Section: Dunya TV (Pakistan)
Putin and Erdogan meet to mend ties after jet downing rift
SAINT PETERSBURG (AFP) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan jets into Russia Tuesday for his first meeting with counterpart Vladimir Putin since the two strongmen leaders began healing a bitter feud over Ankaras downing of a Russian warplane.Erdogans visit to Putins hometown of Saint Petersburg is also his first foreign trip since the...
Olympics: Serena struggles, del Potro blasts punch-up
RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) – Defending champion Serena Williams ended a three-match losing streak against Frances Alize Cornet to keep her hopes of a fifth Olympic gold medal alive Monday.But it was a rollercoaster 7-6 (7/5), 6-2 victory for the 34-year-old world number one who 24 hours earlier had suffered her first ever Olympic Games womens...
Italy hopeful of hurting champions Spain
LILLE (AFP) – Italy coach Antonio Conte believes his team can thrive as the underdogs when they face Spain in the first knockout round at Euro 2016 next Monday.The Azzurris reward for finishing top of Group E is a meeting with the reigning champions in a repeat of the Euro 2012 final, when Spain outclassed the Italians 4-0 in Kiev.Given...
Football: Gomez guides Germany into Euro 2016 knockouts
PARIS (AFP) – Mario Gomez struck as world champions Germany beat Northern Ireland 1-0 in Paris on Tuesday to qualify for the Euro 2016 knockout phase as winners of Group C.Drafted in to address the goal-scoring problems witnessed in Germanys 0-0 draw with Poland, the on-loan Besiktas striker netted from Thomas Muellers pass in the 30th...
Football: Poland ease into last-16 over hapless Ukraine
MARSEILLE (AFP) – A second half strike by substitute Jakub Blaszczykowski booked Polands ticket into the last-16 at Euro 2016 and sent Ukraine home without a point. The Group C win in Marseille propelled Poland further than they have ever gone in a European Championship and they will meet Switzerland in the last-16.For the first time in...
China’s Xi weaves Poland into ‘new silk road’ plan
WARSAW, June 20, 2016 (AFP) – The presidents of China and Poland greeted a Chinese freight train as it rolled into the Polish capital on Monday, part of a drive to drum up business between the Asian giant and the European Unions largest eastern economy.Chinas Xi Jinping and his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda were on hand as the China...
Roger Federer reaches Quarterfinal in Halle
HALLE , Germany, June 16, 2016 (AFP) – Roger Federer warmed up for Wimbledon by easing to victory in the second round on the Halle grass on Thursday, as he returns from a back injury that has disrupted his season.The world number three, who dropped out of last months French Open, had little trouble swatting aside Tunisias Malek Jaziri, 6-3,...
Football: Stalemate edges Germany, Poland towards last 16
PARIS, June 16, 2016 (AFP) – Old rivals Germany and Poland fought a battle of attrition that ended in a goalless draw and edged both countries towards a place in the last 16 of Euro 2016 on Thursday.The stalemate left Germany on top of Group C on goal difference with both sides on four points from two matches.Polands Arkadiusz Milik had the...
Super-subs guide England, Northern Ireland to wins
PARIS, June 16, 2016 (AFP) – Substitutes Jamie Vardy, Daniel Sturridge and Niall McGinn inspired England and Northern Ireland to dramatic wins over Wales and Ukraine at the European Championship finals on Thursday.World champions Germany ground out a goalless draw with Poland and were left wondering what put a spanner in their normally...
Football fans tried in France but Russian hooligans ‘evade arrest’
MARSEILLE, June 13, 2016 (AFP) – Ten men will be tried in France Monday over the violence between English and Russian football fans in Marseille, but prosecutors said 150 extremely well-trained Russian hooligans had evaded arrest.England captain Wayne Rooney and manager Roy Hodgson made a public appeal to England fans to behave after UEFA...
