically. Even earlier in April, when talks on the nuclear issue between the US and Iran, mediated by Oman, were underway, the Iranian supreme leader had expressed “distrust” towards the “opposing parties”. As it…
One can only hope that commercial interests and pressure from Boeing will not hinder an independent investigation. The Air India flight AI 117, operated by a B787-8 Dreamliner, crashed on June 12, killing all but one of the 242 souls on board and over 30 people on the ground. As investigators attempt to piece together what went wrong and…
The singer-actor shared the trailer for Sardaar Ji 3 without any apologies, just a release date, a cheeky Punjabi one-liner, and Aamir as his leading lady. When the trailer for Sardaar Ji 3 dropped this Sunday, it wasn’t just the reveal of Hania Aamir as the female lead that caught everyone’s attention — it was also the…
FOR all Donald Trump’s vows that he will not involve the US in any more wars, he did just that by ordering military strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities. By joining Israel in its military campaign against Iran, the US flouted international law and the UN Charter and plunged the region into uncharted territory, holding the danger of…
The second leg of the Serie B relegation playoff between hosts Salernitana and Sampdoria was abandoned on Sunday after home fans threw smoke bombs and seats onto the pitch. The former Serie A champions were leading 2-0 on the night and 4-0 on aggregate when players were ordered off the field after 65 minutes because…
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander capped a dominant season as he led the Oklahoma City Thunder to the NBA Championship after beating the Indiana Pacers in game seven of the play-off finals. The Canadian, 26, scored 29 points and had 12 assists in their 103-91 success over the Indiana Pacers in Oklahoma to clinch the series 4-3 –…
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has called on China to prevent Iran from closing the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most important shipping routes. His comments came after Iran’s state-run Press TV reported that parliament had approved a plan to close the Strait but added that the final decision lies with the…
For decades, the United States and Iran have carefully avoided crossing a dangerous red line into a direct military confrontation. One American president after another held back from deploying their military might against the Islamic Republic for fear of sinking the US into potentially the most perilous Middle East war of all. Now, the commander-in-chief,…
