Section: The Himalayan Times (Nepal)
Man City, Bayern winning streaks end in Champions League
GENEVA: In a fiercely competitive Champions League round on Wednesday, the 100 percent winning records of Pep Guardiola and Carlo Ancelotti with their new clubs finally came to an end. Guardiola’s Manchester City trailed three times at Celtic, leveled each time and finished strongly before having to settle for a 3-3 draw. The coach’s...
Dutch probe: Malaysian jet downed by launcher from Russia
FILE – In this Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015 file photo, journalists take images of part of the reconstructed forward section of the fuselage after the presentation of the Dutch Safety Board’s final report into what caused Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 to break up high over Eastern Ukraine last year, killing all 298 people on board, during a press...
Families: investigation found MH17 downed from pro-Russia rebel held territory
Fred Westerbeke, chief prosecutor in the Netherlands, who leads the international investigation after a surface-to-air missile hit Flight MH17 on its way from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur on July 17, 2014, killing all 298 people aboard, most of them Dutch citizens, addresses a news conference in Nieuwegein, the Netherlands on September 28, 2016....
Investigators to report on 2014 downing of Malaysian airliner over Ukraine
Debris from a Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 that crashed on Thursday lies on the ground near the village of Rozsypne in the Donetsk region July 18, 2014. REUTERS An international team of prosecutors investigating the downing of a Malaysian airliner over eastern Ukraine in 2014 will report findings on Wednesday but are unlikely to bring charges...
Arsenal, Leicester tickets among most expensive in Champions League
A fan takes a picture outside the stadium before the match. Reuters Premier League champions Leicester City and Arsenal are among the five clubs charging most for Champions League tickets this season, according to spread-betting firm Spreadex. Arsenal set prices starting at 37 pounds ($47.97) for a ticket, while watching Champions League football...
Clinton, Trump vie for world leaders’ attention in New York
US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton attends a bilateral meeting with Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko (R) at a hotel in New York, US, on Monday, September 19, 2016. Photo: Reuters NEW YORK: With national security again a major US election issue after bombings in New York and New Jersey, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump...
After bomb blasts, Clinton, Trump trade charges on national security
File- Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump (left) speaks to supporters at a Super Tuesday campaign rally in Louisville, Kentucky and (right) US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton addresses supporters at her Super Tuesday primary night party in Miami, Florida, on March 1, 2016. Photos: Reuters PHILADELPHIA: Democrat Hillary...
Concerns remain after Ukraine awarded Champions League final
KIEV: Russia and Ukraine’s political rivalry will extend into the world of football next year as they try to outdo each other in hosting two of the sport’s biggest events. Ukraine’s capital Kiev will play host to the Champions League final at its 70,000-capacity Olympic Stadium less than a month before Russia’s 2018 World...
After 1,192 days, Brazil mega-event run ends at Paralympics
Fireworks around the rim of the arena at the end of the closing ceremony of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016. Photo: AP RIO DE JANEIRO: After 1,192 days, Brazil’s run of hosting mega-sports events came to an end Sunday at the Paralympic Games. It began with...
Pro-Putin party wins Russian parliamentary election
Russian President Vladimir Putin greets Prime Minister and Chairman of the United Russia party Dmitry Medvedev during a visit to the party’s campaign headquarters following a parliamentary election in Moscow, Russia, on Sunday, September 18, 2016. Photo: Reuters MOSCOW/UFA: Allies of Russian President Vladimir Putin comfortably won a...
