LONDON: The number of applications to run in next year’s TCS London Marathon has broken the world record. Event organisers said more than 840,000 people had applied for the event, smashing the previous record of 578,000 set by the ballot for last year’s London Marathon, said PA Media. In total
LONDON: Manchester City reeled Premier League leaders Arsenal back in with a 2-0 win at Nottingham Forest as the title race heads towards a thrilling finale. The Gunners moved four points clear when they beat Tottenham in a frantic north London derby earlier on Sunday, but City immediately responded thanks
MOSCOW: International airlines have privately asked the European Union to ease plans to require the industry to monitor non-carbon dioxide emissions, reported Sputnik quoting a Financial Times newspaper report, citing a letter from International Air Transport Association (IATA) director general Willie Walsh. The EU is introducing rules requiring all airlines
MOSCOW: US-based World Central Kitchen (WCK) charity said on Sunday it was resuming operations in the Gaza Strip while continuing to mourn the death of seven workers killed in an Israeli strike on April 1. “We have 276 trucks, with the equivalent of almost 8 million meals, ready to enter
KOTA BHARU: The Kelantan contingent are targeting a total of 59 medals at the upcoming Sarawak Malaysia Games (SUKMA) in August this year. State Youth, Sports and Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) Committee chairman Zamakhshari Muhamad, said that the target for Kelantan athletes is inclusive of securing 22 gold medals in this
CHENGDU: Malaysia cruised into the quarterfinals of the 2024 Thomas Cup competition after whipping Algeria 5-0 in their second Group D match here, yesterday. For yesterday’s match, the national camp made several changes, including fielding independent men’s singles player, Cheam June Wei and rising duo, Choong Hon Jian-Muhammad Haikal Nazri
KUALA LUMPUR: A member of Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia’s Information Committee, Badrul Hisham Shaharin, also known as Chegu Bard, is expected to be charged at the Sessions Court here today for defamation and sedition. His counsel, Rafique Rashid Ali, when contacted by Bernama, said his client would be charged at
HULU SELANGOR: The chairman of the United Rights of Malaysian Party (Urimai) must take responsibility if the people in the Kuala Kubu Baharu (KKB) state constituency elect an ‘inappropriate’ leader in the upcoming by-election to drive development in the area. Deputy Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Minister Datuk R. Ramanan, the
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian haj pilgrims who will perform the haj this year (1445H/2024) are the first pilgrims in the world to be issued with visas from the Saudi Arabian Haj and Umrah Ministry. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Datuk Dr Mohd Na’im Mokhtar said the success was
KUALA LUMPUR: Former Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Economy) Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed has been conferred the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun by the government of Japan for his outstanding contributions to Japan-Malaysia relationships. In a statement, the Embassy of Japan in Malaysia announced that
