Diogo Jota’s second-half header secured a 2-1 win for Liverpool over struggling Sheffield United at Anfield on Saturday but the Premier League champions were made to dig deep for the points. Sheffield United, still looking for their first win of the season, went ahead in the 13th minute when Sander...
Manchester United remain winless at Old Trafford in the Premier League this season after they were held to a disappointing 0-0 draw by Chelsea on Saturday. United, who had lost their opening two home games of the season, have seven points from five games and are in 15th place while...
The health ministry announced 130 new incidents of people testing positive for coronavirus on Saturday, out of total of 4,285 tests. Thirty one positives came from contact tracing, 81 from private initiatives and five from passenger checks. Two were identified in lab testing at hospitals, nine through 268 GP referrals...
Britain recorded 23,012 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, up from 20,530 on Friday, government data showed. There were 174 deaths within 28 days of a positive test, down from 224 on Friday.
Wilfried Zaha helped Crystal Palace secure a 2-1 Premier League win over bottom side Fulham at Craven Cottage on Saturday, with the winger scoring one goal and providing the assist for the other. Palace took the lead when Zaha slipped a weighted ball through the defence for midfielder Jairo Riedewald,...
Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos once again proved to be the man for the big occasion as he converted a fiercely debated penalty to help his side to a 3-1 win over rivals Barcelona at an empty Camp Nou in La Liga on Saturday. Ramos, making a record 45th appearance...
A protest was held in the centre of Nicosia on Saturday against government corruption, following the exposure the citizenship by investment scheme. The protest by Neo Kima (New Wave) group follows similar demonstrations, one held by the Green Party on Friday outside the parliament. The Greens called for the current...
President Donald Trump voted in his adopted home of Florida before hitting the campaign trail for rallies in three swing states on Saturday, joining more than 54 million Americans who have cast early ballots at a record-setting pace ahead of the Nov. 3 election. Trump voted at a library in...
The entry by Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay to the fenced-off town of Varosha, will be denounced at the Security Council and to the UN Secretary-General, government spokesman Kyriacos Koushos has said in a written statement on Saturday. According to the announcement, the president and the government “condemn and denounce,...
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan launched a fresh attack on his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Saturday, saying he needed mental treatment over his attitude towards Muslims and Islam. Earlier this month, Macron pledged to fight “Islamist separatism”, which he said was threatening to take control in some Muslim communities around...
Six-time world champion Lewis Hamilton took pole position on Saturday ahead of the first Portuguese Grand Prix in 24 years, with Mercedes team mate Valtteri Bottas completing a front-row lockout. The pole made it 12 out of 12 for the champions this season and was a record-extending 97th of Hamilton’s...
The Open University of Cyprus is now livestreaming a virtual symposium on Sars-CoV-2. Speakers include: Elpidoforos Soteriades, Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, Open University of Cyprus; John Ioannidis, Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology and Population Health, Stanford University; and Sucharit Bhakdi, Professor Emeritus, Medical Microbiology and Hygiene Johannes Gutenberg...
Youngster Phil Foden came off the bench to inject some life into Manchester City and salvage a point in a 1-1 draw at West Ham United in the Premier League on Saturday. City were abject in the first half despite dominating possession, and in-form West Ham deservedly took the lead...
Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou said on Saturday no one was allowed to decide to shut down schools due to coronavirus except for the ministry. Prodromou’s comment came a day after a decision by the municipality, the school board, and the parent’s groups in Polis Chrysochous decided to close schools due...
Where do you live? I mostly ‘live’ in my studio but the act of sleeping happens in a tiny room inside the garden of my parents’ house. What did you have for breakfast? It’s too early, nothing yet, but a glorious iced latte is on schedule. Describe your perfect day...
Zinedine Zidane insisted El Clasico is “always special” as his Real Madrid side prepare to take on Barcelona at an empty Nou Camp on Saturday. Los Blancos’ injury-hit side will bid to put two consecutive defeats behind them against a Barca team who have won just two of their four...
Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said he is impressed by new signing Edinson Cavani’s meticulous approach to training and the Uruguay international is in line to make his debut for the club in Saturday’s Premier League clash against Chelsea. Cavani, who joined the Red Devils on a free transfer...
Paphos police have arrested a 53-year-old woman, suspected of stealing almost €200,000 from the tills at the supermarket where she worked. According to the police, the manager of the supermarket filed a complaint with authorities on Friday, saying the woman failed to turn over the till takings from October 9...
Polish President Andrzej Duda has tested positive for coronavirus and is subject to quarantine but is feeling good, officials announced on Saturday, as the country imposed fresh restrictions to try to stem a surge in the disease. “The president yesterday was tested for the presence of coronavirus. The result turned...
Attorney-general Giorgos Savvides on Saturday called on the auditor-general and his office to back off from looking at aspects of the citizenship by investment scheme and allow the independent investigators to do their job without hindrance. The call came in response to a lengthy statement issued by the audit office...
Two Cyprus-based projects in the areas of art and medicine will receive funding and coaching from non-profit organisation Cyprus Seeds, after being selected among 53 ideas. Cyprus Seeds, which aims to commercialise innovative academic research in local universities and research institutions, awarded the two Cyprus Institute (Cyl) projects this month....
Polls opened in Egypt on Saturday for parliamentary elections that will stretch over several weeks and are set to be dominated by supporters of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. A first round of voting will end on Sunday, with a second round on Nov. 7-8. Run-offs will take place in late...
Putting a Mary Berry cookbook through a ‘tried and tested’ ordeal may seem like sacrilege to some. After all, the former Great British Bake Off judge is a culinary legend, the trusted guide of many a home cook, through many a decade. But not even Berry rests on her laurels....
