Section: The Himalayan Times (Nepal)
Northern Ireland extend unbeaten run with Belarus win
General view as Northern Ireland players and staff watched a video on the big screen as a preview to Euro 2016. Reuters BELFAST: Northern Ireland’s record-breaking unbeaten streak was stretched to 11 matches with a 3-0 victory over Belarus at Windsor Park on Friday as Michael O’Neill’s team continued their impressive...
Putin says Romania, Poland may now be in Russia’s cross-hairs
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the Russia-ASEAN summit in Sochi, Russia, May 19, 2016. REUTERS ATHENS: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday warned Romania and Poland they could find themselves in the sights of Russian rockets because they are hosting elements of a US missile shield that Moscow considers a threat to its security....
Ukraine’s ‘new Shevchenko’ has big boots to fill
Ukraine’s Andriy Yarmolenko. Reuters KIEV: Andriy Shevchenko’s retirement after Euro 2012 left a huge void in Ukrainian football and it has taken time for the younger generation to throw up a new leader. Step forward Andriy Yarmolenko, whose 22 goals have established him as the player most likely to fill the role a full decade after...
Injury-hit Germany must rediscover tournament form
German national soccer team coach Joachim Loew arrives for a news conference to announce the German squad for Euro 2016, in Berlin, Germany, May 17, 2016. REUTERS BERLIN: The German side setting their sights on Euro 2016, 20 years after their last continental trophy, may be completely different from the one that won the 2014 World Cup in Brazil....
Leaders of 4 countries discuss settling Ukraine conflict
MOSCOW: The Kremlin says that the leaders of Russia, France, Germany and Ukraine have spoken by telephone about ways to settle the conflict in eastern Ukraine. A Kremlin statement said the participants in the call early Tuesday emphasised the need to observe a cease-fire and discussed raising the efficiency of a monitoring mission by the...
Wawrinka relieved, Murray teeters on the brink
Switzerland’s Stan Wawrinka reacts at the end of the match. REUTERS PARIS: Defending champion Stan Wawrinka breathed a huge sigh of relief and Andy Murray faced a sleepless night after both got bogged down by belligerent Czechs at a sodden French Open on Monday. A day that began two hours late after torrential rain ended with world number...
Australian firm names Russia, Putin in MH17 compensation claim: report
The parents of a victim from Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 react as they leave the State Coroners Court, after the New South Wales State Coroner handed down his findings from an inquest into the deaths of six New South Wales residents who were aboard the plane, in Sydney, Australia, May 17, 2016. REUTERS An Australian law firm has filed a...
Canada PM Trudeau says ‘I am human’ after fracas, cites job pressures
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau takes part in an interview with Reuters in his office on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, May 19, 2016. REUTERS OTTAWA: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, under fire for getting involved in an unprecedented physical fracas in Parliament, said on Thursday that he was only human and in a...
Trump would talk to North Korea’s Kim, wants to renegotiate climate accord
A combination photo shows a Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) handout of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un released on May 10, 2016, and Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump posing for a photo after an interview with Reuters in his office in Trump Tower, in the Manhattan borough of New York City, US, May 17, 2016. REUTERS NEW YORK:...
Germany coach Loew keeps faith with Schweinsteiger, Podolski
Germany’s coach Joachim Loew reacts during their Euro 2016 qualification match against Poland in Frankfurt, Germany, September 4, 2015. Photo: Reuters BERLIN: Germany coach Joachim Loew is giving captain Bastian Schweinsteiger every chance to prove his fitness for the European Championship despite the Manchester United midfielder’s...
