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Sakkari stuns Serena at Western and Southern Open

NEW YORK: Serena Williams was sent spinning out of the Western and Southern Open by Maria Sakkari yesterday after the...
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Pompeo convention speech for Trump from Jerusalem sparks criticism, investigation

WASHINGTON:  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo praised President Donald Trump's foreign policy record in a Republican National Convention speech...
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Melania Trump offers sympathy on coronavirus, racial suffering in convention speech

WASHINGTON: First lady Melania Trump urged voters to re-elect her husband during a impassioned speech to the Republican National Convention...
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From Ballon d’Or to abject humiliation: Why Messi seeks pastures new

MADRID: When Lionel Messi won an unprecedented sixth Ballon d'Or in December last year, the speculation had already begun over...
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JDT’s Safawi Rasid receives offer from Portimonense SC in Portugal

KUALA LUMPUR: Johor Darul Ta’zim’s (JDT) Safawi Rasid could be the next Malaysian footballer to play in the European league,...
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Report: Bolt’s agent confirms sprinter’s positive Covid-19 test

NEW YORK: The agent for Jamaican sprint king Usain Bolt confirmed yesterday that the eight-time Olympic gold medallist has tested...
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Two Hong Kong opposition lawmakers arrested over protests

HONG KONG: Two prominent Hong Kong opposition lawmakers were arrested today in a police operation focused on last year's huge...
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Antetokounmpo named NBA Defensive Player of the Year

MILWAUKEE: Milwaukee Bucks star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo was named NBA Defensive Player of the Year yesterday. Antetokounmpo received 75 first-place...
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Hurricane Laura poses biggest storm threat to US oil output in 15 years

Oil producers on Tuesday had evacuated 310 offshore facilities and shut 1.56 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude output,...
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Ajax’s Blind suffers scare as defibrillator stops during game

AMSTERDAM: Ajax Amsterdam defender Daley Blind will undergo further tests after his implanted heart defibrillator momentarily switched off in yesterday's...
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Pedro Rodriguez signs three-year deal with Roma

MILAN: Spanish forward Pedro Rodriguez yesterday signed a three-year contract with Serie A club Roma after leaving Chelsea on a...
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‘Anything can happen’: Weather helps California firefighters, for now

Using bulldozers and hand tools, crews scraped fire breaks into the earth to block flames from around 24 major blazes...
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China protests US spy plane watching live fire military drills

China’s Defence Ministry said the U-2 flew without permission over a no-fly zone in the northern military region where live...
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Germany to rest Bayern stars for Nations League games

BERLIN: Germany coach Joachim Loew omitted Bayern Munich's Champions League-winning players from his squad announced yesterday for upcoming Nations League...
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Kim Jong Un calls for prevention efforts against coronavirus, looming typhoon: Reports

An enlarged meeting of the politburo of the Workers Party took place amid a pandemic that is putting additional pressure...
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Covid-19: South Korea urges striking doctors to return to work

Health minister Park Neung-hoo cited the growing virus crisis while issuing back-to-work orders for doctors in the greater capital area...
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Losses from China overseas takeover binge are piling up fast

Even Chinese companies’ pre-Covid attempts to extricate themselves from investments are being tripped up by the pandemic. Chinese buyers have...
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Sprint king Bolt tests positive for coronavirus, says report

NEW YORK,: Usain Bolt was in quarantine yesterday as Jamaican media reported the sprint legend had tested positive for the...
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Hong Kong court again denies bail for first person charged under new security law

HONG KONG: A Hong Kong court again denied bail today to the first person charged with inciting separatism and terrorism...
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Krajinovic topples second-seeded Thiem in New York

NEW YORK: Serbia’s Filip Krajinovic bounced second-seeded Austrian Dominic Thiem from the Western & Southern Open yesterday with a dominant...
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