‘Football is sick’, says Real Madrid president Perez
Real Madrid President Florentino Perez said European football is “sick” and that changes are needed to stop younger fans drifting away from the sport, again touting the prospect of a ...
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Ukrainian forces burst through Russian lines in major advance in south (wrapup)
Ukrainian forces have broken through Russian defences in the south of the country while expanding their rapid offensive in the east, seizing back more territory in areas annexed by Russia ...
Greece to present proposal on EU gas price cap this week
Greece will submit a technical proposal for a cap on natural gas prices to the European Commission later this week following consultations with other European countries, its energy minister said ...
Djokovic wins first title since Wimbledon
Top seed Novak Djokovic produced a stellar display to sweep aside Croatian Marin Cilic 6-3 6-4 in the final of the ATP 250 Tel Aviv Open on Sunday and clinch his ...
Two Putin allies ridicule Russia’s war machine in public
The withdrawal of Russian forces from a strategically important town in eastern Ukraine has prompted two powerful allies of President Vladimir Putin to do something rare in modern Russia: publicly ...
Indonesia to probe deadly stadium stampede
Indonesia on Monday set up an independent team to investigate a stampede at a soccer stadium that killed 125 people, including 32 children, as the country’s human rights commission questioned the ...
Greek economic rebound to slow next year as energy costs curb growth
Greece’s economy is projected to grow at a slower pace next year after a strong rebound this year thanks to tourism, as soaring energy costs and inflation are expected ...
Turkey inflation at new 24-year high of 83% after rate cuts
Turkish annual inflation climbed to a new 24-year high of 83.45% in September, below forecast according to official data on Monday, after the central bank surprised markets by cutting rates twice ...
UK’s Truss makes U-turn on tax after week of market turmoil
British Prime Minister Liz Truss was forced on Monday into a humiliating U-turn after less than a month in power, reversing a cut to the highest rate of income tax ...
Premier League weekend talking points
GULF BETWEEN MANCHESTER CLUBS AS LARGE AS EVER
Manchester United fans will have gone into their derby clash with champions Manchester City on Sunday in buoyant mood after a run ...
Moufflons hit record score in Cyprus of 451
By Richard Boxall
On a busy weekend with seven matches played, pride of place went to Moufflons, who set a new record score in Cyprus of 451 in their 40-over match ...
Seventeen children among the dead in Indonesian soccer stampede
Seventeen children were among at least 125 people killed in a soccer stampede in Indonesia at the weekend, officials said, as pressure builds on the Southeast Asian nation to explain how ...
Chaotic mobilisation: Half of mobilised men in Russian region sent home, commissar fired
The military commissar of Russia’s Khabarovsk region was removed from his post after half of the newly mobilised personnel were sent home as they did not meet the draft ...
Dollar shock threatens global economy
Rising interest rates and a rapidly appreciating currency are exporting the US inflation problem and threaten to send the rest of the global economy into recession as other central banks ...
Ukraine claims control of Russian logistics hub, seeks to cut more supply lines
Ukraine claimed full control of Russia’s eastern logistics hub Lyman, its most significant battlefield gain in weeks, setting the stage for further advances aimed at cutting Moscow’s supply ...
Russia blocks SoundCloud, citing spread of ‘false information,’ Interfax reports
Russia has restricted access to music-streaming app SoundCloud citing “false information” about what Moscow calls a “special military operation” in Ukraine, Interfax news agency reported on Sunday, quoting communications watchdog ...
Under water: how the Bank of England threw markets a lifeline
Calls to the Bank of England saying some British pension funds were struggling to meet margin calls began on Monday. By Wednesday they were getting more urgent and coordinated.
Wild ...
OPEC+ to consider oil output cut of more than 1 mln bpd
OPEC+ will consider an oil output cut of more than a million barrels per day (bpd) when it meets on Oct. 5, OPEC sources told Reuters on Sunday.
The figure is ...
Iran riot police clash with students protesting young woman’s death
Iranian security forces clashed with students at a prominent university in Tehran on Sunday, social and state media reported, in the latest sign of a deadly clampdown on nationwide protests ...
U.S. defense secretary sees no imminent invasion of Taiwan by China
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Sunday he sees no imminent invasion of Taiwan by China but said China was trying to establish a “new normal” with its ...
Haaland, Foden hat-tricks as dazzling City humble United in 6-3 thrashing
Erling Haaland and Phil Foden scored hat-tricks to fire champions Manchester City to a rampant 6-3 thrashing of local rivals Manchester United in the Premier League on Sunday.
City’s ...
Motor racing-Perez wins in Singapore as Verstappen title celebrations on ice
Red Bull’s Sergio Perez scored his second win of the season in Sunday’s Singapore Grand Prix ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc as title favourite Max Verstappen was ...
Final death toll from Indonesia stadium stampede is 125 – official (Update)
The final death toll from a stampede in an Indonesian soccer stadium stands at 125, the head of the local health agency told Reuters late on Sunday.
He also said the ...
Russian parliament to consider legal steps to absorb Ukrainian regions
Russia’s parliament will consider on Monday bills and ratification treaties to absorb four Ukrainian regions, RIA Novosti news agency cited the speaker of Russia’s lower house of parliament, ...