Wed 20 October 2021: On Sunday’s Premier League between with Tottenham and Newcastle Some fans of Newcastle wore traditional robes and others donned headdresses. Thousands of Newcastle fans who welcomed the new Saudi ownership with wild scenes of singing, drinking, wearing Saudi attire and boasting about their club’s newfound wealth, during the first game since […]
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Sun 17 October 2021: Ons Jabeur will be the first Arab player to be ranked among the top 10 tennis players in the world after the Tunisian athlete reached the Indian Wells semifinal on Thursday. Jabeur, currently ranked 14th, reached the final of the Chicago Fall Tennis Classic earlier this month and became the first […]
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Wed 13 October 2021: Agnes Tirop, Kenya’s most famous Olympian athlete, was discovered dead in her home in Elgeyo-Marakwet County on Wednesday, according to authorities. Barnaba Korir, chairman of Athletics Kenya in the Nairobi Region, told the media that preliminary indications indicate Tirop was stabbed. In a written statement, Athletics Kenya, the main governing body […]
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Mon 11 October 2021: Qatari-based accounts on Twitter have fuelled speculation among some Arsenal fans about the prospects of a takeover of the English Premier League club by the Gulf state following the high-profile takeover of Newcastle United by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) which owns 80 per cent of the football club. The North London […]
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Sat 09 October 2021: Andy Flower, a former Zimbabwe captain and England coach, has been selected as the Afghanistan Cricket Board’s (ACB) consultant for the Twenty20 World Cup. From 1992 to 2003, Flower played 63 tests and 213 one-day international matches for Zimbabwe. From 2009 to 2014, he coached England, helping them win the T20 […]
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Fri 08 October 2021: A US judge has recommended that Cristiano Ronaldo’s civil rape case, which dates back more than a decade, be dismissed. Former model Kathryn Mayorga claims Ronaldo assaulted her in a hotel room in 2009. The Portuguese international has always denied sexual assault charges, saying that their encounter was consensual. Prosecutors withdrew […]
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Thu 07 October 2021: Newcastle United, an English Premier League football club, has been taken over by a Saudi Arabian-backed consortium, according to the league. “The Premier League, Newcastle United Football Club and St James Holdings Limited have today settled the dispute over the takeover of the club by the consortium of PIF, PCP Capital […]
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Thu 07 October 2021: On Wednesday, more than two dozen artworks of renowned boxer Muhammad Ali were auctioned off at Bonhams in New York for about $1 million. According to the BBC, the champion boxer auctioned a total of 26 artworks, including a rare collection of drawings, sketches, and paintings. Sting Like a Bee, one […]
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Mon 04 October 2021: For the first time in two years, Iranian women will be allowed to enter a stadium in Tehran to support the national team in a World Cup 2022 qualifier against South Korea. “The presence of women has been authorised for the match between the national football teams of Iran and South […]
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Mon 27 September 2021: On Sunday, Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton won his 100th Formula One race in the Russian Grand Prix. The seven-time champion English driver finished the race in 1:30:41.001, with Dutch driver Max Verstappen of Honda in second and Spaniard Carlos Sainz of Ferrari in third at the Sochi Autodrom. Despite starting the race […]
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