The United States had no knowledge of a shipment of face masks bound for Germany that officials in Berlin have accused it of diverting from an airport in Bangkok, a spokeswoman for the US embassy in Thailand said. The comment came after Berlin Secretary of Interior Andreas Geisel said on Friday that an order of […]
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A tiger at the Bronx Zoo has tested positive for the new coronavirus, in what is believed to be the first known infection in an animal in the United States or a tiger anywhere, federal officials and the zoo said on Sunday. The four-year-old Malayan tiger named Nadia and six other tigers and lions that […]
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Players are putting pressure on cricket authorities to plan a shortened Twenty20 Indian Premier League later in the year to “kickstart” the sports economy after the coronavirus lockdown. The world’s richest cricket tournament has been postponed until April 15, which coincides with the end of India’s 21-day nationwide shutdown to halt the spread of the pandemic. […]
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MELBOURNE: Organisers expect this year’s men’s Twenty20 World Cup to be a success even if it has to vie with Australian rules football and rugby league for viewers due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the head of the organising committee said on Sunday. The Oct 18-Nov 15 tournament was slotted into Australia’s sports calendar between the […]
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MANCHESTER: FIFA is getting ready to deal with complaints and appeals over wage cuts for players, producing guidelines for clubs and football bodies looking to cut costs during the stoppage caused by the coronavirus pandemic, an internal document seen by Reuters showed. The issue of pay cuts for players has exploded as a major controversy […]
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KARACHI: Former Pakistan bowling coach Azhar Mahmood has claimed that inappropriate gym training had cost injury-prone paceman Hasan Ali his fitness and his place in the team. Terming his tenure as satisfactory, the former bowling coach said that results during their time were quite good. Azhar further said that the fast bowler broke his back […]
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COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s Twenty20 squad needs some adjustments, said head coach Mickey Arthur, who will be overseeing the team’s bid for a second 20-overs World Cup title later this year. In home fixtures last month, Sri Lanka swept a three-match One-day International series against West Indies but lost two Twenty20 Internationals. “Our T20 side is […]
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OFFICIALS were quick to confine pilgrims and other Pakistanis coming from Iran as news of cases of Covid-19 in the religious city of Qom broke through. A great chunk of the province’s budget was channelled to Taftan, the town bordering Iran, through the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) and the health department. However, the entire […]
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FACT is stranger than fiction. It’s time to buy when there is blood on the street, they say on Wall Street. But not when there is an unending massacre. Yet the benchmark KSE-100 index staged a massive rally of 3,512 points in the last five trading sessions, providing the highest-ever weekly return of 12.5 per […]
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THE raft of fiscal, monetary and policy measures proposed by Prime Minister Imran Khan last week to reboot the dormant construction sector is likely to generate little activity, and that too not before Eidul Fitr. And if the coronavirus threat persists for a longer period — and it appears it will linger at least through […]
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