Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Pogacar: Rivals actually searching for breaks in armor

Pogacar

Tadej Pogacar’s opponents have been attempting. Arrangement to disrupt the double cross guarding Tour de France. Track down a break in the Slovenian’s impenetrable reinforcement. Pogacar has proactively won two phases and leads last year’s next in line Jonas Vingegaard by 39 seconds and 2018 top dog Geraint Thomas. He has shown no shortcomings on … Read more

A tale of two very different cities

Singapore

HONG KONG – Rivals Singapore and Hong Kong have become pandemic polar opposites, the former opting to live with the coronavirus and reopen to the world while the latter doubles down on zero-Covid and its international isolation. For decades the two cities have jostled to be Asia’s premier international business hub, offering low taxes, dependable … Read more

‘Skinny guy’ to ‘Pakistan life-saver’: Shoaib eyes World Cup big finish

Shoaib Malik

DUBAI: When Shoaib Malik takes the field for Pakistan in the Twenty20 World Cup, the 39-year-old all-rounder could be forgiven for feeling his age. When Malik made his international debut in 1999, current teammates such as pace spearheads Shaheen Shah Afridi and Mohammad Wasim Junior, and batsman Haider Ali were not even born. Vice-captain Shadab … Read more

Conor McGregor handed six-month medical suspension after loss to Dustin Poirier

conor

Ireland’s beaten superstar Conor McGregor has been handed a six-month medical suspension after loss to Dustin Poirier after knockout from his lightweight rival Dustin Poirier in UFC 257. McGregor said that, after his second-round defeat to ‘The Diamond’ in UFC 257 that he desired to run it back with the American in a trilogy, but … Read more