Opinion Chief Sports Correspondent This season’s Champions League winners won’t be the best team in Europe April 18, 2024 4:15 pm(Updated 4:22 pm) City boss Guardiola reacts to defeat at the Etihad (Photo: Getty) No English teams in the Champions League last four. Whilst this will prompt vicarious salutations across Europe, the exit of Manchester … Read more
A volcano in Iceland has erupted for the fourth time in as many months, according to the country’s meteorological office. Lava flowed from the Sundhnúksgíga crater row on Saturday night, sending plumes of smoke into the air and forcing a local fishing village and luxury spa to be evacuated. Geophysicist Magnus Tumi Gudmundsson was quoted … Read more
The death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Nalvany was an attempt to send the West a “clear message”, the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksy has said. Mr Nalvany died at an Arctic penal colony yesterday, according to the Russian prison service, who said he had “felt unwell” and “immediately lost consciousness” after going for a walk. … Read more
Ivory Coast 1-0 DR Congo (Haller 65′) ABIDJAN — The noise was deafening, close to 60,000 people screaming and whistling, a fervour that rose in pitch as Sebastien Haller’s volley reached the top of its arc and started to descend more quickly than Lionel Mpasi could quite believe. As it dipped below the crossbar and … Read more
The Australian Open presents tennis fans in the UK with a challenge given the time difference between both countries. The daily Australian Open schedule in the early rounds has action starting at 11am local time, which is midnight in the UK, making it the trickiest of the four grand slams for British fans to follow. … Read more
This year’s Australian Open marks 10 years since a player outside of the Big Three won the men’s singles title in Melbourne. Novak Djokovic is the king of this court, having won a record 10 majors here overall and four of the past five editions (he was deported on the eve of the tournament in … Read more
Finally, the US appears to be inching closer to backing a UN Security Council motion calling for Israel to allow desperately needed food and medical assistance into Gaza, following days of wrangling and postponement. But the US-amended draft has removed the call for an “urgent suspension of hostilities” from the text, to the chagrin of … Read more
