Section: The Frontier Post (Pakistan)
Gareth Bale stars as Real Madrid beat Liverpool, win third straight Champions League
KIEV (AFP): Real Madrid substitute Gareth Bale scored twice — including a brilliant overhead kick — to win a Champions League final which ended in tears for Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah in Kiev. The Wales international, the first British player to score a winner in the European Cup final since Liverpool-born Peter Withe in 1982, produced an...
Real Madrid, Liverpool eye Champions League title
ANKARA (Agencies): Spain’s Real Madrid and England’s Liverpool will face off for the Champions League title in the Ukrainian capital Kiev on Saturday. The National Sports Complex Olympic Stadium will host the match. Real Madrid have won a record 12 Champions League titles and are looking for their third in a row. Liverpool last won...
Iran in the crosshairs as Empire enters its mad dog days
John Wight Mike Pompeo’s bellicose rhetoric against Tehran leaves no doubt that Washington has embraced the status of international renegade. Pompeo’s speech, delivered in his capacity as secretary of state, evinced a blatant disregard for the integrity of international treaties and respect for international law. It also ensures that...
Simona Halep beats Maria Sharapova to reach final
Monitoring Desk ROME: Simona Halep profited from a miserable day on serve for Maria Sharapova to reach the Italian Open final with a 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 defeat of the five-time Grand Slam winner on Saturday. The Romanian world number one will bid for the title on Sunday against Elina Svitolina in a repeat of last year´s final won by the Ukrainian....
Putin, Merkel discuss gas pipeline project in Sochi
Monitoring Desk MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel confirmed Friday that Russia would continue gas transit through Ukraine after the construction of the Nord Stream 2. The Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline project is aimed at linking Russia and Germany, but it is vastly opposed by Ukraine, Poland and the Baltic...
Djokovic cruises past Dolgopolov in Italian Open
ROME (Agencies): Former world number one Novak Djokovic said on Monday he felt reassured to be back playing on the familiar red clay of Rome as he dispatched Alexandr Dolgopolov in straight sets in the first round. The 12-time Grand Slam champion, who won the last of his 68 ATP titles at the Canadian Open in 2016, has slipped to 18th in the...
Putin, Merkel discuss Iran nuclear deal
Monitoring Desk MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed over the phone the U.S. decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal, the Kremlin said on Friday. The two leaders stressed the need to save the deal, said a statement published on the Kremlin’s official website. “The situation around...
Merkel, Macron vow to make EU a global player
Monitoring Desk BERLIN: German and French leaders on Thursday vowed to take major steps in order to make the European Union a strong global player. “It is no longer the case that the United States is simply going to protects us, but rather Europe must take its fate into its own hands. That’s the task of the future,” German Chancellor Angela...
Russia calls on Iran, Israel to hold dialogue
Monitoring Desk MOSCOW: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday called on Iran and Israel to resolve their difference through dialogue. His remarks came after the Israeli army claimed that Iranian forces in Syria had fired 20 rockets into the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights last night, but all had been intercepted by Israel’s Iron...
Armenia protest leader fails in bid to become interim PM
YEREVAN (AFP): Nikol Pashinyan failed in his bid to be elected interim prime minister of Armenia. According to the local ArmenPress news agency only 46 lawmakers voted in favour of him becoming prime minister – he needed 53 votes to be elected. He was the only candidate, but the ruling Republican Party had refused to endorse him. Earlier, tens of...
