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Marc Guehi of Crystal Palace celebrates scoring his team’s second goal. (Getty Images) Crystal Palace’s stunning Premier League surge continued on Sunday as they climbed into fourth place with a 2-1 win over Fulham, while Brighton struck in stoppage-time to deny West Ham a vital escape from the relegation zone in a 1-1 draw.Go Beyond…
A group of soldiers appeared on Benin’s state TV Sunday and announced that they had taken over the government in a coup. They said they are from the Military Committee for Refoundation; they removed the president and all state institutions. The soldiers said Lt Col Pascal Tigri was appointed president of the military committee. Signal…
Building a place of worship is a constitutional right, Kabir declared BERHAMPORE/KOLKATA: The programme, organised by suspended TMC MLA Humayun Kabir at Beldanga, happened under heavy security. Authorities reported no clashes. Kabir addressed about 400 people from a two-tier stage set nearly a kilometre from the proposed mosque site, introduced two clerics described as being…
West Indies’ Justin Greaves, right, raises his bat after scoring 200 runs against NZ (AP/PTI) West Indies produced one of the most remarkable fourth-innings efforts in modern Test cricket, grinding out a heroic draw against New Zealand at the Hagley Oval. While the fight shown by Shai Hope, Justin Greaves and Kemar Roach stunned the…
West Indies’ Justin Greaves, right, celebrates with teammate Kemar Roach (Andrew Cornaga/Photosport via AP) Justin Greaves produced one of the great modern-day rearguards, smashing an unbeaten double century to carry West Indies to a stunning draw against New Zealand in the first Test at Hagley Oval on Saturday. Chasing a massive 531, the visitors held…
New Zealand’s Kane Williamson (John Davidson/Photosport via AP) New Zealand finished at 231-9 on a rain-shortened opening day of the first Test against West Indies in Christchurch on Tuesday, with Justin Greaves sparking a middle-order collapse after dismissing Kane Williamson for 52 runs.The hosts suffered a dramatic collapse from 94-1 to 148-6 on a bowler-friendly…
TL;DR: Driving the newsWhen Russian President Vladimir Putin’s plane lands in Delhi on December 4, it will be his first trip to India since the war in Ukraine began in February 2022. The optics will be simple: two longtime partners shaking hands again after a rough few years. The reasons for those smiles are anything…
West Indies cricketer Andre Russell has announced his retirement from IPL, just two weeks before the 2026 auction for the tournament. While Russell fans are still trying to digest the news, saying they can’t just bid farewell to the format right now, Shah Rukh Khan has penned a heartwarming note for the West Indies cricketer….
Another Indian-origin truck driver in the US, Sukhjinder Singh, has been taken into ICE custody for possible deportation, months after he caused a fatal crash and then pleaded guilty to the vehicular manslaughter that took place earlier this year in West Virginia. Singh was sentenced to the maximum of one year in jail after he…
WBSSC updates list of ‘tainted’ teachers but their school names not disclosed. Image: IANS The West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) on Thursday released a freshly expanded list of 1,806 “tainted” candidates from the 2016 State Level Selection Test (SLST), marking another chapter in a recruitment catastrophe that has already triggered mass cancellations, arrests, CBI…
