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Barca thrash Osasuna 7-1; Messi shines

BARCELONA: FC Barcelona’s Gerard Pique (center) kicks the ball during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between FC Barcelona and Osasuna at the Camp Nou stadium yesterday. _ APBARCELONA: Lionel Messi rewarded a homage by Barcelona fans with two more goals as they thrashed Osasuna 7-1 to move three points clear of Real Madrid at the top of La Liga. The much-criticized Andre Gomes and Paco Alcacer also bagged doubles, whilst Javier Mascherano...

DOHA: Indian goalkeeper Paul Subrata (right) poses for a photograph alongside teammates in this file photo ahead of their 2011 Asian Cup group C football match against Bahrain at the Al-Sadd Stadium in the Qatari capital Doha. – AFP

‘Indian Spiderman’ facing 4-year ban

DOHA: Indian goalkeeper Paul Subrata (right) poses for a photograph alongside teammates in this file photo ahead of their 2011 Asian Cup group C football match against Bahrain at the Al-Sadd Stadium in the Qatari capital Doha. – AFPNEW DELHI: Indian goalkeeping great Subrata Paul said he was “speechless” yesterday after he failed a drugs test and was warned he could face a four-year ban. The “Indian Spiderman”, 30, tested positive to a...

STUTTGART: Russia’s Maria Sharapova serves to Italy’s Roberta Vinci in their first round match at the WTA tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, southwestern Germany yesterday. – AFP

Maria Sharapova back on court after a doping ban

STUTTGART: Russia’s Maria Sharapova serves to Italy’s Roberta Vinci in their first round match at the WTA tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, southwestern Germany yesterday. – AFPSTUTTGART: Maria Sharapova made her controversial return from a 15-month doping ban yesterday as the Russian superstar took on Italian veteran Roberta Vinci at Stuttgart's WTA tournament. The former world number one, wearing an orange top and lilac-colored skirt,...

RIYADH: Members of a Saudi female soccer team practice at a secret location in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. – AP

Saudi Shura rejects proposal for female sports colleges

RIYADH: Members of a Saudi female soccer team practice at a secret location in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. – APDUBAI: A proposal to establish sports education colleges for Saudi women failed to win enough votes in the kingdom’s top advisory body, a council member who drafted the plan said yesterday. The proposal on the colleges needed 76 out of 150 votes to pass in the Shura Council, but fell three votes short of that goal. It called for the...

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Kuwait National Ice Hockey team win the Challenge Cup

Kuwait National Ice Hockey teamKUWAIT: Kuwait National Ice Hockey team won the 2017 Ice Hockey Challenge Cup of Asia after beating Oman 13-0 during the final match which was held Tuesday night. Kuwait players displayed very strong performance during the first and second performance as they scored 5 goals in each period of the game. Three goals were then scored in the final period. India was second after beating Macao 7-3. Deputy Director General...

SYDNEY: Photo shows a view of Sydney from the north shore of the harbor and central business district. Australians are racking up extreme levels of debt to buy homes that are among the world's most expensive, a ticking time bomb that could wreck the economy if it is hit by a sudden shock, experts warn. — AFP

Australia's household debt a ticking time bomb

Household debt-to-GDP ratio hits 123 percent SYDNEY: Photo shows a view of Sydney from the north shore of the harbor and central business district. Australians are racking up extreme levels of debt to buy homes that are among the world's most expensive, a ticking time bomb that could wreck the economy if it is hit by a sudden shock, experts warn. — AFPSYDNEY: Australians are racking up extreme levels of debt to buy homes that are among the...

LONDON: Businesswoman, Gina Miller speaks during a television interview on College Green in London yesterday. A businesswoman who took the British government to court to force a parliamentary vote on the UK’s split from the EU launched a campaign yesterday to oppose an ‘extreme Brexit’. — AFP

Brexit leaves industrial firms staring into regulatory void

Companies fear duplicated EU, UK processes LONDON: Businesswoman, Gina Miller speaks during a television interview on College Green in London yesterday. A businesswoman who took the British government to court to force a parliamentary vote on the UK’s split from the EU launched a campaign yesterday to oppose an ‘extreme Brexit’. — AFPLONDON: Summit Therapeutics is about to start pivotal tests of a novel antibiotic discovered by UK...

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'Baywatch's' Dwayne Johnson just wants to entertain you

This image released by Paramount Pictures shows Dwayne Johnson, Left, and Zac Efron in a scene from, "Baywatch," in theaters May 25.In 2000, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson was trying to break into Hollywood. He was off to an OK start. The pro-wrestler already had a following, a role in "The Mummy Returns" and high-wattage charm. He also had no acting experience, no idea how Hollywood worked, and, besides a few idols in Harrison Ford, Clint Eastwood...

PARIS: French centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron pays respect during a ceremony marking 102nd anniversary of the slaying of Armenians by Ottoman Turks in a brief ceremony in Paris. — AP

Russia-linked hackers target Macron campaign

'Serious, but nothing was compromised' PARIS: French centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron pays respect during a ceremony marking 102nd anniversary of the slaying of Armenians by Ottoman Turks in a brief ceremony in Paris. — APPARIS: Researchers with the Japanese anti-virus firm Trend Micro say the campaign of French presidential front-runner Emmanuel Macron has been targeted by Russia-linked hackers, adding more details to previous...

IZTAPALAPA, Mexico : Women fill buckets from barrels of drinking water loaded from tanker trucks in the Mexico City borough of Iztapalapa

In Mexico City, water a rare commodity

IZTAPALAPA, Mexico : Women fill buckets from barrels of drinking water loaded from tanker trucks in the Mexico City borough of IztapalapaMEXICO CITY: In a teeming, hardscrabble neighborhood on the outskirts of Mexico City, Virginia Solis spends a big part of her day hauling sloshing buckets to her home-one of tens of thousands in the capital without running water. Solis lives in the shadow of a ruddy mountain on the sprawling city's far east...

Srishti Kaur of India is crowned Miss Teen Universe

India's Srishti Kaur wins Miss Teen Universe pageant

Srishti Kaur of India is crowned Miss Teen UniverseSrishti Kaur from India on Tuesday was crowned Miss Teen Universe 2017, beating out 25 other contestants from around the world in the annual beauty pageant. Samantha Pierre from Canada and Ary Trava from Mexico were the runners-up in the event held at the Ruben Dario National Theater in Nicaragua's capital Managua. Kaur also won the prize for best national costume. Xirelle Agustin from the...

Bangladeshi novelist Kasem bin Abubakar signs an autograph for a relative at his book shop in Dhaka

Islamic romance novels set hearts aflutter in Bangladesh

Bangladeshi novelist Kasem bin Abubakar signs an autograph for a relative at his book shop in DhakaKasem bin Abubakar was told nobody would buy his chaste romance novels about devout young Muslims finding love within the strict moral confines of Bangladeshi society. And yet his tales of lovers whispering sweet nothings between calls to prayer sold millions in the 1980s and proved a huge hit among young girls from Bangladesh's rural,...

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