Kiwis continue to dominate first Test

MOUNT MAUNGANUI-A brilliant display of batting from the Black Caps saw them to a solid first-innings total on day two of the Boxing Day Test in Mount Maunganui. A century from skipper Kane Williamson, along with important contributions from Ross Taylor (70), Henry Nicholls (56) […]

Cristiano Ronaldo wins player of century award in Dubai

Cristiano Ronaldo was named player of the century on Sunday at the Dubai Globe Soccer Awards. Defeating Barcelona’s Leo Messi and Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah, Ronaldo was voted best player of the 2000s by a 23-person jury, including coaches and former players and worldwide fan votes. […]

Oil down on demand fears from spread of virus variant

Oil prices were down on Monday over ongoing concerns that the new strain of COVID-19 will hamper demand while the signing off of the US coronavirus relief bill boosted positive sentiment and capped further declines. International benchmark Brent crude traded at $50.99 per barrel at […]

Italy reports lowest virus cases since October

Italy reported 8,913 new cases of the novel coronavirus Sunday, dipping below the 10,000 mark for the first time since mid-October. Health authorities also registered 298 new deaths from COVID-19, up from 261 a day before. The lower number of daily infections, however, also reflects the smaller […]

New coronavirus strain reaches South Korea

South Korea reported its first cases Monday of the new strain of the deadly coronavirus. The country’s health authorities said three South Korean nationals who returned last week from the UK tested positive for the new variant of COVID-19, which was first detected in Britain, Yonhap […]

AstraZeneca Covid vaccine has ‘winning formula’: CEO

London-The Covid-19 vaccine developed by the British drugs group AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford has achieved a “winning formula” for efficacy, the company’s chief executive said on Sunday. The vaccine, currently being evaluated by Britain’s independent medicines regulator, provides “100 percent protection” against severe […]

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