Holders Manchester City beat Chelsea 1-0 with a late Bernardo Silva goal on Saturday to reach the FA Cup final after an absorbing end-to-end Wembley semi-final. Silva sidefooted the ball home in the 84th minute after Chelsea goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic parried a shot from former Blues midfielder Kevin De Bruyne. City will meet Manchester United...
Burnley scored twice within three minutes in the first half and thwarted a second half comeback attempt by bottom side Sheffield United to boost their own Premier League survival hopes with a 4-1 win on Saturday. Burnley, 19th, moved to 23 points from 34 matches, three below 17th-placed Nottingham Forest...
Brentford took a giant step towards guaranteeing Premier League football next season with a 5-1 thumping of relegation-threatened Luton Town at Kenilworth Road on Saturday, with Yoane Wissa scoring his first top-flight double for the Bees. Ethan Pinnock, Keane Lewis-Potter and Kevin Schade also scored for the visitors, who were full value for the win as Luton showed little fight...
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan discussed efforts to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza and reach a fair and lasting peace in the region during a meeting with Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Istanbul on Saturday, his office said. It was the first meeting between Erdogan and a Hamas delegation headed by...
Israeli forces fought Palestinian militants in the occupied West Bank on Saturday in the second day of a raid that has so far left at least two people dead, the Palestinian Health Ministry said, while fighting also continued in Gaza. Israeli forces launched the raid on the Nur Shams area, near...
Seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton failed to make it out of the first part of qualifying for the Formula One Chinese Grand Prix, despite having finished second in Saturday’s sprint. The 39-year-old Mercedes driver had told reporters after his second place finish behind Red Bull’s Max Verstappen in the sprint race that...
Paris St Germain are in no rush wrap up the Ligue 1 title as they also have a Champions League semi-final to plan for as well as the Coupe de France final, manager Luis Enrique said on Saturday. PSG won the Trophee des Champions in January, and following their 4-1...
Action will be taken over the way a prisoner escaped jail, Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis said on Saturday. He noted that at first glance, it seems there were security oversights. The police chief has asked for a report over the incident. On Friday, a prisoner escaped the Nicosia central prisons...
Hundreds of people took to the streets of Nicosia on Saturday in a peaceful demonstration for equal rights covering all migrants living in Cyprus. The protest at Eleftheria square was held in memory of Anisur Rahman, a 23-year-old man from Bangladesh who fell to his death as he sought to...
Tension between Israel and Iran should not distract from the situation in Gaza and the first priority of the international community should be ending the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said. Fidan was speaking in Istanbul on Saturday during a visit by Egyptian Foreign Minister...
The first quarter of 2024 has ended with an increase of 5. 4 per cent in tourist arrivals compared to last year, deputy tourism minister Costas Koumis said on Saturday. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the Fish Festival taking place in Polis Chrysochous, he stressed this is no...
Traditional Japanese diet associated with less brain shrinkage in women compared to western diet, report Giovanni Sala and Shu Zhang Cognitive decline and dementia already affect more than 55 million people worldwide. This number is projected to skyrocket over the next few decades as the global population ages. There are...
Evripidis Mouxouris, the oldest Cypriot veteran in Australia at 103 years old, will lead the march on Anzac Day this Thursday. Originally from Morphou village, Mouxouris moved to Sydney after the 1974 invasion. During the Second World War, he volunteered to serve in the Cyprus Regiment, which was involved in...
Fashion needs stronger storytelling that is more inclusive, relevant and responsible By Benjamin Wild The fashion industry could not exist without storytelling. Compelling and aspirational stories conveyed through catwalks, campaigns and social media are the stuff that make garments fashionable, fostering a strong desire to be seen wearing them. Fashion’s...
A 19-year-old man was taken to Larnaca hospital after he was engulfed in flames when his motorbike crashed into an electricity pole, it was reported on Saturday. The accident took place in Dromoloxia on Friday night where shortly after 11pm, the 19-year-old lost control of his bike. He crashed into...
Vinyl records have made a comeback in Cyprus, with younger generations prompting a surge in demand for the analog. In this, young Cypriots reflect a worldwide trend. The return of the global music industry to vinyl records was accompanied by the establishment of a World Record Store Day on the...
A 30-year-old hotel employee has been arrested on suspicion of stealing from hotel rooms and attacking police officers who tried to arrest him. The man appeared before Paphos district court on Saturday, which remanded him for four days. Deputy police operations chief Michalis Nicolaou said there had been a spat...
In the enchanting world of Tiramisu layers of coffee-soaked ladyfingers and velvety mascarpone create a dessert that’s not just a treat for the taste buds but a journey through the annals of Italian culinary history. In the cosy kitchens of local trattorias in Treviso in the Veneto region of Italy,...
This spring season will bring a unique spectacle of local and Japanese cherry blossoms. The sight is so magnificent that a Japanese Cherry Blossom festival is organised for the first time in Cyprus, specifically at Sakura Park in Kambos. This Sunday, the Kambos Community Council, the Kambos-Tsakistra Development Cultural Association...
From a Birmingham fish and chip shop to the Cyprus village of Kato Drys, everyone knows Panayiota. THE PANAYIDES meets a restless lacemaker mourning the loss of local traditions I first encountered Panayiota (Yiota) Demetriou four years ago in the village of Kato Drys, and was struck above all by...
By Luc Cohen, Jack Queen and Andy Sullivan A man has died after setting himself on fire on Friday outside the New York courthouse where Donald Trump’s historic hush-money trial was taking place as jury selection wrapped up, but officials said he did not appear to have been targeting Trump. The man burned for...
By Jasper Ward The US Senate voted late on Friday night to approve the reauthorisation of a controversial surveillance programme, narrowly missing the midnight expiration of the programme. The reauthorisation secures what supporters call a key element of the United States’ foreign intelligence-gathering operation. “Democrats and Republicans came together and did the...
By Aditi Shah, Aditya Kalra and Sarita Chaganti Singh Elon Musk postponed a planned trip to India where he was to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, citing obligations at his Tesla automaker and saying he aimed to reschedule the visit for later this year. “Unfortunately, very heavy Tesla obligations require that...
People in Cyprus spend the least amount of money on books, and has one of the lowest rates of literacy in Europe. ALIX NORMAN asks why, as an island, we just won’t read Guess which European country reads the least?! Yup. Right down at the very bottom of the...
By Pierre Micheletti A little over ten years after a boat carrying migrants from Libya to Italy sank off the coast of Lampedusa, claiming the lives of 368 migrants, another boat has capsized in the same waters, around 50 km off the coast. Nine people perished, including a baby, after...
