DIRIYAH (Saudi Arabia): Heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz Jr promised on Wednesday that history would repeat itself when he takes on Anthony Joshua in December’s controversial rematch in Saudi Arabia. Ruiz goes into the bout trying to defend the IBF, WBA and WBO titles he sensationally took from British fighter Joshua
TOKYO: The head of crisis-hit Japanese automaker Nissan admitted yesterday he received more pay than he was entitled to but denied wrongdoing, as the firm’s former chief faces financial misconduct charges. Nissan is already mired in scandal over the arrest and ouster of ex-boss Carlos Ghosn, who is accused of
MADRID: Mikel Iturria dug deep to register his first ever professional win as a mass escape dominated stage 11 at the Vuelta a Espana on Wednesday. Iturria (Euskadi-Murias) pulled clear of a group that came in 18 minutes ahead of the peloton in the final kilometres and the 27-year-old held
SHANGHAI: Reigning champions the United States were given a huge scare in a nail-biting 93-92 overtime victory over Turkey at the Basketball World Cup on Tuesday to labour into the second round. Khris Middleton was the overtime hero for Gregg Popovich’s young team, who are chasing a third straight title,
NANJING (China): Montenegro’s irate coach launched an extraordinary broadside at Basketball World Cup match officials on Tuesday saying his side were “robbed” in a 93-83 defeat to New Zealand. Zvezdan Mitrovic watched the second half of the defeat in the Chinese city of Nanjing away from the bench after being
Berlin zoo said Monday its resident panda Meng Meng had delivered twins, as it voiced delight at the first such births in the country. “Meng Meng became a mom — twice! We are so happy, we are speechless,” the zoo said on Twitter, also posting a video of the new
WASHINGTON: An event venue in the southern United States refused to host a mixed race couple’s wedding, stating that the union went against its “Christian beliefs,” in a viral video that has drawn a barrage of criticism. The husband-and-wife-to-be — he black and she white — had been in contact
Southern African nations are threatening to quit the global wildlife trade regulator after it refused to relax restrictions on trade in ivory and rhino horn and imposed a near total ban on zoos taking African elephants captured in the wild. Ties soured during this week’s meeting of the Convention on
LOS ANGELES: Carli Lloyd made it four goals in three games as the United States romped to a comfortable 3-0 win over Portugal in their World Cup victory tour on Tuesday. Veteran striker Lloyd took her international tally to 117 in 284 games with two first half goals at Allianz
The European Space Agency said Tuesday it had altered the trajectory of one of its observation satellites to avoid a possible collision with a craft operated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX. “@ESA ‘s #Aeolus Earth observation satellite fired its thrusters, moving it off a collision course with a @SpaceX satellite in
