- Saturday, March 01, 2025
IN a landmark moment for refereeing in English football, the highest-ranked Black referee along with the top referee from Britain’s South Asian community will preside over Swindon vs Leyton Orient game on Easter Monday, reported Sky Sports. Sam Allison and Sunny Singh Gill will “break down barriers” when they officiate together…
Mumbai Indians head coach Mahela Jayawardene was left to rue the team’s lack of killer instinct after the Indian Premier League’s most successful franchise slumped to their fifth consecutive defeat in Pune on Wednesday. Mumbai rejigged their batting order and reinforced their bowling unit against Punjab Kings but still could…
Five-time Indian Premier League champions Mumbai Indians crashed to their fifth consecutive defeat on Wednesday, losing by 12 runs to Punjab Kings. Chasing 199 to win, even 18-year-old South African teenager Dewald Brevis’s 49 off 25 balls, with four boundaries and five sixes, was not enough for Mumbai who had…
Rwanda has inked a multi-million-dollar deal with Britain to host asylum-seekers and migrants to the UK, the East African country announced on Thursday, as part of the British government’s bid to crack down on illegal migration. “Rwanda welcomes this partnership with the United Kingdom to host asylum seekers and migrants, and offer…
S&P GLOBAL RATINGS said Wednesday (13) it could take months for Sri Lanka to restructure its foreign debt, a day after the country announced it would default on the $51 billion (£38.87 bn) it has borrowed. It said it would likely assign Sri Lanka a “selective default” foreign currency rating…
A PROTRACTED political drama in Pakistan turned a page on April 10, with prime minister Imran Khan being removed from office following a vote of no confidence in the country’s Parliament. He was replaced by opposition leader Shahbaz Sharif. But that is unlikely to be the end of political turmoil in…
THE UNITED STATES on Wednesday (13) congratulated Pakistan prime minister Shehbaz Sharif, newly elected following the weekend ouster of Imran Khan, who accused Washington of involvement in a conspiracy to force him from power. Khan was dismissed on Sunday (10) after losing a no-confidence vote, and Sharif elected by Pakistan…
THE global children’s cancer charity, World Child Cancer, has launched its ‘It Takes a Village to Save a Child’ appeal. The campaign aims to achieve the best possible chances of survival and quality of life for children with cancer in lower and middle-income countries. Any pledge made between April and…
BARONESSS Sandip Verma has been appointed by the University of Roehampton as its new chancellor. Verma, 62, who began the role on Monday (11), will serve for three years in the position. The British Indian politician and businesswoman started her career working for her parent’s fashion business, before investing in supplying…
A HOSPITAL nurse killed herself and her two-year-old daughter with drugs that she stole from her workplace, an inquest heard last week. Shiwangi Bagoan, 25, and Ziana Bagoan, two, were found dead at their home in Hounslow, west London, in December 14, 2020. They were found by Ziana’s grandmother, Jassumati…
