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LOS ANGELES: Mookie Betts of the Los Angeles Dodgers hits a home run in the fourth inning against the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday in Los Angeles, California. - AFPn
Dodgers eye World Series repeat
LOS ANGELES: Mookie Betts of the Los Angeles Dodgers hits a home run in the fourth inning against the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday in Los Angeles, California. - AFPLOS ANGELES: The Los Angeles Dodgers are determined to follow their long-awaited World Series victory by completing back-to-back championship wins as Major League Baseball's new season gets under way today. A year after COVID-19 plunged the sport known as America's pastime into...
ANYAMA: Rescuers carry Ghanaian referee Charles Bemle Bulu after a discomfort during the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying football match between Ivory Coast and Ethiopa at the Alassane Ouattara Stadium in Anyama on Tuesday. - AFP n
Benin refuse to play in COVID row, referee collapses
ANYAMA: Rescuers carry Ghanaian referee Charles Bemle Bulu after a discomfort during the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying football match between Ivory Coast and Ethiopa at the Alassane Ouattara Stadium in Anyama on Tuesday. - AFPJOHANNESBURG: Benin refused to play a key Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Sierra Leone Tuesday after challenging positive COVID-19 tests for five of their players. A dramatic final day of qualifying for the 2021...
LOS ANGELES: In this file photo taken on August 24, 2020 The NFL logo is seen on a football packaging in Los Angeles. - AFPn
NFL chief sees fans back as 17-game schedule confirmed
LOS ANGELES: In this file photo taken on August 24, 2020 The NFL logo is seen on a football packaging in Los Angeles. - AFPLOS ANGELES: NFL chief Roger Goodell said Tuesday he expects stadiums to operate at full capacity next season as the league confirmed plans for an expanded 17-game schedule. Speaking on a conference call during the NFL's owners meeting, Goodell said the league wanted fans back following a 2020 campaign in which stadiums were...
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Kuwait bowling championship winners crowned
By Abdullatif SharaaKUWAIT: Chairman of Kuwait Bowling Club Sheikh Talal Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah and Secretary General Mohammad Al-Farsi awarded the winners of the first local bowling championship, which lasted 40 days with 63 players participating. Mohammad Khalid Habeeb was the winner, Saleh Habeeb the runner-up and third place went to Aseel Al-Roumi.Sheikh Talal lauded the competitive spirit during the tournament, which is part of preparations of...
Zain Kuwait CEO Eaman Al-Roudhann
Zain main and active partner in executing digital transformation
Zain Kuwait CEO Eaman Al-RoudhanKUWAIT: Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, took part in a panel discussion that came as part of the first day of the eighth eGovernment Forum (EGOV8). The event, sponsored by Zain, was hosted by NoufEXPO in a virtual format titled 'Integrated eGovernment; an urgent post corona need' and came under the patronage of HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah.The event's opening...
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Volkswagen pulls a fast one: 'Voltswagen' rebrand a ruse
WOLFSBURG: New Volkswagen (VW) ID.4 SUV electric cars are ready for delivery at the customer center of German carmaker Volkswagen in Wolfsburg. German auto giant Volkswagen said on Tuesday it is renaming its US subsidiary as "Voltswagen," calling the moniker a public declaration of its "future-forward investment in e-mobility. - AFPNEW YORK: Volkswagen US' subsidiary is keeping its name and will not rename itself "Voltswagen," a company...
LONDON: A Deliveroo rider cycles through central London. Deliveroo shares slumped 15 percent at the start of its entry in the London stock market yesterday as the app-driven meals delivery group faces criticism over its treatment of riders. - AFPn
Deliveroo shares falls 23% on London stock market launch
LONDON: A Deliveroo rider cycles through central London. Deliveroo shares slumped 15 percent at the start of its entry in the London stock market yesterday as the app-driven meals delivery group faces criticism over its treatment of riders. - AFPLONDON: Deliveroo shares slumped 23 percent as it launched on the London stock market yesterday, with the app-driven meals delivery group facing criticism over its treatment of riders. The Deliveroo IPO...
Zainab Fasiki, a Moroccan cartoonist and activist for women's rights, poses with her latest book entitled 'Hshouma' in the western Moroccan coastal city of Casabalanca.-AFP photosn
Moroccan illustrator using comics for #MeToo campaign
Zainab Fasiki, a Moroccan cartoonist and activist for women's rights, poses with her latest book entitled 'Hshouma' in the western Moroccan coastal city of Casabalanca.-AFP photosYoung Moroccan cartoonist Zainab Fasiki draws on a whiteboard in a Casablanca studio where she is holding a workshop that mixes art with a homegrown illustrated #MeToo campaign. "We are here to change this rape culture, which says the victim deserves what they get while...
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'Game of Thrones' play in the works for 2023
"Game of Thrones" is headed to Broadway, its production team announced Tuesday, with plans to bring key characters from the wildly successful cult series to the stage in 2023. George R.R. Martin, author of the literary saga that started it all, is collaborating on the theatrical piece with British playwright Duncan MacMillan and director Dominic Cooke. The play will take place during "a pivotal moment in the history of the series," read a...
Shenaz Lobi (right), along with other members of the Siddi community, taking part in an exercise routine during an athletes program.n
India's forgotten African tribe seeks sporting glory
Shenaz Lobi (right), along with other members of the Siddi community, taking part in an exercise routine during an athletes program. - AFP photosRohit Majgul has weathered racism and rejection in India as part of a marginalized community tracing its roots back to Africa-but he still dreams of bringing sporting glory to his country. The 16-year-old is part of a group of teens practicing martial arts in an overgrown and sun-baked field near the...
This file illustration picture shows Google map application displaying Covid-19 restrictions along your route on a smartphone in Arlington, Virginia.-AFP n
Google Maps to show more eco-friendly routes
This file illustration picture shows Google map application displaying Covid-19 restrictions along your route on a smartphone in Arlington, Virginia.-AFPGoogle on Tuesday said it will start showing users of its free Maps navigation service travel routes less damaging to the environment as just one of some 100 coming upgrades. Improvements to Google Maps tap into artificial intelligence for features including figuring out more fuel-efficient ways...
In this file photo Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, speaks to members of the media at Windsor Castle in Windsor, west of London.-AFP n
Archbishop denies Harry and Meghan were married early
In this file photo Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, speaks to members of the media at Windsor Castle in Windsor, west of London.-AFPThe archbishop of Canterbury appeared to contradict a claim by Prince Harry's wife Meghan that he married them before their televised wedding, in an interview published in an Italian newspaper yesterday. Harry, a grandson of Queen Elizabeth II and the youngest son of her heir Prince Charles, married the US...