Section: Jamaica
Madrid are the favourites but City keep dreaming – Begiristain
Manchester City were drawn against 10-time winners Real Madrid After being handed a Champions League semi-final tie against Real Madrid, Manchester City director of football Txiki Begiristain is confident his club can upset the odds. City progressed to the last four of Europe’s premier club competition for the first time with a 3-2...
Real Madrid take on Manchester City, Bayern Munich to face Atletico Madrid
Champions League final will be on May 28 Real Madrid have been paired with Manchester City in the Champions League semi-finals, while Bayern Munich will face Atletico Madrid. Friday’s draw in Nyon means outgoing City manager Manuel Pellegrini will have a chance to get one over his former team, having coached Madrid in 2009-10. Madrid...
Kompany back in training as Pellegrini ponders recall
Pellegrini may recall Vincent Kompany from his calf problem Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini will give captain Vincent Kompany the chance to prove his fitness ahead of Tuesday’s Champions League quarter-final against Paris Saint-Germain. Kompany suffered the latest calf problem of an injury-plagued campaign against Dynamo Kiev in...
Ukraine’s embattled prime minister resigns
Ukraine’s embattled prime minister announced Sunday that he is resigning, opening the way for the formation of a new government to end a drawn-out political crisis. In his weekly televised address, Arseniy Yatsenyuk said his resignation would be formally submitted to parliament on Tuesday. The same day, parliament was expected to vote to...
CARICOM concerned about ‘tax havens’ label in wake of Panama Papers leak
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has expressed concern that the designation of “tax havens” is again being attached to the financial services centres in Member States and Associate Members, following the leak of the “Panama Papers”. The Community, in a statement, said the loose attribution of the ‘tax havens’ label ignores the reality that...
Loop Breakfast Bites
Loop Breakfast Bites is a round up of the top international stories making news. Student’s promising life cut short by failed experiment http://www.looptt.com/content/students-promising-life-cut-short-failed-e… At 18, Bernard Moon was looking at a bright future. A charismatic high school honors student and athlete, he had been...
Ethiopia told to do mass doping tests or face IAAF ban
Ethiopia must carry out mass doping tests on up to 200 athletes by November or be the latest to face further action by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and a possible ban by the IAAF, track and field officials in the country said Thursday. Ethiopia will attempt to test between 150 and 200 athletes over the next seven months and will start as...
Politicians, celebs deny abuse of Panama offshore accounts
BERLIN, Germany (AP) — The president of Ukraine became the latest prominent politician to deny wrongdoing Wednesday after his name was linked to secretive offshore accounts arranged by a Panama law firm. …read more Source: Jamaica...
Politicians, celebs deny abuse of offshore accounts
The president of Ukraine became the latest prominent politician to deny wrongdoing Wednesday after his name was linked to secretive offshore accounts arranged by a Panama law firm. The revelations have raised suspicion that such offshore entities were set up to avoid taxes, but Petro Poroshenko denied that was the purpose in his case. Rather, he...
Trove of data on offshore accounts prompts probe, questions
The release of a vast trove of documents and data on offshore financial dealings of wealthy, famous and powerful people around the world is raising questions over the widespread use of such tactics to avoid taxes and skirt financial oversight. Reports by an international coalition of media outlets on an investigation with the Washington-based...
