Author: Daily Sabah With Reuters
Azerbaijan Airlines is suspending all its flights from Baku to Russia’s Chechnya region until an investigation into a fatal crash involving one of its planes is finished, Russia’s state TASS news agency cited the company saying on Wednesday. An Embraer EMBR3.SA passenger jet flying from Azerbaijan to Russia crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan on Wednesday with 62 passengers and five crew on board, Kazakh authorities announced, saying 32 survivors had been rescued. (
The retirements of tennis legends Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams have made event promotion more challenging, but organizers must seize the chance to spotlight emerging talent, says the United Cup’s tournament director. The highly anticipated $10 million mixed-team event, which kicks off the season on Friday, is poised to do just that, with tournament chief Stephen Farrow confident that the future of the sport is in capable hands. “It’s true to say that from a promotional standpoint, it’s very easy if you’ve got Roger Federer or Rafael Nadal turning up,” Farrow told Reuters after the draw for the…
FIFA announced Monday it has adopted an interim framework for the Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players following a ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). The EU’s top court ruled in October that certain FIFA transfer rules violated European Union laws and principles of free movement. The case originated from a dispute involving former Chelsea, Arsenal and Real Madrid player Lassana Diarra. The framework revises key aspects of player contracts, including the calculation of compensation for contract breaches and the burden of proof for compensation claims and inducements to breach contracts. It also…
Australia’s two-time Grand Slam doubles champion Max Purcell has voluntarily accepted a provisional suspension under the Tennis Anti-Doping Program, the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) announced Monday. Purcell, ranked 12th in the world in doubles, admitted to breaching anti-doping rules by using a “prohibited method” and requested the suspension on Dec. 10, which was implemented two days later. “Time served under provisional suspension will be credited toward any future sanction,” the ITIA said in a statement. In an Instagram post, the 26-year-old Purcell explained that he unknowingly received an IV infusion of vitamins exceeding the 100ml limit, insisting that he…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday there were risks of North Korea sending more troops and military equipment for the Russian army. Zelensky said on X that, according to preliminary data, more than 3,000 North Korean soldiers were killed and wounded in Russia’s Kursk region, where Ukraine holds a chunk of land after a major cross-border incursion in August.
FIFA has adopted an interim framework concerning the Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players, world soccer’s governing body said on Monday, following a Court of Justice of the European Union ruling. In October, the EU’s top court said some of FIFA’s rules on player transfers went against European Union laws and free movement principles in a case linked to former Chelsea, Arsenal and Real Madrid player Lassana Diarra. The interim regulatory framework affects the calculation of compensation payable if there is a breach of contract and the burden of proof in relation to both compensation payable and an…
Kremlin foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov said on Monday that several countries had already offered to host talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, though he declined to say which. Trump has said he wants to swiftly end the war in Ukraine, though he has yet to set out publicly how he plans to do so. Putin said on Thursday that he was ready to compromise over Ukraine in possible talks with Trump and had no conditions for starting talks with the Ukrainian authorities. But Putin said any talks should take as their starting point a…
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum expressed support for Panama’s government on Monday after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump threatened to reassert U.S. control over the Panama Canal on Sunday. “Indeed, the Panama Canal belongs to the Panamanians,” Sheinbaum said, speaking during her regular morning press conference. Sheinbaum’s comments came one day after Trump accused Panama of charging excessive rates to use the Central American passage while speaking to a crowd of supporters in Arizona. After the event, he posted an image on Truth Social of an American flag flying over a narrow body of water, with the comment: “Welcome to the United…
An earthquake of magnitude 5.9 struck Cuba on Monday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was at a depth of 25 km (15.53 miles), EMSC said.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said he considered the sometimes harsh criticism of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to be unjustified, news wire DPA reported. Although Germany has been a vital ally of Ukraine, its hesitation in providing long-range Taurus cruise missiles has been a source of frustration in Kyiv, which is battling a foe armed with a powerful array of long-range weaponry. “I have often told Zelenskiy that he should stop criticising Olaf Scholz, because I think it is unfair,” DPA quoted Rutte on Monday as saying in an interview. Rutte also said that he,…