Bangladeshis voice solidarity as Palestinian squad plays World Cup qualifier in Dhaka DHAKA: Bangladeshis voiced on Sunday their solidarity with the Palestinian football team ahead of a World Cup qualifier match in Dhaka. Football is one of the most popular sports in Bangladesh, with passionate fans from the South Asian country often making international … Read more
SAO PAULO: Brazil’s soccer federation president Ednaldo Rodrigues said Friday that the rape convictions of former footballers Dani Alves and Robinho end “one of the most nefarious chapters” in the country’s sports history. Rodrigues said in a statement that the executives at governing body CBF and its coaching staff feel sorry for “the victims of … Read more
BERLIN: German soccer and Adidas are breaking up. American sportswear giant Nike will supply all of Germany’s national teams with its apparel and equipment from 2027, the German soccer federation (DFB) surprisingly announced Thursday. The new deal extends to 2034 and ends Germany’s long-standing relationship with Adidas, which goes back some 70 years and had … Read more
SAO PAULO: The LIDE business group, leading a Brazilian private sector delegation, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the UAE International Investors Council to combine efforts to boost investments in both countries. LIDE UAE President Rodrigo Paiva and UAEIIC Chairman Mohamed Al-Rais signed the MoU at the Brazil Emirates Conference, which gathered businesspeople and … Read more
ANKARA: A mock tombstone in the park designating the death of Turkish democracy. A poster on a lamppost suggesting people eat cake in the face of the national currency’s collapse. The works of a Turkish street artist have become emblematic of the subversive forms of grassroots protest emerging against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s two-decade rule. The … Read more
Sustainable future for mining industry requires value chain integration, experts say RIYADH: A sustainable future for the value chain within the mining industry hinges on an integrated system that involves connectivity, acceleration and technology, experts affirmed. A panel at the Future Minerals Forum in Riyadh saw the Kingdom’s leading governmental entities in the sector outlining … Read more
AL-MUKALLA: The Houthis have significantly slowed down their attacks on commercial and military ships in the Red Sea during the past 24 hours as the Yemeni militia claimed there were Oman-sponsored talks between them and “international partners” who would like to convince the militia to stop attacking ships in the Red Sea. For the first … Read more