Section: Gulf News (United Arab Emirates)
Body pulled from sunken tourist boat in Budapest
Divers yesterday brought up a body from the wreck of a tourist boat which sank last week in Budapest, and another body was pulled from the river 100km downstream, the first apparent victims recovered since the night of the crash. Twenty-eight people are presumed to have died when The Mermaid, a pleasure boat carrying 33 South Korean tourists and...
Danube cruise captain detained for one month
A Hungarian court has ordered the captain of a cruise liner that crashed into a pleasure boat on the Danube to be held pending a criminal investigation into a disaster believed to have killed 28 people, nearly all of them South Korean tourists. The Viking Sigyn cruise liner struck a smaller boat, the Mermaid, in heavy rain on Wednesday. The...
Osaka and Serena crash out of French Open, Djoko wins
World number one Naomi Osaka’s winning streak at the majors ended in a third round defeat at the French Open yesterday, while the men’s top-ranked Novak Djokovic extended his run to 24 in search of a second career non-calendar year Grand Slam. Japan’s Osaka went out 6-4, 6-2 against 42nd-ranked Czech Katerina Siniakova as the...
Russian president’s $400bn gambit faces reality check
In early May, one year into his last consecutive term as president, Vladimir Putin summoned four dozen officials from across Russia to the Grand Kremlin Palace for a televised progress report on the central pledge of his re-election campaign. With a budget of almost $400bn over six years, Putin was eager to find out how the country’s most...
Danube river currents keeping rescuers at bay
Roiling flood waters in the Danube made it impossible for rescuers to reach the wreck of a river boat yesterday, two days after it sank in the Hungarian capital with 28 people feared dead, nearly all of them South Korean tourists. One rescue diver was swept away and had to be saved, divers said. The authorities said it was unsafe to reach the...
Qatar bow out of FIFA U-20 World Cup
A sublime 76th-minute Timothy Weah goal on Thursday night earned USA a 1-0 win that advanced them to the knockout phase of the FIFA U-20 World Cup as Group D runners-up and extinguished opponents Qatar’s faint hopes.The Asians surprisingly had the better of the first half. Hashim Ali had their best chance, going clean through, but David...
Klopp laughs off ‘unlucky’ finals tag
Jurgen Klopp laughed off suggestions he is an unlucky manager as he looks to halt an unfortunate run of ending up on the losing side in his last six finals as a coach when he leads Liverpool into today’s Champions League decider. “Since 2012, apart from 2017, I was every year with my team in a final, so we are getting there sometimes with...
Qatar face uphill task against USA today
Bruno Miguel’s boys have lost both their matches against Nigeria and Ukraine and will need to win today to keep their chances alive to qualify for the last 16. The tournament’s 24-team format allows the four best third-placed countries from the groups to also progress. In an even contest against Ukraine, Qatar displayed better...
Mane has eyes on Champions League not Real Madrid links
Sadio Mane admits he is flattered by suggested interest from Real Madrid but insists he is happy at Liverpool and fully focused on trying to help them win the Champions League. Reports from Spain in recent weeks have suggested that Real want to bring the Senegal forward and Manchester United’s French midfielder Paul Pogba to the Bernabeu....
Qatar lose to Ukraine in a tight contest
Qatar lost their second successive match at the FIFA Under-20 World Cup in Poland yesterday after going down to Ukraine 0-1 in Poland. Bruno Miguel’s boys had to lost Nigeria in their Group D opening match. Now they have to beat USA on Thursday in their final group to keep their last 16 chances alive. The tournament’s 24-team format...
