Author: Daily Sabah With Reuters
Former Asian champions Guangzhou FC will miss the 2025 season after the Chinese Football Association denied the eight-time Chinese Super League (CSL) winners permission to compete due to ongoing financial troubles. Once a powerhouse of Chinese football and a symbol of a decade of extravagant spending, Guangzhou is one of three clubs – including CSL side Cangzhou Mighty Lions and third-tier Hunan Xiangtao – ruled ineligible for the upcoming campaign. “The club has made substantial efforts to secure a place in the professional league for the new season, but despite raising funds, historical debts have left us falling short,” Guangzhou…
President-elect Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff said on Tuesday he hopes to have good things to report about hostages in Gaza by the time Trump is sworn in as U.S. president on Jan. 20. “Well, I think we’re making a lot of progress, and I don’t want to say too much because I think they’re doing a really good job back in Doha,” Witkoff said at a Trump press conference in Palm Beach, Florida. Witkoff said that if he did not travel back to Doha on Tuesday night, he would head there on Wednesday night. “I think that…
President-elect Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff said on Tuesday he hopes to have good things to report about hostages in Gaza by the time Trump is sworn in as U.S. president on Jan. 20. “Well, I think we’re making a lot of progress, and I don’t want to say too much because I think they’re doing a really good job back in Doha,” Witkoff said at a Trump press conference in Palm Beach, Florida. Witkoff said that if he did not travel back to Doha on Tuesday night, he would head there on Wednesday night. “I think that…
The situation of three French citizens held in Iran is worsening with some being detained in conditions similar to torture, France’s foreign minister said on Tuesday, adding that future ties and sanctions lifting would depend on their fate. “The situation of our compatriots held hostage in Iran is simply unacceptable; they have been unjustly detained for several years, in undignified conditions that, for some, fall within the definition of torture under international law,” Jean-Noel Barrot told a conference of French ambassadors. “I say to the Iranian authorities: our hostages must be released. Our bilateral relations and the future of sanctions…
Netflix takes its next step into live programming on Monday with the debut of “Raw,” the iconic weekly World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) show that has been a fixture of U.S. television for over 30 years. In a strategic move, WWE is shifting its flagship show from Comcast’s USA Network to Netflix, aiming to attract a global fanbase of all ages. “When you look at Netflix and its global reach and the power of its brand, it was time that our brand met up with theirs,” said WWE President Nick Khan. Netflix agreed to pay more than $5 billion for the…
Netflix takes its next step into live programming on Monday with the debut of “Raw,” the iconic weekly World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) show that has been a fixture of U.S. television for over 30 years. In a strategic move, WWE is shifting its flagship show from Comcast’s USA Network to Netflix, aiming to attract a global fanbase of all ages. “When you look at Netflix and its global reach and the power of its brand, it was time that our brand met up with theirs,” said WWE President Nick Khan. Netflix agreed to pay more than $5 billion for the…
Novak Djokovic has admitted that he still feels stressed when arriving at Melbourne airport, recalling the ordeal three years ago when he was deported from Australia. The 24-time Grand Slam champion had his visa canceled just before the 2022 Australian Open amid controversy surrounding Australia’s COVID-19 entry regulations and his unvaccinated status. “I have to be quite frank,” Djokovic said in an interview with Melbourne’s Herald Sun newspaper. “The last couple of times I landed in Australia, going through passport control and immigration – I had a bit of trauma from three years ago. And some traces still stay there…
Ousmane Dembele struck a dramatic stoppage-time winner to secure Paris Saint-Germain a 1-0 victory over AS Monaco in the French Super Cup on Sunday, as the Ligue 1 champions claimed the trophy for a third straight season. PSG, the record 13-time winners of the competition, faced Monaco – the runners-up in last season’s Ligue 1 – after completing a domestic double by winning both the league and the French Cup. The triumph marked PSG’s 11th title in the past 12 years. The match, held at Doha’s Stadium 974, built using 974 recycled shipping containers for the 2022 World Cup, saw…
Ousmane Dembele struck a dramatic stoppage-time winner to secure Paris Saint-Germain a 1-0 victory over AS Monaco in the French Super Cup on Sunday, as the Ligue 1 champions claimed the trophy for a third straight season. PSG, the record 13-time winners of the competition, faced Monaco – the runners-up in last season’s Ligue 1 – after completing a domestic double by winning both the league and the French Cup. The triumph marked PSG’s 11th title in the past 12 years. The match, held at Doha’s Stadium 974, built using 974 recycled shipping containers for the 2022 World Cup, saw…
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday that people spreading lies and misinformation online were not interested in supporting those affected and were only interested in themselves. “Those that are spreading lies and misinformation as far and as wide as possible are not interested in victims, they are interested in themselves,” Starmer said. Starmer was responding to a question about Elon Musk’s recent attacks on his handling of child rape cases although he did not criticise Musk individually. Musk – a close ally of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump – last week backed calls for a national inquiry into the…