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TURIN: In this file photo taken on July 04, 2020 a television cameraman prepares to broadcast the Italian Serie A football match Juventus vs Torino played behind closed doors at the Juventus stadium in Turin. — AFP
As Italian football moves on-line, TV rights bonanza may be waning
TURIN: In this file photo taken on July 04, 2020 a television cameraman prepares to broadcast the Italian Serie A football match Juventus vs Torino played behind closed doors at the Juventus stadium in Turin. — AFPROME: The broadcast deal between the Italian league and streaming platform DAZN announced on Friday may represent a small revolution, but it also continues a trend of the value of TV rights stagnating or falling. AFP Sport rounds up...
SOLNA: Sweden’s forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic (center) and his teammates celebrate the first goal during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 qualification football match Sweden v Georgia in Solna, near Stockholm on Thursday. — AFP
Ibra feeling ‘good’ after winning Sweden return
SOLNA: Sweden’s forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic (center) and his teammates celebrate the first goal during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 qualification football match Sweden v Georgia in Solna, near Stockholm on Thursday. — AFPPARIS: Zlatan Ibrahimovic made a winning return to international football with Sweden on Thursday after nearly five years away as Germany came out for human rights in their opening qualifier for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar....
SAINT-DENIS: France’s wing Gael Fickou (center) is tackled by Scotland’s flanker Jamie Ritchie (right) and Scotland’s scrum-half Ali Price (left) during the Six Nations rugby union tournament match between France and Scotland on Friday, at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, outside Paris. —AFP
Wales win Six Nations as Scotland upset ‘disappointed’ France
SAINT-DENIS: France’s wing Gael Fickou (center) is tackled by Scotland’s flanker Jamie Ritchie (right) and Scotland’s scrum-half Ali Price (left) during the Six Nations rugby union tournament match between France and Scotland on Friday, at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, outside Paris. —AFPPARIS: Wales won the Six Nations on Friday after Scotland beat a “disappointed” France 27-23 for their first victory in Paris since 1999. Les...
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WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and Instagram down for many users
Facebook Inc's platforms including WhatsApp, Messenger and Instagram were down for thousands of users on Friday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com.Downdetector tracks outages by collating status reports from a series of sources, including user-submitted errors on its platform. The outages might be affecting a larger number of users.
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Waiting game for teachers stranded out of Kuwait
By Reem Algharabali“Stranded! We are marooned!” said Paul Scott, a secondary school biology teacher at New English School. Scott is one of several foreign teachers working for international schools in Kuwait who have been caught out after traveling to visit their families over the winter break.Many expatriates had not seen their families for over a year, and some decided to take the risk of travelling in the midst of a global pandemic despite...
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Kuwait to host remaining Asia 2022 World Cup qualifiers - Confederation
Kuwait is set to host the remaining matches in the second phase of Asia's qualifying campaign for the 2022 World Cup and 2023 Asian Cup finals, in Qatar and China, respectively, the regionآ’s football governing body said on Friday.The Asian Football Confederation has confirmed that the remaining fixtures will take place between May 31 to June 15 in Kuwait, where the home side, alongside Australia, Jordan, Chinese Taipei, and Nepal will be...
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Kuwait registers eight deaths, 1,356 new Covid-19 cases
Kuwait Ministry of Health said Friday 1,356 people tested positive for the coronavirus while eight persons died of the virus in the past 24 hours. The new cases increased number of registered infections to 207,249 and deaths topped 1,156, MoH spokesman Dr. Abdullah Al-Sanad told KUNA.He said 195 patients were at the intensive care units, while 14,676 people were receiving medical care.Al-Sanad said health care workers conducted 7,807 swab tests...
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Beaten Federer hopes to be ‘100 percent’ for Wimbledon
DOHA: Roger Federer admitted his goal was to be “100 percent” back in business by the time Wimbledon rolls around after the 20-time Grand Slam title winner saw his comeback from 13 months out with injury end in Doha on Thursday. The 39-year-old squandered a match point and was knocked out of the Qatar Open by Georgia’s Nikoloz Basilashvili in his first tournament since losing to Novak Djokovic in the Australian Open semi-finals in January...
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Kjaer rescues AC Milan after Diallo bags first Man Utd goal
MANCHESTER: Simon Kjaer scored a last-gasp equalizer to give AC Milan a dramatic 1-1 draw at Manchester United after Amad Diallo scored his first goal for the hosts in the Europa League last 16 first leg on Thursday. Kjaer netted with a bullet header in the final seconds of stoppage time at Old Trafford. The Milan defender’s late intervention spoiled a memorable moment for Ivorian teenager Diallo.In only his third appearance for United, Diallo...
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US stimulus offers ‘significant’ boost to global economy: IMF
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden’s stimulus program is being hailed as both boosting domestic growth and spurring the global recovery, but the IMF warned that policymakers will need to be alert to risks posed by the massive cash injection. The package, which Biden signed into law on Thursday, will inject $1.9 trillion in aid into the pandemic-damaged economy by funding small businesses, extending unemployment benefits that were due to expire...
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Biden signs $1.9 trillion US stimulus package into law
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden signed into law a “historic” $1.9 trillion economic stimulus package on Thursday, saying it would help ordinary Americans recover from the coronavirus crisis. “This historic legislation is about rebuilding the backbone of this country and giving people in this nation — working people, middle class folks, people who built the country — a fighting chance,” he said as he signed the bill in the Oval...
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But is it art? Digital work sells for $69.3m at Christie’s
NEW YORK: A digital collage by American artist Beeple sold Thursday for a record $69.3 million, Christie’s auctioneers announced, as virtual art rapidly establishes itself as a new — and highly profitable — creative genre. “Everydays: The First 5,000 Days” became the most expensive ever “non-fungible token” — a collectible digital asset that uses blockchain technology to turn virtual work into a unique item.Christie’s said...
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HATHRAS, India: Policemen carry a person who died in a melee during a sermon in Uttar Pradesh state on July 2, 2024. - AFP
Stampede at India religious event kills 116
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GAZA: Displaced Palestinians from areas in east Khan Yunis flee after the Zionist army issued a new evacuation order for parts of the city and Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on July 2, 2024. - AFP
Arabs reaffirm Zionist boycott
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BEIRUT: Lebanese Uber driver Hussein Khalil shows his GPS jammed geolocation as Gaza's southern city of Rafah, as he sits in his vehicle in Beirut's Hamra Street on June 11, 2024.- AFP
Zionist jamming disrupts Lebanon ground, air traffic
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NAVI MUMBAI, India: Billionaire tycoon Mukesh Ambani (front third left) along with his family attends a mass wedding ceremony at Reliance Corporate Park in Navi Mumbai on July 2, 2024. -- AFP
Ambanis celebrate son’s nuptials with mass wedding
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KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah presides over a Cabinet weekly meeting on Tuesday at Bayan Palace. – KUNA
Only Kuwait banner and anthem are allowed in state functions