author

desk search
close
Latest News
arrow2 Kuwait Times
No Image
Bahrain sentences two to death on terror charges
DUBAI: A court in Bahrain has sentenced two people to death on terror charges and handed 11 others lengthy sentences, including a former member of parliament sentenced to 10 years in prison. Hassan Isa was a senior member of the main Shiite opposition Al- Wefaq group, which was dissolved last year. The other 10 received sentences ranging from 10 years to life.The Bahraini Al-Wasat news website says the case involves 24 defendants charged with...
BUENOS AIRES: Argentina's forward Lionel Messi (2nd-R) argues with second assistant referee Marcelo Vangasse (2nd-L) next to Brazilian referee Sandro Ricci (L) and first assistant referee Emerson Augusto de Carvalho (R) in the half time of their 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia South American qualifier football match against Chile, at the Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires, on March 23. FIFA yesterday suspended Messi for four Argentina games. -- AFP nn
Messi ban unfair: Barcelona
BARCELONA: Lionel Messi’s four-match international ban for swearing at an assistant referee was “unfair and totally disproportionate”, his Spanish club Barcelona said yesterday. “FC Barcelona expresses its surprise and indignation at the decision by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee to suspend Leo Messi following the FIFA World Cup qualifying fixture between Argentina and Chile,” Barca said in a statement.“The club considers the...
BANGALORE: Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli and head coach Anil Kumble, left, leave after attending the first day of the team’s six-days training in Bangalore, India, yesterday. Indian team is scheduled to travel to West Indies’ to play four match test series starting July 21.— AP
Aussie media slam 'classless' Kohli
SYDNEY:  Australian media labelled Indian  skipper Virat Kohli "classless" and childish yesterday after his provocative comments at the end of a hard-fought but incendiary Test series.  Newspapers laid into the winning captain for saying he no longer counted the Australian players as friends, and they also took umbrage at India's apparent snub when invited to join the tourists for a beer.  Kohli said he would not think of the Australians as...
LEEDS: This file photo taken on September 1, 2016 shows Pakistan’s Mohammad Irfan celebrates after dismissing England’s Alex Hales (not pictured) during play in the fourth one-day international (ODI) cricket match between England and Pakistan in Leeds. Irfan has been ruled out of the remainder of the tour of England, the Pakistan Cricket Board announced yesterday. — AFP
Pakistan bowler Irfan banned for a year
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Cricket Board yesterday suspended Mohammad Irfan for a year and also fined the tall fast bowler one million rupees ($9,500) for violating the sport’s anti corruption code during the Pakistan Super League. The PCB’s anti-corruption unit chief Mohammad Azam said Irfan admitted he was twice approached by bookmakers during the PSL, but didn’t inform anti-corruption officials in time about the aproach.Azam said Irfan’s...
Maria Sharapova
Sharapova proud of her passion, integrity as doping ban ends
Maria SharapovaRANCHO MIRAGE: When Maria Sharapova realized her tennis career could be ended by what she claims was an accidental doping violation, the former world No. 1 decided she had to fight. "When you love what you do, and you do it with passion and integrity ... then you know what you stand for and who you are, and that's why I fought so hard to get that back," Sharapova said.Sharapova believes she triumphed over injustice when she...
KEY BISCAYNE: Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark celebrates defeating Lucie Safarova of Czech Republic during Day 9 of the Miami Open at Crandon Park Tennis Center on Tuesday in Key Biscayne, Florida. – AFP
Pliskova to play Wozniacki in semis
KEY BISCAYNE: Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark celebrates defeating Lucie Safarova of Czech Republic during Day 9 of the Miami Open at Crandon Park Tennis Center on Tuesday in Key Biscayne, Florida. – AFPMIAMI:  Czech second seed Karolina Pliskova avenged her Australian Open quarter-final loss to Mirjana Lucic-Baroni with a 6-3 6-4 win over the 26th-seeded Croatian to secure a spot in the Miami Open semi-finals on Tuesday.After Pliskova had...
Mohammed Jaffar in action
Kuwaiti motocross champion Mohammad Jaffar challenges Abu Dhabi's desert for the first time
Mohammed Jaffar in actionDUBAI: Kuwaiti motocross champion and Red Bull athlete Mohammed Jaffar will be participating for the first time in the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge with high aims to achieve top ranks.The third round of the 2017 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies and the opening round of the FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship kicks off with a super special stage at the Al Forsan International Sports Resort on April 1 and...
Kuwait Disabled Athletics team
Kuwait Disabled Athletics team bags 32 medals in UAE
Kuwait Disabled Athletics teamKUWAIT: Kuwait National Disabled Athletics team returned from the UAE with 32 medals of various colors, after participating in the Shariqa International Championship and Fazza International Athletics tournament.Member of the Board of Kuwait Disabled Sports Club Anwar Al- Mutawa said the team won 17 medals in Shariqa and 15 in Fazza. He added that 10 team members qualified including a female qualified to the world...
KUWAIT: Burgan Bankís Chairman Majed Essa Al-Ajeel highlights the positive performance of Burgan Bank Group in 2016 during the bankís Shafafiyah Forum yesterday
Burgan Bank holds AGM, Shafafiyah Forum
Bank to pay 5% cash dividends, 5% in bonus shares    KUWAIT: Burgan Bankís Chairman Majed Essa Al-Ajeel highlights the positive performance of Burgan Bank Group in 2016 during the bankís Shafafiyah Forum yesterdayKUWAIT: Burgan Bank held its Ordinary and Extraordinary General Assembly meeting and Al-Shafafiya Investors forum yesterday at the KIPCO Tower, wherein the Board of Directors presented the bank's financial earnings report for the...
SAINT DENIS: Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, France : TOPSHOT - France’s forward Kylian Mbappe vies with Spain’s midfielder Sergio Busquets and captain Sergio Ramos during their friendly football match France vs Spain at the stade de France in Saint Denis near Paris on Tuesday. —AFP
Video replay aids Spain as Sweden foil Ronaldo
SAINT DENIS: Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, France : TOPSHOT - France’s forward Kylian Mbappe vies with Spain’s midfielder Sergio Busquets and captain Sergio Ramos during their friendly football match France vs Spain at the stade de France in Saint Denis near Paris on Tuesday. —AFPPARIS: Spain twice benefited from the use of video assistance to defeat France 2-0 on Tuesday, while Sweden rallied from two goals down to beat Portugal 3-2 and...
.
Athra Real Estate unveils Blue Water Mall project
.KUWAIT: Athra Real Estate Company held a press conference at its premises yesterday to unveil its upcoming real estate project Blue Water Mall. "The mall project is first of its kind in our business in  commercial development that offers integrated services in an area of 5,000 sq meters in the Sabah Al-Ahmed Marine City. "The Blue Water Mall is situated next to numerous existing projects in the Sabah Al-Ahmed Marine City which is the first...
FUNCHAL: Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo stands past a bust presented during a ceremony where Madeira’s airport in Funchal is to be renamed after Cristiano Ronaldo, on Madeira island, yesterday. — AFP
Airport renamed in Ronaldo honour
FUNCHAL: Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo stands past a bust presented during a ceremony where Madeira’s airport in Funchal is to be renamed after Cristiano Ronaldo, on Madeira island, yesterday. — AFPLISBON: Cristiano Ronaldo had an international airport renamed in his honour yesterday but it was a newly unveiled bust of him that soon became a major talking point. Five thousand screaming fans, the Portuguese talisman himself and the...
arrow
most read
1
No Image
Summer enters its final stages
2
No Image
Kuwait residents try to ward off the heat
3
People walk past a poster of slain Palestinian Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran's capital Tehran on August 10, 2024, amid regional tensions during the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. - AFP
Guards get new arms as Iran vows to punish Zionists
4
VINHEDO, Brazil: An aerial view of the wreckage of an airplane that crashed with 62 people on board on Aug 10, 2024. - AFP
Brazil plane crash kills 62
5
No Image
Price of image over true value