Japan and Qatar have secured qualification to next year’s FIFA U-20 World Cup after claiming quarter-final victories at the AFC U-19 Championship on Sunday. In the day’s first quarter-final at Indonesia 2018, Qatar became the first Asian side to book their place at Poland 2019 after a thrilling 7-3 extra-time win over Thailand. Qatar went […]
Leicester City’s boss, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, was among the five people who died when his helicopter crashed and went ablaze. The incident happened on Saturday near the Premier League side’s stadium car park, a few minutes after the club’s draw with West Ham. Police named the four other victims as Nursara Suknamai and Kaveporn Punpare, two […]
By Imran Bataliwo The operation to rescue a group of boys and their football coach from a flooded cave in Thailand resumed today with more heavy rain forecast. Most of the boys were successfully rescued from the cave on Sunday, more than two weeks after the group were trapped underground. Authorities had been mulling ideas such as drilling holes […]
Some two-and-a-half million people are still becoming infected with HIV every year, according to a new study published on Tuesday, even as drugs have slashed the death rate and virus-carriers live ever longer on anti-retroviral treatment. Where as results from an early safety trial with a potential HIV vaccine show some promising results, this could […]
Uganda’s outspoken and celebrated kick boxer Moses Golola lived up to trademark hype when he knocked out Thailand national, Wathaporn Kamunstorn in 50 seconds at the Kati Kati gardens in Kampala to win the World Kickboxing Federation (K1) middleweight title. The kicking boxing fight had been highly anticipated and the turn up was good to […]