DUBAI: Andre Russell, who was included in the 16-member West Indies squad against Australia, is set to hang up his boots from international cricket during the T20I series, starting from 20 July. He had missed being a part of the squad against England late last year, due to an injury. The Jamaican who is a…
MONTREAL: World number one Aryna Sabalenka has withdrawn from the WTA Canadian Open tournament in Montreal due to fatigue, Tennis Canada announced on Wednesday. The 27-year-old from Belarus, runner-up at the Australian and French Opens, comes off semi-final runs at Wimbledon and Berlin and titles at Madrid and Miami. “I’m looking forward to kicking off…
Bangladesh captain Litton Das on Wednesday described the upcoming T20I series against Pakistan as a significant challenge, emphasising the strength of Pakistan’s bowling attack. Speaking at a press conference after the third T20I against Sri Lanka, he acknowledged that conditions in Dhaka could be difficult and that Pakistan would present a formidable test. “Both series…
Eschelle Asif outplayed Tahreem Yousuf to clinch the ladies singles title while Kashan Tariq defeated Ismail Aftab with a decisive 8-2 scoreline in the mens singles semifinal in the 21st Westbury National Tennis Championship. In the Boys U-14 Singles quarterfinal, Meer Bhagat beat Zaid Zaman 4-2, 4-0. The grand finals and closing ceremony will be…
ANKARA: A bronze statue of the famed Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, looted from Türkiye in the 1960s, is set to return to its homeland within the next few days. The statue dating from around AD 50-250, which depicts Aurelius as a philosopher, was illegally excavated from the ancient city of Boubon in Burdur, southwestern Türkiye,…
A town that hosts one of France’s biggest pop festivals announced Wednesday that it was withdrawing its subsidy to the event because controversial Irish rappers Kneecap had been booked to play. As per AFP, British police are investigating Kneecap’s lead singer under a terror offence after he was accused of displaying a Hezbollah flag at…
After a Kentucky teenager died by suicide this year, his parents discovered he had received threatening texts demanding $3,000 to suppress an AI-generated nude image of him, reports AFP. The tragedy underscores how so-called sextortion scams targeting children are growing around the world, particularly with the rapid proliferation of “nudify” apps — AI tools that digitally…
Anita Lasker-Wallfisch has spent an entire century on this earth, and does not fear death. After all, she’d often looked it in the eye when she was deported to Auschwitz simply for being a Jew. It was the largest and most notorious of the Nazi concentration and extermination camps. There, around 1.1 million people were…
Papa Smurf has been mysteriously captured by evil wizards Gargamel and his brother, Razamel. As the only female in her village of male Smurfs, Smurfette is taking the lead in the new adventure of the little blue humanoids. Smurfs, an animated musical film released on July 18, stars Rihanna as Smurfette. The megastar also co-produced…
James Gunn’s Superman may have opened to a heroic USD220 million at the global box office, but much of the conversation surrounding the film has been less about capes and more about geopolitics. The film’s depiction of a fictional war between two nations — Bovaria and Jarhanpur — has triggered a firestorm of commentary online, with political…
