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Ireland’s O’Mahony replaces injured Conan for Pumas Test

Ireland's O'Mahony replaces injured Conan for Pumas Test

Veteran Peter O’Mahony has been called into the Ireland starting XV in place of the injured Jack Conan for their final November Test against Argentina at Lansdowne Road on Sunday. The 32-year-old O’Mahony will win his 79th cap as he slots in at flanker with Caelan Doris — man of the match in last weekend’s … Read more

China offers winter supplies in aid of Afghanistan

China offers winter supplies in aid of Afghanistan

URUMQI: A special freight train loaded with more than 1,000 tonnes of humanitarian aid materials and daily necessities donated by China departed for Afghanistan on Saturday afternoon. The train is expected to reach its final destination in around 12 days. Carrying 50 containers, the freight train left China via Horgos Port in northwest China’s Xinjiang … Read more

Meghan Markle explains how her friends responded to her hairstyle fail

Meghan Markle

Meghan Markle has spoken up about one of her worst hairstyles flops from middle school when she wanted to appear like a British sitcom character but her pals thought she looked like someone from a British sitcom. During her visit to The Ellen Show, Meghan Markle shared a hilarious story about how she once wanted … Read more

Badminton ace Momota claims first post-crash international trophy

Badminton ace Momota claims first post-crash international trophy

World champion Kento Momota beat Anders Antonsen in the Indonesia Masters final on Sunday, his first win at an international tournament since being badly injured in a car accident last year. Momota thumped the Danish third seed 21-17, 21-11 on the resort island of Bali, where the tournament was held as the first of three … Read more

NASA: Mars helicopter is set to fly once more exceeding all expectations

NASA

The NASA Mars helicopter was supposed to fly five times in 30 days on the Red Planet, has exceeded all expectations for the duration of its mission, which is currently approaching seven months and a 16th flight. The flight had been planned as early as Saturday by NASA and the rotorcraft’s cameras have assisted NASA … Read more

Emily Ratajkowski’s ‘My Body’ is a New York Times bestseller

Emily Ratajkowski

Emily Ratajkowski has resorted to social media to compliment herself on the success of her book My Body. The model has praised her supporters for helping her book to become a New York Times bestseller. “This has been a surreal week,” Emily penned, alongside a picture of her book. “Thank you to everyone who has … Read more

Poland says border crisis ‘greatest’ bid to destabilise Europe since Cold War

Poland says border crisis 'greatest' bid to destabilise Europe since Cold War

Poland: Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on Sunday called the migrant crisis on the Belarusian-Polish border, the EU’s eastern frontier, the “greatest attempt to destabilise Europe” since the Cold War. The premier issued his strong remarks as he prepared to meet with EU leaders at a time when Warsaw is facing not only a border … Read more

Evicted villagers pay the price for MotoGP’s Indonesia return

The holiday island of Lombok welcomed thousands of fans Sunday for Indonesia’s first superbike race on a new circuit that is part of a mega tourism infrastructure project denounced by the UN over the eviction of local families. With a population of more than 270 million people, many of whom get around on two wheels, … Read more

Ogier heads into semi-retirement with eighth WRC title

Ogier heads into semi-retirement with eighth WRC title

Sebastien Ogier heads into semi-retirement having clinched an eighth World Rally Championship title in nine years but without ever quite escaping the shadow of his former mentor Sebastien Loeb. The 37-year-old Ogier wrapped up the title on Sunday at Monza by holding off his Toyota teammate Elfyn Evans to move within one of Loeb’s record … Read more

UK urges China to provide ‘verifiable evidence’ about tennis star

UK urges China to provide 'verifiable evidence' about tennis star

LONDON: Britain on Saturday urged China to provide “verifiable evidence” about the “safety and whereabouts” of tennis star Peng Shuai, whose whereabouts are unclear after making sexual assault allegations against a top Communist Party official. “We are extremely concerned at the apparent disappearance of Peng Shuai, and are following the case closely,” the foreign office said in … Read more

Russia’s Shcherbakova survives slip to take Grand Prix gold

Russia's Shcherbakova survives slip to take Grand Prix gold

Russian world champion Anna Shcherbakova survived a slip on a quadruple spin to land a series of other combinations and win the women’s figure skating at the Grenoble Grand Prix on Saturday. The 17-year-old, who is favourite to take the gold at the Winter Games in February, took top spot in Friday’s short programme but … Read more

Sidharth Malhotra, Ajay Devgn’s ‘Thank God’ to release on this date in 2022

Sidharth Malhotra

Thank God, a film directed by Bhushan Kumar, Indra Kumar, and Ashok Thakeria, is planned to hit theatres on July 29, 2022. Fans have been unable to remain calm since the news of Ajay Devgn’s collaboration with Sidharth Malhotra and Rakul Preet Singh broke. Sidharth Malhotra took to Instagram to post a statement with his … Read more

Kagiyama takes gold at French figure skating Grand Prix

Kagiyama takes gold at French figure skating Grand Prix

Japan’s Yuma Kagiyama claimed the men’s gold medal by a wide margin at the Grenoble figure skating Grand Prix on Saturday after Russian world champion Anna Shcherbakova survived a slip to win the women’s event. The 18-year-old Kagiyama had dominated the short programme on Friday and, after the free routine, beat Russia’s Andrei Mozalev by … Read more

Unbeaten Crawford stops Porter to retain WBO welterweight title

Unbeaten Crawford stops Porter to retain WBO welterweight title

Unbeaten Terence Crawford made a successful defence of his WBO welterweight title on Saturday, stopping Shawn Porter by knocking the challenger down twice in the 10th round in Las Vegas. Porter’s father and trainer, Ken, surprised the crowd at the Mandalay Bay casino by stopping the fight after the second knockdown to hand the 34-year-old … Read more

Ananya Panday radiates cowgirl vibes as she goes horseback riding

Ananya Panday

Ananya Panday is currently filming Liger, her forthcoming film with Vijay Deverakonda, in Las Vegas. On social media, photos of the Las Vegas team have been causing quite a stir. Ananya’s pics with Mike Tyson have grabbed all the attention and got all the fans excited for the film. The actress has been very active … Read more

Indian man found alive after night in morgue freezer

Indian man found alive after night in morgue freezer

NEW DELHI: An Indian man declared dead after a road accident shocked his relatives when they found him still breathing despite a night in the freezer of a hospital morgue. Srikesh Kumar was rushed to a clinic in a critical condition after he was hit by a motorbike in Moradabad, east of the capital New Delhi. He … Read more

Late Glesnes strike lifts Philadelphia in MLS Cup playoffs

Late Glesnes strike lifts Philadelphia in MLS Cup playoffs

Jakob Glesnes unleashed a stunning winner from 25 yards out in the third minute of extra-time stoppage time on Saturday as the Philadelphia Union downed New York Red Bulls 1-0 in the first round of the MLS Cup playoffs. Norway’s Glesnes came to the rescue of the second-seeded Union, who were unable to capitalize on … Read more

Man Utd finally sack Solskjaer after dismal run

Man Utd finally sack Solskjaer after dismal run

Manchester United ended Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s three-year reign as manager at Old Trafford on Sunday, but plan to wait until the end of the season to name the Norwegian’s permanent successor. Saturday’s 4-1 embarrassment at the hands of struggling Watford was the final straw for the United board, who had stuck by Solskjaer in recent … Read more

Jennifer Lawrence flaunts her baby bump as she poses with Leonardo

Jennifer Lawrence

Jennifer Lawrence drew attention to a Los Angeles screening of her new film Don’t Look Up. The actress, who is expecting her first child with husband Don’t Look Up, wore a lime green shift dress that revealed her pregnant belly to the screening. Jennifer Lawrence posed beside a Hollywood movie poster, beaming from ear to … Read more

Pakistan’s Afridi fined for throwing ball at Bangladesh’s Afif

Pakistan's Afridi fined for throwing ball at Bangladesh's Afif

Pakistan fast bowler Shaheen Afridi was fined 15 percent of his match fee on Sunday for throwing a ball at Afif Hossain of Bangladesh during a T20 encounter in Dhaka. The incident occurred during the third over of Bangladesh’s innings, when Afridi fielded the ball on his follow through and threw it at Afif, hitting … Read more

Windies’ Solozano taken to hospital as Sri Lanka take upper hand

Windies' Solozano taken to hospital as Sri Lanka take upper hand

Sri Lanka skipper Dimuth Karunaratne slammed an unbeaten hundred to give his team the upper hand in Sunday’s opening Test against the West Indies, whose debutant Jeremy Solozano was taken to hospital after being hit on the helmet while fielding. Bad light forced an early end to the day’s play in Galle with two overs … Read more

JUI-F to move top court against election laws: Hafiz Hamdullah

ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema e Islam-F (JUI-F) Senator Maulana Hafiz Hamdullah on Sunday said his party would approach the Supreme Court against the legislation related to elections in the country. “How elections can be transparent, when there is no transparency in legislation,” Hafiz Hamdullah said while talking to media in Islamabad. Terming November 17, the day … Read more

50 new buses to be operated in Karachi soon: secretary transport

ISLAMABAD: Secretary Transport Sindh Sharik Ahmed has said 50 new buses will be operated in Karachi from the end of January 2022. The buses in Karachi will be  the first phase of the project under which 250 buses will be operated in Sindh to provide better transport facility to the masses. The project is being … Read more

EVM simple machine, people won’t have difficulty in understanding it: Hasaan Khawar

LAHORE: Clarifying on objections of the opposition leaders against use of the electronic voting machines (EVMs) in general elections, Special Assistant to Chief Minister Punjab for Information and Spokesperson Punjab Government Hasaan Khawar said the EVM was a simple machine and people would not have difficulty in understanding it. Addressing at a ceremony in Lahore, … Read more

Dr Murtaza Jafri leaves indelible mark on NCA

Jafri

LAHORE: The National College of Arts (NCA), one of the oldest and most prestigious arts institutions of the country, has a history of great administrators. One of the names that has left an indelible mark on the legacy of NCA is the current Principal, Professor Dr Murtaza Jafri. This week, Bol News had a tête-à-tête … Read more

Pakistan Test squad leaves for two-match Test series against Bangladesh

Pakistan

Pakistan Test squad has left for Bangladesh to play two-match Test series against the Tigers. Taking to their official Twitter handle, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) shared some photos of the squad ahead of their departure. Members of Pakistan Test squad leave for Bangladesh #BANvPAK #HarHaalMainCricket pic.twitter.com/VnWNCnfSvI — Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) November 20, 2021 On … Read more

Nawaz censures Shehbaz for weak strategy against govt

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif on Sunday rebuked his younger brother and PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif for adopting weak strategy against the government. The differences between Nawaz Sharif and the leader of the opposition in National Assembly are not hidden from anyone but now these differences are emerging in the party meeting … Read more