UNITED NATIONS, United States, Dec 1, 2021 (AFP) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday slammed travel bans targeting specific countries and regions imposed over the new Covid-19 variant as “unfair” and “ineffective.” “With a virus that is truly borderless, travel restrictions that isolate any one country or region are not only deeply unfair and punitive … Read more
THE HAGUE, Dutch health authorities said Saturday that 61 passengers from two flights from South Africa tested positive for Covid-19 and the results were being examined for the new Omicron variant. The people who tested positive were now being quarantined in a hotel near Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport, where the 600 people on board the two planes from … Read more
CENTURION: A below-strength South African team will be seeking a clean sweep when they play the Netherlands in a three-match one-day international series starting at SuperSport Park on Friday. The series forms part of the International Cricket Council‘s World Cup Super League which is a qualifying tournament for the 2023 Cricket World Cup. Hosts India and the best-placed seven … Read more
URK, Netherlands, From his surgery in the remote Dutch fishing village of Urk, family doctor Wilco Bloed is trying to win over coronavirus vaccine hold-outs who believe that God is on their side. Only around one-third of people have been jabbed in this community deep in the conservative Protestant “Bible Belt” region, fewer than anywhere … Read more
PARIS: World champions France booked their place at next year’s World Cup in Qatar in style as Kylian Mbappe fired in four goals in an 8-0 thrashing of Kazakhstan at the Parc des Princes on Saturday. Karim Benzema scored twice and there were further goals for Adrien Rabiot and Antoine Griezmann whose penalty marked his 42nd goal … Read more
LONDON: A British coroner will on Friday deliver the conclusions of his inquest into the 2004 sinking of a French trawler in UK waters, which killed five people. Judge Nigel Lickley heard weeks of evidence last month on how the Bugaled Breizh sank suddenly off Cornwall, southwest England, despite good weather 17 years ago. The bodies of … Read more
SHARJAH: David Miller and Kagiso Rabada combined to propel South Africa to a thrilling victory as they edged Sri Lanka by four wickets despite a hat-trick by Wanindu Hasaranga in the T20 World Cup on Saturday. With South Africa needing 15 off the final over, Miller smashed two sixes and Rabada struck the winning boundary … Read more
SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates, Oct 22, 2021 (AFP) – Wanindu Hasaranga and Lahiru Kumara took three wickets each as Sri Lanka dismissed Netherlands for a paltry 44 in the final round-one match of the Twenty20 World Cup on Friday. The Netherlands, who lost out of the Super 12s race after they went down to Namibia for … Read more
ICC T20 World Cup Round One is underway. From Group A, Sri Lanka has qualified for the Super12 while it is yet to be decided which other team will move on to the next round. From Group B, Scotland and Bangladesh have qualified for the Super12. The Netherlands, tonight, will face Sri Lanka in the … Read more
ICC T20 World Cup Round One is underway. Currently, Sri Lanka is leading the Group A points table while Scotland is leading the Group B points table. Sri Lanka, tonight, will face Ireland in the 8th match of the T20 World Cup qualifying round. Sri Lanka played their last match against Nambia which they won … Read more
Ireland on September 8 announced their 15-man ICC T20 World Cup squad 2021. On September 9, they announced their traveling reserves. Andrew Balbirnie will lead the squad in the mega event. Irish leg-spinner Gareth Delany has also been added to the squad. he played his last T20 match in 2020. Andy McBrine, according to Ireland … Read more
Friday started off with the start of tracks and events at the Tokyo Olympics 2020, with one medal up for grabs today in the men’s 10,000 meters. It is the last event of the evening session. There were several records made today at the games. Here is the record of who won today: BMX Bethany … Read more
Pakistan has been cold-shouldered by more than two dozens of countries on the requests seeking mutual legal assistance to tackle terrorism-financing, money laundering, and cyber terrorism to meet the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATD) conditions and recommendations. Pakistan has sent more than 232 official requests to two dozen countries under its mutual assistance laws in … Read more
Protests against Coronavirus curfew in the Netherlands have turned into clashes with police amid looting and vandalism incidents. According to the reports, the authorities said that looting took place in cities across the country on Sunday. Hundreds of people protested against the curfew in Amsterdam, which police used water cannons to disperse. For the first … Read more
Queen Maxima of the Netherlands arrives Pakistan here on Monday (today) for a three-day visit in her capacity as the UN Secretary General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development. During the look up, the Queen will call on President Dr. Arif Alvi and Prime Minister Imran Khan besides engagements with a range of stakeholders … Read more
Netherlands cops discovered 25 migrants hidden inside a truck aboard a cargo ferry en route to Britain shortly after it left the country. The Britannia Seaways ferry quickly turned back to the port of Vlaardingen, just outside of Rotterdam, emergency services said. The origins of the migrants are not yet known. The ferry is owned … Read more
The performance of the Pakistan Hockey team fell to the floor in just a day, Holland defeated the Green Shirts by 6 goals in a match and also dropped out of the Tokyo Olympics. In the first match played between the two teams on Saturday, Pakistan displayed an excellent performance to hold The Netherlands to … Read more
Pakistan Cricket team will tour Netherlands and Ireland ahead of its tour to England next year to play series of limited over matches. A Pakistan Cricket Board official confirmed that Pakistan will play three ODIs against Netherlands and two T20Is against Ireland in July next year in the lead up to their England tour in … Read more
