Section: Africa&ME
Serena, Sharapova poised for last-16 duel; Nadal gets dream draw
Three-time champion Serena Williams could face longtime rival Maria Sharapova in the French Open last-16 after yesterday’s draw which also handed Rafael Nadal a dream route to an 11th title.Serena, the champion in 2002, 2013 and 2015, will start against Kristyna Pliskova of the Czech Republic.Former world number one Williams, now ranked a...
Champions League price hikes spell misery
Real Madrid fans have returned 1,000 tickets for tomorrow’s Champions League final against Liverpool as spiralling accommodation and travel costs deter supporters from travelling to Kiev. UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin said the tickets could not be resold to Liverpool fans for security reasons but they would instead be put on sale for...
Ronaldo versus Salah — the Ballon d’Or on the line?
In an age when individual awards are given ever greater importance, tomorrow’s Champions League final between Real Madrid and Liverpool — and Cristiano Ronaldo and Mohamed Salah — could determine the winner of the next Ballon d’Or.After all, Ronaldo has won the prestigious prize on the back of helping Madrid to each of their recent...
Moscow says no Russian missile involved in MH17 plane crash over Ukraine
Moscow says no Russian missile was involved in Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 crash over Ukraine in 2014. …read more Source:...
Missile that downed MH17 plane came from Russian military: investigators
Investigators probing the 2014 downing of flight MH17 said Thursday, for the first time, that the missile which brought down the plane over eastern Ukraine came from a Russian military brigade. The Joint Investigation Team ‘has come to the conclusion that the BUK-TELAR that shot down MH17 came from 53rd Anti-aircraft Missile Brigade based in...
No Russian Missile Involved In MH17 Plane Crash – Russia
Part of the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 at the crash site in the village of Hrabove (Grabovo), some 80km east of Donetsk. Alexander KHUDOTEPLY / AFP Moscow on Thursday rejected an international investigation that found a Russian missile downed flight MH17 over Ukraine in 2014, saying no such weapon had ever crossed the Russian-Ukrainian border...
Moscow says no Russian missile involved in MH17 plane crash
International investigation found a Russian missile downed flight MH17 over Ukraine in 2014 …read more Source: Gulf...
Russian military says had nothing to do with downing of flight MH17: Ifax
Russia’s defense ministry said Thursday it had nothing to do with the downing of a plane over eastern Ukraine in 2014, Interfax news agency reported on Thursday. …read more Source: The Daily...
Missile that downed MH17 plane came from Russian military: investigators
The Malaysian Airlines flight was blown out of the sky over conflict-wracked east Ukraine on July 17, 2014/AFPUTRECHT, Netherlands, May 24 – Investigators probing the 2014 downing of flight MH17 said Thursday, for the first time, that the missile which brought down the plane over eastern Ukraine came from a Russian military brigade. The Joint...
Trump’s lawyer ‘received hundreds of thousands from Kiev to set up WH meeting’
Ukrainian leader established a backchannel via Michael Cohen for June 2017 sit-down with US president, BBC reports …read more Source: The Times of...
