SACHSENRING: Marc Marquez heads into this weekend’s German MotoGP aiming for a little bit of history as he looks to rack up his seventh successive MotoGP win at Sachsenring. The 26-year-old Spaniard, who leads the championship standings by 44 points, took pole and won in Germany in his first season
LONDON: Rafael Nadal may not end up winning a third Wimbledon singles title but he will take joy from having beaten his ‘bete noire’ Nick Kyrgios in an engrossing but bad-tempered grudge match on Thursday. The 33-year-old Spaniard came through in four sets 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (7/3) which saw
LONDON: Former world number one Andy Murray made a victorious return to Wimbledon on Thursday and admitted he had rediscovered the fun in playing again. Murray, a two-time Wimbledon singles champion, partnered France’s Pierre-Hugues Herbert to a four-set win in their first round doubles match. “It’s what I have enjoyed
LONDON: Britain’s Meghan turned up at Wimbledon on Thursday to lend some royal support her friend Serena Williams, who ruled herself out as a godparent to the duchess’s son Archie. The US-born Duchess of Sussex watched as seven-time champion Williams overcame a scare to beat Slovenian qualifier Kaja Juvan 2-6,
MANILA: A former police general who oversaw the bloodiest years of the Philippines’ war on drugs shrugged off the killing by police of a 3-year-old girl in a sting operation, saying on Thursday the world was not perfect and “sh*t happens”. Ronald dela Rosa, a senator who once led the
PARIS: Thousands of high-school students in France received only provisional results from their baccalaureate exams yesterday due to a strike by hundreds of teachers who have refused to return marked papers. Around 700 striking teachers did not return their markings by Thursday night’s deadline, representing “around 30,000 exam papers”, French
TOKYO: A 29-year-old Australian student held in North Korea said yesterday he was planning to “return to normal life” after being freed and flying to Japan but offered no details of his detention. Alek Sigley, who disappeared without a trace around June 23 prompting a week of deep concern about
HONG KONG: A Hong Kong street artist was charged yesterday with assaulting a police officer and criminal damage, the first prosecution against an anti-government protester since the city was rocked by unprecedented demonstrations. Sparked by a law that would have allowed extraditions to mainland China, the city has witnessed three
JAKARTA: An Indonesian woman who was handed a prison sentence for exposing her cheating boss, prompting a public outcry, has had her court appeal rejected. The supreme court on Thursday dismissed the challenge from Baiq Nuril Maknun, who was found guilty of breaking a controversial law against spreading indecent material,
California rocked by strongest quake in two decades LOS ANGELES: Southern California was rocked by its largest earthquake in two decades on Thursday, a 6.4-magnitude trembler that caused “substantial damage” at a military facility but otherwise only minor injuries in the sparsely populated area. The shallow quake, followed by dozens