Section: Dunya TV (Pakistan)
Judo: France’s Riner wins gold at world judos
ASTANA (AFP) – Teddy Riner of France won the gold medal in the 100kg category at the world judo championships in Astana on Saturday, defeating Ryu Shichinohe of Japan in the final.In so doing, and at 26 years of age, he became the first judoka to win eight world titles, seven of them coming in the 100kg class.The bronze medals went to Adam...
Athletics: Schippers scorches Beijing, Merritt misses golden send-off
BEIJING (AFP) – Dutch sprinter Dafne Schippers ran into the history books after scorching to world 200m glory on Friday, but there was no golden send-off for Aries Merritt before next weeks kidney transplant.Schippers, the 100m silver-medallist, clocked an electrifying 21.63sec, the fourth fastest time in history, as she lunged at the line...
Fitch, S&P see Ukraine debt deal tantamount to default
KIEV (AFP) – The debt restructuring deal Ukraine has struck with a group of creditors was seen Friday as tantamount to a default of payment, according to ratings agencies Fitch and Standard & Poors.Fitch lowered Ukraines rating of long-term public debt from CC to C, after the deal was announced Thursday because it led to major losses...
Football: Champions League draw smiles on Barca, Man Utd
MONACO (AFP) – Reigning champions Barcelona and returning giants Manchester United were dealt favourable hands in the Champions League draw in Monaco on Thursday.Barcas quest to become the first team to retain the European crown began smoothly as Lionel Messi and company were paired with Bayer Leverkusen, Roma and BATE Borisov in Group...
Ukraine clashes kill eight, hurting push for new truce
KIEV (AFP) – Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels on Thursday reported the death of eight people in fresh clashes that endanger nascent talks on a new truce agreement for the war-torn separatist east.Government spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk said seven Ukrainian servicemen had been killed and 13 injured in fighting that centred mostly around the...
Eight killed in fresh Ukraine clashes
KIEV (AFP) – Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels on Thursday reported the death of eight people in fresh clashes that erupted despite ongoing talks on a new truce agreement for the separatist east.Government spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk said seven Ukrainian servicemen had been killed and 13 injured in fighting that centred mostly around the...
Finland ‘in no position’ to defend Baltic states: president
HELSINKI (AFP) – Finland is in no position to help defend its Baltic neighbours and fellow EU members Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania should it become necessary, Finnish President Sauli Niinisto said on Tuesday.His comments were made during talks with a group of Finnish ambassadors as regional tensions grow over the crisis in Ukraine.Every...
More than 1,000 NATO paratroopers mount exercise in Germany
BERLIN (AFP) – More than 1,000 NATO paratroopers jumped from aircraft above Germany Wednesday in one of the alliances largest airborne training exercise in Europe since the Cold War ended, the US army said.Amid a drive by NATO to boost its defences in light of the Ukraine crisis, 11 member countries are taking part in Exercise Swift...
Russia court jails Ukrainian filmmaker for ‘terrorism’
ROSTOV-ON-DON (AFP) – A Russian military court on Tuesday sentenced a Ukrainian filmmaker to 20 years in a prison colony on terror charges in a trial condemned by Kiev, Western rights groups and top film directors.Oleg Sentsov, 39, was convicted of masterminding arson attacks on pro-Kremlin party offices in Crimea after Russia seized the...
Russian ruble falls to 2015 low as stocks plunge
MOSCOW (AFP) – Russias battered ruble sank Monday to its lowest point this year as Asian and European stock markets nosedived on concerns over the Chinese economy.Moscows dollar-denominated RTS stock index had tumbled 4.94 percent by the close of trading as the euro passed the symbolic 80-ruble mark for the first time since December,...
