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LONDON: Crystal Palace soared into their first European final on Thursday, completing an emphatic 5-2 aggregate win over Shakhtar Donetsk to give manager Oliver Glasner the chance of a fairytale end...

Lucknow, India: Australia's Mitchell Marsh hit 111 to set up a tense nine-run win for Lucknow Super Giants in a rain-hit IPL clash against defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru on...

MUNICH, Germany: Holders Paris Saint-Germain set up a Champions League final against Arsenal after a 1-1 second-leg draw at Bayern Munich secured a 6-5 aggregate victory on Wednesday. PSG exploded on...

 World capitals and markets were waiting on Thursday for Tehran to respond to Washington's latest proposed deal to end the war in the Middle East and to reopen the key shipping lane out of the...

  Mendoza: Fluminense goalkeeper Fabio set a Copa Libertadores record when he made his 114th appearance in the competition, breaking the previous mark he shared with Ever Hugo Almeida. The...

  Hyderabad, India: South Africa's Heinrich Klaasen smacked 69 to help Sunrisers Hyderabad climb to the top of the IPL table with a convincing 33-run win over Punjab Kings on Wednesday. Klaasen...

 Sri Lanka police have arrested 231 foreign nationals, mostly Chinese and Vietnamese, following raids on suspected cyberscam centres in the capital since the weekend, officials said Thursday. Crime...

 How big is the jet fuel threat to Europe's summer holidays? The EU says it is not facing shortages yet, but it is readying for the worst -- and weighing options including using US kerosene as a...

Ted Turner, the former owner of the Atlanta Braves who signed baseball's first free ⁠agent, has died at 87. Turner Enterprises, in a news release, confirmed Turner died Wednesday surrounded by...

LONDON: Arsenal reached the Champions League final for the first time in 20 years as Bukayo Saka sealed a 1-0 win against Atletico Madrid on Tuesday. Mikel Arteta's side settled the semifinal...

New Delhi  - The Indian Premier League final will be held in Ahmedabad on May 31 instead of Bengaluru as originally planned, the country's cricket board said Wednesday. The Board of Control for...

  Hong Kong: Peter STEBBINGS with Faisal KAMAL in New Delhi Swathes of football-mad Asia from China and India to Malaysia and Thailand are yet to confirm broadcast rights for the biggest-ever World...

  New Delhi: Faisal KAMAL Disciplined bowling and an unbeaten 87 by opener Sanju Samson helped Chennai Super Kings stay in the hunt for the IPL playoffs with an eight-wicket win over Delhi Capitals...

French shipping group CMA CGM said on Wednesday ​that one of ​its vessels, the San Antonio, had been the target of an attack while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, resulting in injuries among...

Monterrey, Mexico: Mexico's Tigres UANL booked their place in the final of the CONCACAF Champions Cup on Tuesday after defeating Major League Soccer side Nashville to wrap up a 2-0 aggregate...

  Beverly Hills, United States: FIFA president Gianni Infantino on Tuesday defended World Cup ticket prices, insisting that football's global governing body was obliged to take advantage of US...

The 13-year-old Sudanese Afrah wants to become a surgeon, and nothing will stop her, not even the war that has ravaged her country and forced millions of children out of school. Quiet and determined,...

Najaf - Salam Faraj In Iraq's holy city of Najaf, the majestic shrine of Imam Ali stands quiet, its vast courtyards no longer echoing with the multilingual whispers of pilgrims from before the...

Mumbai  - An Indian pilot group has submitted a letter to the aviation ministry suggesting that electrical failure, and not pilot action, could have caused the deadly Air India crash last year. The...

Tehran: World leaders on Tuesday piled pressure on Tehran to stick to diplomacy to bring an end to the Middle East war, after a salvo of attacks in the region left a ceasefire crumbling. The scramble...