England fans set to roar for Lionesses in World Cup semifinals
LONDON: England fans are set for another tense sporting showdown with Australia as the Lionesses seek to book their place in the women’s World Cup final, reported German news agency (dpa). The build-up to the game in Sydney had a slightly sour tone to it – with tickets allocated to England fans being snapped up […]
Bank of England outage hits key payments systems processing billions
LONDON: The Bank of England says it has resolved a technical issue that shut down a vital system that processes around £1 trillion (US$1.26 trillion) in transactions every day, reported PA Media/dpa. The central bank said the issue had been fixed and the systems were running normally. The issue hit its real-time gross settlement (RTGS) […]
England, Portugal take back-to-back wins in Euro 2024 qualifiers
LONDON: England saw off Ukraine 2-0 to make it two wins from two, while Portugal thrashed Luxembourg 6-0 to take back-to-back wins in Euro 2024 qualifiers on Sunday, reported Xinhua. England hosted Ukraine at Wembley after having beaten reigning European champions Italy away three days previously. Harry Kane tapped in Bukayo Saka’s cross after 37 […]
The ‘greatest show on earth’ — counting the days!
Every kid around the world who plays soccer wants to be Pele. I have a great responsibility to show them not just how to be like a soccer player, but how to be like a man. – Pele, Brazilian soccer megastar There are two major events I am eagerly looking forward to. I am just […]
London police make 49 arrests during EURO 2020 final
MOSCOW: London police say 49 people were detained and over a dozen officers were injured on Sunday during the 2020 UEFA European Football Championship final held at London’s Wembley Stadium. “Our policing operation for the #Euro2020 final is drawing to a close. Thank you to the tens of thousands of fans who had good spirits […]
Italy Wins European Championship after penalty shootout
LONDON: Italy keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma was the hero with two saves in the penalty shootout as Italy won the title 3-2 on penalties after the final against England ended 1-1 after extra time. Marcos Rashford sent his penalty against the post and then the Italian goalkeeper saved kicks from Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Sako after […]
England, Italy set for thrilling EURO 2020 showdown on Sunday
ISTANBUL: England and Italy are set to face off on Sunday to be crowned the best in European football at London’s iconic Wembley Stadium. Italy are looking forward to win their first European title after 53 years when they beat Yugoslavia (1-1 and 2-0) in the EURO 1968 final, Anadolu Agency reported. They then lost […]
