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Ancelotti handed year in jail for tax fraud in Spain

MADRID: A Spanish court on Wednesday sentenced former Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti to a year in jail for tax fraud committed in 2014, a punishment that will not oblige the Brazil coach to serv...
SPA, Belgium: Max Verstappen (right) reacts with Christian Horner in the parc ferme after winning the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix at the Spa-Francorchamps Circuit in Spa on July 30, 2023. — AFP

End of an era as Red Bull sack F1 team chief Horner

WASHINGTON: FIFA president Gianni Infantino (right) presents US President Donald Trump with the new FIFA Club World Cup official ball in the Oval office of the White House on March 7, 2025. — AFP

FIFA opens office in Trump Tower

NEW JERSEY: Chelsea's Joao Pedro apologetically raises his hands after scoring his team's second goal as Enzo Fernandez celebrates during the match against Fluminense. — AFP

Joao Pedro sends Chelsea to Club World Cup final

ORLANDO: View of a huge screen during a one-minute silence to pay tribute to Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva before the start of the Club World Cup 2025 match between Brazil's Fluminense and Saudi Arabia's Al-Hilal. — AFP photos

Speeding likely cause of Diogo Jota car crash: Police

SHUBAYTAH: Overdrive Racing's Saudi driver Yazeed Al-Rajhi celebrates after winning the Dakar Rally 2025 in the car category at the end of the 12th and last stage in Shubaytah, on January 17, 2025. — AFP

Rally champion Al-Rajhi eyes September return

ROUEN, France: Tadej Pogacar (center) cycles to the finish line to win ahead of Mathieu van der Poel (left) taking second place and Jonas Vingegaard (right) taking third place during the 4th stage of Tour de France. — AFP

Pogacar takes 100th career win

IT HEIDENSKIP: Athletes takes part in a Frisian pole-jumping "Fierljeppen" competiton in It Heidenskip, in the Dutch province of Friesland, on August 16, 2017. — AFP

Canal-leaping pole vaulters aim for the sky

BIRMINGHAM: India's captain Shubman Gill (center) and his players leave at the end of play on day four of the second cricket test match between England and India at Edgbaston. — AFP photos

India unperturbed by prospect of spicy Lord’s pitch

PALLEKELE, Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka's players pose with the trophy after winning the third and final one-day international (ODI) cricket match between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. — AFP

Sri Lanka crush Bangladesh to seal ODI series

IT HEIDENSKIP: Athletes takes part in a Frisian pole-jumping "Fierljeppen" competiton in It Heidenskip, in the Dutch province of Friesland, on August 16, 2017. — AFP

Canal-leaping pole vaulters aim for the sky

LOPIK: Smiling and relaxed, Dutch farmer Jacob de Groot grips a pole and walks to the water’s edge — chasing a thrill he first felt aged 10, vaulting across a canal. Every summer, Dutch provinces from Friesland to Utrecht leap into “fierljeppe...
BIRMINGHAM: India's captain Shubman Gill (center) and his players leave at the end of play on day four of the second cricket test match between England and India at Edgbaston. — AFP photos

India unperturbed by prospect of spicy Lord’s pitch

LONDON: India expect England to roll out a challenging track for the third test at Lord’s but are confident their in-form batters can master it, batting coach Sitanshu Kotak said on Tuesday. India levelled the five-test series 1-1 with a thumping ...
PALLEKELE, Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka's players pose with the trophy after winning the third and final one-day international (ODI) cricket match between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. — AFP

Sri Lanka crush Bangladesh to seal ODI series

PALLEKELE, Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka stormed to a 99-run win over Bangladesh in the third and final ODI at Pallekele on Tuesday, sealing the three-match series 2-1 with a clinical all-round display. Set a challenging target of 286, Bangladesh faltered un...
WIMBLEDON: US player Taylor Fritz looks on as he plays against Russia's Karen Khachanov during their match on the ninth day of the 2025 Wimbledon Championships. — AFP photos

Fritz reaches Wimbledon semis despite another line call blunder

LONDON: Wimbledon’s controversial line technology system malfunctioned again as Taylor Fritz beat Karen Khachanov to reach his first Wimbledon semi-final, while world number one Aryna Sabalenka survived a scare to make the last four on Tuesday. Sw...
WIMBLEDON: Italy's Jannik Sinner plays a forehand return to Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov on the eighth day of the 2025 Wimbledon Championships. — AFP

Sinner gets out of jail to reach last 8 as Dimitrov retires

LONDON: Top seed Jannik Sinner struggled with an elbow problem and was given an almighty scare before advancing to the quarter-finals of Wimbledon after a cruel twist of fate for his 19th-seeded opponent Grigor Dimitrov who retired injured at two se...
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Kuwait MoI, Customs seize 47 kg of marijuana, arrest culprits
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Gulf Bank signs a memorandum of understanding with CrowdStrike.
Gulf Bank signs MoU with global cybersecurity leader CrowdStrike
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GAZA CITY: Two girls react after a Zionist strike hit a tent housing displaced Palestinians on July 8, 2025. — AFP
Gazans reject Trump’s displacement plan despite death and destruction
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US Ambassador to Kuwait, Karen Sasahara poses for a group photo with local media representatives.
US ambassador reaffirms ‘ironclad’ ties with Kuwait