Mary Kom, seeded third, lost 1-4 to second seed Cakiroglu, who is the reigning European Championships and European Games gold-medallist. Both the boxers seemed hesitant to make the first move in the opening round but Mary Kom had the edge in counter-attacks as Cakiroglu struggled to make her height advantage count. The second round followed … Read more
Erdogan’s pledge to keep up the offensive, which the UN says has displaced more than 100,000 people since it began on Wednesday, came as the US Treasury warned President Donald Trump was planning to activate “very powerful” sanctions on Ankara. Trump, whose order to pull back US troops from the border this week effectively triggered … Read more
The 22-year-old fifth seed will face Austria”s Dominic Thiem or Matteo Berrettini of Italy in the semi-finals on Saturday. Federer, the champion in Shanghai in 2014 and 2017, was given a point penalty after losing his temper and twice hitting the ball out the court in the decider, when he was down by 3-0 and … Read more
The National Iranian Tanker Company, which owns the ship, said the hull of the Sabiti was hit by two separate explosions off the Saudi port of Jeddah, saying they were “probably caused by missile strikes”. Oil prices surged more than two percent on the news, which raised fresh supply concerns with tensions still high after … Read more
She won her semifinal with a time of 11.22 seconds. She shaved off 0.04 seconds from her previous personal best – 11.26 seconds, registered at the Asian Athletics Championships in April earlier this year. The previously standing national record in the women’s 100m event was 11.26 seconds – held jointly by Dutee and Rachita Mistry. … Read more