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Cuba goal: Qualify for World Cup in the next decade

HAVANA: Every recess, Gabriela Alfonso Cabrera would watch the boys play soccer out of the corner of her eye. She was so enthralled by the game that she finally approached her fifth-grade teacher,...

Algerian musician and producer Eljoee says music ‘wasn’t meant to be commercialized’

DUBAI: France-based Algerian musician and producer Eljoee (real name Billel Mehsen) seems to have been destined to play the guitar. When he was in school, his music teacher nicknamed him Joe, after...

Becker gets 2 1/2 years in prison for bankruptcy offenses

LONDON: Tennis great Boris Becker was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison on Friday for illicitly transferring large amounts of money and hiding assets after he was declared bankrupt.The three-time Wimbledon...

Extreme weather means more than just rain stops play these days

"Rain stopped play" is one of the most dismal phrases associated with cricket. It conjures up images of spectators raising umbrellas in unison, of those without weatherproofs scrambling to find places of...

Hong Kong shuts secondary schools over COVID-19 fears

HONG KONG: Hong Kong will suspend face-to-face teaching in secondary schools from January 24, the Education Bureau said on Thursday, because of a rising number of coronavirus infections in several schools in...

Rittenhouse verdict puts Biden in difficult political spot

WILMINGTON, Delaware: A difficult political atmosphere for President Joe Biden may have become even more treacherous with the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse.Biden was already facing sliding poll numbers with an electorate worn...

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