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Joseph Kalang chooses Kuching FA

KUCHING: Former national prolific midfielder Joseph Kalang Tie yesterday confirmed his decision to join Kuching FA team and compete in the third tier Malaysian League.  Joseph, 32, signed the contract before Kuching Division Football Association president Fazruddin Abdul Rahman yesterday morning.  It ended the riddles on the senior player’s position,

S Korea counting on red-hot Son to shine

ABU DHABI: South Korea are hoping Son Heung-min’s dazzling pace and goals can help them end a 59-year wait to be crowned continental kings as the newly expanded Asian Cup starts at the weekend. Holders Australia, four-time winners Japan, Carlos Queiroz’s Iran and hosts the United Arab Emirates are all

Froome eyes joining legends as five-time Tour de France champions

  LONDON: British cyclist Chris Froome will focus on becoming only the fifth rider to win five Tour de France crowns this year and forego defending his Giro d’Italia title Team Sky announced on Tuesday. The 33-year-old Kenyan-born cyclist will aim to dethrone his Team Sky team-mate Geraint Thomas, who

Germany on track for final

PERTH (Australia): Alexander Zverev and Angelique Kerber steered Germany closer to a second successive Hopman Cup final after winning their singles matches against lower-ranked French opponents in Perth yesterday. The German top 10 duo, beaten in last year’s final of the mixed teams tournament by Swiss duo Roger Federer and

Djokovic eases to opening win

DOHA: Novak Djokovic took just 55 minutes to claim his first win of 2019, brushing aside Damir Dzumhur 6-1, 6-2 in the Qatar Open first round on Tuesday. The world number one showed he was intent on taking his form from last season into the new year with a totally

Federer gets bragging rights over Serena in hugely anticipated match

PERTH (Australia): Roger Federer took the honours in the much-anticipated mixed doubles clash with fellow great Serena Williams in what the latter described as the “match of her career” at the Hopman Cup in Perth on Tuesday. In the biggest mixed doubles drawcard in the 31-year history of the tournament,

‘Purification’ rite after women entered temple

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India: The high priest of one of India’s holiest temples carried out a “purification ritual” on Wednesday after two women defied Hindu traditionalists to sneak inside for the first time since a landmark court ruling. The Supreme Court in September overturned a decades-old ban on women of menstruating age

Romney questions Trump’s character

WASHINGTON: Incoming Senator Mitt Romney issued harsh criticism of President Donald Trump on Tuesday, saying he “has not risen to the mantle of the office.” The barbed remarks from the 2012 Republican presidential candidate two days before he and other lawmakers take up their seats in the new Congress seemed

Tear gas fired as dozens of migrants try illegal crossing to United States

TIJUANA, Mexico: US Border Patrol agents used tear gas and pepper spray to counter rock-throwing migrants when a group of about 150 tried to illegally cross the border from Mexico, leading to 25 arrests, the agency said on Tuesday. It is the second time since November that border officers have

Bangladesh arrests journalist over election reporting

DHAKA: A Bangladeshi journalist was arrested and another was on the run Wednesday for publishing “false information” about voting irregularities in an election won by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, police said. Hedayet Hossain Mollah, who works for the Dhaka Tribune newspaper, was detained late Tuesday under a controversial digital security