SEOUL: When Lim reached South Korea, she thought she had left behind the miseries of poverty and an unwanted marriage for a better life with her daughter. She is one of more than 33,000 North Koreans — the vast majority of them women — who have fled to the South
NEW YORK: Serena Williams earned her 100th win at the US Open on Tuesday with a brutal 44-minute demolition of Wang Qiang, firing an ominous warning to rivals in her pursuit of a record-tying 24th Grand Slam title. Six-time US Open champion Williams dismantled Chinese 18th seed Wang 6-1, 6-0
NEW YORK: Elina Svitolina’s blossoming romance with Gael Monfils is propelling the couple’s deep runs at the US Open, and the Ukrainian urged the French star to keep pace after Tuesday’s quarterfinal victory. Svitolina, who broke the psychological barrier of reaching a Grand Slam semi-final at Wimbledon in July, became
TOKYO: Coach Jamie Joseph insists Japan will have no fear after Wednesday naming a strong side to face revenge-seeking South Africa in the World Cup hosts’ final warm-up. The last time the teams met, hitherto tournament no-hopers Japan stunned the Springboks 34-32 on the English south coast in their opening
SAO PAULO: Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro will skip a regional summit on fires that have devastated swaths of the Amazon because doctors want him to get ready for surgery scheduled for next week, a spokesman said Monday. The far-right president has been widely criticized over his support for Amazon deforestation
TOKYO: With time running out on England’s south coast four years ago, Japan’s rugby team orchestrated one of the biggest upsets in sport — one sparked by a breathtaking act of defiance. Japan coach Eddie Jones screamed at his players to kick the penalty that would give the Brave Blossoms
DUBAI: Dubai’s ruler announced Monday the creation of a panel to address a glut in the property market, a key part of the economy but in decline for the past five years. The committee charged with rebalancing the industry will be headed by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum’s son and
NEW YORK: Her coach compares her to Rafael Nadal, and China’s Wang Qiang will need to conjure up a performance worthy of the Spanish star when she tackles 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams in Tuesday’s US Open quarter-finals. Wang, 27, is trying to emulate Li Na, the former French
HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s embattled leader insisted yesterday she had no intention of stepping down after an audio recording emerged of her saying she wanted to quit over three months of unrest in the southern Chinese city. Hong Kong has endured dozens of sometimes violent prodemocracy protests triggered by opposition
FOSHAN (China): Serbia and their NBA All-Star Nikola Jokic turned on the style to reach the second round of the Basketball World Cup with a masterful 126-67 demolition of the Philippines on Monday. The Serbs have a team packed with NBA talent and are the prime threat to reigning two-time
