Pitchside VAR screen a ‘farce’, says Everton’s Dyche
Everton manager Sean Dyche said having referees leave the pitch to check incidents on VAR screens was a “farce” as they never go against the review system.
Everton were trailing 1...
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South Korea turns to blind-dating in time of low birth rates
Against the backdrop of Christmas songs, 100 South Korean men and women gathered at a hotel near Seoul dressed in their best with name tags hanging on their clothes, hoping to ...
Cross-country skier’s private parts freeze in sub-zero Finland event
The sub-zero temperatures in Ruka in northern Finland took their toll on Swedish cross-country skier Calle Halfvarsson during a 20 km mass start event on Sunday as he lost all feeling ...
Israel, Hamas raise concerns over lists of people due to be freed
Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas have raised concerns over the lists of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners due to be released on Monday, the final day of an agreed ...
Superb Sinner leads Italy to Davis Cup glory against Australia
Inspired Italian Jannik Sinner completed a perfect week by sealing his country’s first Davis Cup title for nearly 50 years on Sunday, thrashing Australia’s Alex De Minaur to complete ...
Biden hopes for extension of Israel-Hamas truce as more hostages released
U.S. President Joe Biden said he hoped the temporary truce between Israel and Hamas can go on as long as hostages are being released after the militant group freed 17 ...
Three students of Palestinian descent shot in Vermont in suspected hate-crime
Police and federal agents searched on Sunday for a gunman who shot and wounded three college students of Palestinian descent in Burlington, Vermont, in what investigators suspect was a hate-motivated ...
Sony facing $7.9 billion mass lawsuit over PlayStation Store prices
Sony (6758.T) must face a mass lawsuit worth up to 6.3 billion pounds ($7.9 billion) over claims the PlayStation maker abused its dominant position leading to unfair prices for customers, a London ...
OpenAI, Microsoft hit with new author copyright lawsuit over AI training
OpenAI and Microsoft (MSFT.O) were sued last week over claims that they misused the work of nonfiction authors to train the artificial intelligence models that underlie services like OpenAI’...
Australia beefs up cyber defences after major breaches
Australia will give cyber health checks for small businesses, increase cyber law enforcement funding and introduce mandatory reporting of ransomware attacks under a security overhaul announced last week after a ...
Man United’s Garnacho scores overhead stunner in win at Everton
Manchester United’s Alejandro Garnacho scored with a magical overhead kick in the third minute to send the visitors on their way to a 3-0 victory over an Everton team ...
Spurs slip to third successive defeat as Villa go fourth
Tottenham Hotspur slipped to a third successive Premier League defeat as they were beaten 2-1 at home by Aston Villa in an absorbing clash full of chances on Sunday.
Villa’...
Damascus airport targeted by Israeli air strikes, monitoring group says
Israeli air strikes targeted Damascus airport on Sunday, forcing incoming flights to be diverted elsewhere, a war monitoring group and a Syrian pro-government newspaper said.
The Syrian Observatory for Human ...
Verstappen wraps up season with 19th win in 22 races
Red Bull’s world champion Max Verstappen wrapped up a year of unprecedented dominance with his record-extending 19th win in 22 races at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday.
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Hamas says it has released hostage holding Russian citizenship
Hamas said on Sunday it had released a hostage from Gaza who held Russian citizenship over to the International Red Cross, adding that it had taken the action in appreciation ...
Former England football manager Terry Venables dies aged 80
Terry Venables, the former manager of England’s national football team and Tottenham Hotspur, has died aged 80 after an illness, his family said on Sunday.
Venables guided England to the ...
Greece PM laments lack of progress with UK on Parthenon Sculptures
Talks over a possible return of the British Museum’s Parthenon Sculptures to Athens are not advancing quickly enough, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Sunday as he prepared ...
Killing of Palestinian farmer casts shadow on third day of truce
A Palestinian farmer was killed on Sunday after he was targeted by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip’s Maghazi refugee camp, the Palestinian Red Crescent said, underlining the fragility ...
Pope says he has lung inflammation, aide reads message for him
Pope Francis, suffering from a “lung inflammation”, appeared seated in the chapel of his residence instead of in St. Peter’s Square while an aide read the pontiff’s Sunday ...
Gunfire heard in Sierra Leone capital after attack on barracks (Update)
Gunfire could be heard in some neighbourhoods of Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown on Sunday afternoon following an attempt by unidentified gunmen to break into a military armoury.
The government ...
Ukraine says it downs 8 Russian drones in overnight attack
The Ukrainian military destroyed eight of nine attack drones launched overnight by Russia, the air force said on Sunday.
There were no immediate reports of damage or about where the ...
Six Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in West Bank – Palestinian ministry (Updated)
Israeli forces killed six Palestinians, including two minors and at least one gunman, in the occupied West Bank late on Saturday and early Sunday, medics and local sources said.
Five ...
Hamas frees Israeli, Thai hostages in temporary truce
Thirteen Israelis and four Thai nationals arrived in Israel on Sunday in the second release of hostages from Hamas captivity in exchange for Palestinian prisoners in a deal briefly endangered ...
Nvidia outlook beats expectations but worries over regulations linger
Chip designer Nvidia (NVDA.O) said this week it expects a steep drop in fourth-quarter sales in China – a key revenue generator – in the wake of new US rules, but ...