SUEZ: Africa Cup of Nations title favourites Algeria beat the Ivory Coast 4-3 on penalties in Suez on Thursday to the relief of Baghdad Bounedjah and set up a semi-final against Nigeria. The quarter-final finished 1-1 after extra time with Sofiane Feghouli giving Algeria a 20th-minute lead that was cancelled
CAIRO: Madagascar coach Nicolas Dupuis conceded it would be difficult for the Africa Cup of Nations debutants to eclipse their run to this year’s quarter-finals in future tournaments. The Indian Ocean islanders saw their dream run finally halted by Thursday’s 3-0 loss to Tunisia, a country ranked 83 places above
MARSEILLE: An Algerian football supporter celebrating his team’s win lost control of his car and ran over a family in southern France overnight, killing a woman and seriously injuring her baby, a security official said. The 21-year-old man was driving at high speed in the Mosson neighbourhood of southern city
NEW YORK: Russell Westbrook has been traded from the Oklahoma City Thunder to the Houston Rockets for Chris Paul and two first-round NBA draft picks, according to multiple reports Thursday. The Houston Chronicle and ESPN, each citing unnamed sources, reported the agreement, the latest blockbuster move in an NBA off-season of
WASHINGTON: Mexico’s Roberto Diaz birdied four of the first five holes on his way to a nine-under par 62 for a two-stroke lead after Thursday’s first round of the US PGA John Deere Classic. Diaz, ranked 430th in the world, was among the last players on the course at TPC
LONDON: Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal (pic) battle for a place in the Wimbledon final on Friday, 11 years after they mesmerised Centre Court in a Grand Slam championship match widely regarded as the greatest ever played. Nadal emerged triumphant that day, winning in five sets in a four-hour 48-minute
SYDNEY: Wallabies fly-half Bernard Foley said yesterday he was leaving NSW Waratahs to head overseas, reportedly joining Quade Cooper and a retiring Will Genia in accepting a lucrative Japanese club contract. Foley, a 68-Test veteran who is part of Australia’s squad for the World Cup in Japan later this year,
SINGAPORE: Growth in export-reliant Singapore suffered a surprise sharp contraction in the second quarter, official data showed yesterday, sending a stark warning that US-China trade tensions are hurting the global economy. The city-state’s gross domestic product shrank an annualised 3.4 percent, sharply down from 3.8 percent growth in the first
BEIJING: China’s Fosun Group is considering nearly a billion dollar rescue of embattled British tour operator Thomas Cook, the Hong Kong-listed conglomerate confirmed yesterday. The Chinese company said in a stock market announcement that there are ‘ongoing advanced discussions’ about a capital injection which would see a debt-for-equity swap at
BEIJING: China’s imports and exports both fell in June, official data showed yesterday, as weak demand at home and abroad hit trade in the world’s second largest economy. Beijing’s tariffs war with its top trading partner country has not helped, with imports from the US down nearly 30 percent in