KUALA LUMPUR: The Asian Football Confederation announced yesterday that for the first time an all-female referee team will take charge of a men’s continental club cup clash. Japanese referee Yoshimi Yamashita and assistants Makoto Bozono and Naomi Teshirogi will officiate the AFC Cup match between Myanmar’s Yangon United and Cambodia’s
PARIS: France paid its emotional final respects Tuesday to two commandos killed during a raid to rescue four hostages in the Sahel region of Africa last week that has sparked a row over the risks taken by the freed tourists. French special forces Cedric de Pierrepont, 33, and Alain Bertoncello,
KATHMANDU: Eight Nepali climbers reached the top of Mount Everest on Tuesday, opening the route for a potentially record number of climbers to summit the world’s highest mountain in the coming weeks. A team of experienced mountaineers were waiting for powerful jet streams raging around the top of Everest to
KHARTOUM: Sudan’s ruling military council said Tuesday that a brother of ousted president Omar al-Bashir who it previously announced had been detained was actually not in custody. On April 17, the military council had announced that it had detained two of Bashir’s five brothers – Abdallah Hassan al-Bashir and Al-Abbas
WASHINGTON: Five people died and one person was missing Monday after two floatplanes collided mid-air in Alaska while carrying passengers from a cruise ship’s sightseeing expedition, officials said. The two aircraft – a Beaver floatplane and an Otter floatplane – had been carrying 16 passengers from the Royal Princess cruise
BANGKOK: Scores of junta loyalists were endorsed as members of Thailand’s 250-strong senate on Tuesday, packing the upper house with allies likely to vote for coup leader Prayut Chan-O-Cha’s return as civilian premier after a highly disputed poll. The full list, which included the junta leader’s brother and scores of
SHANGHAI: China car sales fell 14.6 percent in April, an official industry association said yesterday, extending a slump in a massive auto market that has long been a cash cow for the industry. Sales fell to 1.98 million last month, according to figures from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers
LIVERPOOL: Jurgen Klopp has challenged Liverpool to use the pain of their failed Premier League title bid as fuel to finish a remarkable season with Champions League glory. Liverpool fell one point short of winning their first league title since 1990 as Manchester City pipped Klopp’s side on the final
BARCELONA: Lewis Hamilton beat Valtteri Bottas in the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday to replace his team-mate as world championship leader as Mercedes’ extended their record start to the season with a fifth 1-2 finish. The defending five-time world champion seized the initiative at the start in Barcelona and led
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia said yesterday two of its oil tankers were damaged in “sabotage attacks” in the Gulf as tensions soared in a region already shaken by a standoff between the United States and Iran. It came as US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo scrapped a planned visit to Moscow
