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LONDON: Italian football icon Paolo Maldini has been appointed technical director of the national football federation (FIGC) looking to rebuild after Italy’s failure to qualify for a third consecutive World Cup. “Maldini has always been my target,” said newly-appointed FIGC president Giovanni Malago. “I felt he was the right person to oversee the FIGC’s technical sector — a role … Read more
. “A widow is a person who loses her spouse; an orphan loses his parent, but there is no word in English for the one who loses his child, because afterwards there is not much left to lose,” said the protagonist of the movie in his deep midnight radio jockey voice while adjusting black spectacles … Read more
Czech Republic’s Linda Noskova poses with the Wimbledon trophy. Photo: AFP LONDON: Linda Noskova revealed a glimpse of the Wimbledon trophy during a bathroom break inspired her fightback to beat Karolina Muchova in an extraordinary final on Saturday. Noskova was in danger of blowing her bid for a maiden Grand Slam title after squandering five match points to blow a … Read more
Former England captain Heather Knight. Photo: AFP LONDON: Heather Knight, England’s 2017 World Cup-winning captain and the most capped women’s player in England history, announced Saturday she will retire from international cricket following the end of the ongoing Test match against India at Lord’s. Knight, who made her England debut in 2010 and has featured in 320 … Read more
Under Sheikh Hamad, the tiny nation of Qatar developed immense natural gas wealth and cultivated influence far beyond its borders.
Lynda Benglis redefined sculpture in the 1960s. No longer overlooked, her audacious talent moves from museums to runways, transformed by Dior’s Jonathan Anderson.
LONDON: Jos Buttler’s first international century in three years powered England to an emphatic 56-run victory over India at Southampton on Saturday as they took over at the top of the T20 world rankings after completing a 4-0 series clean sweep. The 35-year-old Buttler, one of England’s all-time outstanding white-ball batsmen, was in superb form as he struck … Read more
EDF shut reactors at three French nuclear plants as heat curbed cooling water use to protect rivers Cooling towers of the Bugey nuclear power plant in Saint-Vulbas, central eastern France on January 25, 2022. PHOTO: AFP France’s main energy provider on Sunday said three nuclear reactors had been temporarily shut down and eight others were … Read more
The Republican senator from South Carolina had an intense interest in the Middle East, and was a staunch supporter of U.S. strikes on Iran.
[The live-action remake took in roughly $43 million over the weekend in North America, about 30 percent less than Disney had expected.