NEWCASTLE, ENGLAND (REUTERS) – Newcastle United’s new manager Eddie Howe said on Wednesday (Nov 10) that his first goal was to keep the club in the Premier League following their dismal start to the season, adding that his team must “suffer” and “sacrifice” to stay up. Newcastle are winless and second from bottom in the... » read more
BEIJING (REUTERS) – A serious training accident on the Beijing Olympic luge track is under investigation and any conclusions will be implemented in time for the Games in February, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Tuesday (Nov 9). Polish luger Mateusz Sochowicz had successful surgery after fracturing his left kneecap and cutting his right... » read more
MOSCOW (REUTERS) – High jumper Danil Lysenko, suspended for anti-doping violations in a case that rattled Russian sport, has admitted guilt for his offences but said he blames the athletics federation for a plan to forge documents to try to evade punishment. Lysenko, silver medallist at the 2017 World Athletics Championships, was provisionally suspended in... » read more
PRAGUE (AFP) – Unlikely heroine Liudmila Samsonova won both her rubbers to lead Russia to the Billie Jean King Cup final past the United States in Prague on Friday (Nov 5). The lowest-placed Russian player at the tournament, the 40th-ranked Samsonova beat Sloane Stephens 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 and then teamed up with Veronika Kudermetova to... » read more
LONDON (AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE) – Thomas Tuchel has praised his Chelsea players for the way they have dispatched opponents in recent weeks, saying the team are in a “good place” ahead of Tuesday’s (Nov 2) Champions League match against Malmo. The European champions are three points clear at the top of the Premier League and well-placed... » read more
PRAGUE (AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE) – Champions France stumbled on the first hurdle as they lost to Canada in their opening tie of the maiden Billie Jean King Cup final tournament in Prague on Monday (Nov 1). The 2019 Fed Cup champions and the top seeds of its rebranded version have to beat Russia on Wednesday to... » read more
MADRID (AFP) – Carlo Ancelotti delivered a reality check to Eden Hazard on Tuesday (Oct 26) by saying the Belgian is being left out of Real Madrid’s starting line-up because he “prefers other players”. Hazard has endured a nightmare two years riddled with injuries since joining from Chelsea for €100 million (S$150 million) and he... » read more
MANCHESTER (AFP) – Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said Manchester United’s 5-0 thrashing at home to Liverpool on Sunday (Oct 24) is the low point of his nearly three years in charge of the Red Devils, but insisted he will continue as manager. United trailed 4-0 at half-time for the first time in Premier League history as... » read more
LONDON (REUTERS) – Five people have been arrested and an investigation is under way after a Manchester City supporter was attacked following their Champions League game at Club Brugge, Belgian authorities said on Wednesday (Oct 20). The incident took place at a parking lot in Drongen after City’s 5-1 win over Brugge on Tuesday. The... » read more
HONG KONG, Oct 19, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Ev Dynamics (Holdings) Limited (the “Company”, Stock Code: 476, together with its subsidiaries, collectively “Ev Dynamics” or the “Group”), a provider of new energy vehicles and integrated technology solutions, has already delivered over 70 units of 6.5-meter COMET electric minibuses to the Philippines. Ev... » read more
LONDON (REUTERS) – US Open champion Emma Raducanu has pulled out of next week’s Kremlin Cup in Moscow following her second-round loss at the Indian Wells tournament, British media reported on Thursday (Oct 14). No immediate reason was given for the withdrawal. “Unfortunately, I’ve had to make a tournament schedule change and won’t be able... » read more
SINGAPORE – Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and TikTok chief executive officer Shou Zi Chew are just some of the high-profile guests who will attend the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in person in Singapore from Nov 16 to 19. The elite forum, which gathers top businessmen and government leaders to... » read more
SINGAPORE – The licenses of eight nightlife and food and beverage establishments have been revoked after they were found to have repeatedly breached safe management measures, the police said on Tuesday (Oct 12). All eight establishments were also ordered to close for between 10 and 30 days, and may be liable for prosecution as well as... » read more
SINGAPORE – Aircraft engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney will hire 250 new staff by the end of the year, in a move that shows the aviation and aerospace sector is slowly getting back on its feet. The United States-based firm had retrenched 400 staff at five of its six facilities here in August last year... » read more
SINGAPORE – They have proven useful in deterring crimes and locating missing persons. The police will get greater access to such help, with more than 200,000 police cameras slated to be installed islandwide by 2030, up from the 90,000 already in place. The cameras will be set up in public residential estates, neighbourhood centres and hawker... » read more
ISTANBUL (REUTERS) – Formula One championship leader Lewis Hamilton promised “maximum attack” in Sunday’s Turkish Grand Prix and would not rule out winning from 11th on the grid. The Mercedes driver was quickest in qualifying at Istanbul Park but a 10-place penalty for exceeding his season’s engine allocation, a strategic move, left the Briton with... » read more
SINGAPORE – Minister for Home Affairs K. Shanmugam has instructed the Pofma Office to issue a targeted correction direction to Twitter, said the ministry on Saturday (Oct 9). This comes after activist Jolovan Wham’s non-compliance with the correction order issued to him on Friday (Oct 8). Mr Wham had made comments on social media network... » read more
ISTANBUL (REUTERS) – Formula One drivers hailed the Istanbul Park circuit’s grippier surface on Friday (Oct 8), saying the Turkish Grand Prix track was fun to drive again and very different to last year’s wet and slippery “ice rink”. Turkey returned to the F1 calendar in 2020 after nearly a decade away with a resurfaced... » read more
INDIAN WELLS, CALIFORNIA (REUTERS) – Andy Murray does not feel bad taking wildcards away from younger players given all he achieved in tennis before missing time due to hip surgeries, he said on Wednesday (Oct 6) at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. Critics suggest wildcards are better suited to up-and-coming players but Briton... » read more
LONDON (REUTERS) – Players are playing too many fixtures and are not performing at their best, the head of the English Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) said on Wednesday (Oct 6). Former Brighton & Hove Albion striker Maheta Molango, who replaced Gordon Taylor as head of the PFA this year, spoke out after Fifa’s review of... » read more