Extra amnesty means World Cup final heartbreak less likely in 2026
ATLANTA: There might have been three red cards in Thursday’s opening game, but the possibility of players missing the World Cup final through suspension has been greatly reduced…
Big demand for Germany shirts and solid World Cup broadcast start
The German Football Federation (DFB) has apologised for delivery delays of national team shirts to fans, speaking of huge demand and supply bottlenecks. The DFB said that the issue…
Canada hosts colourful opening ceremony
Canada’s star studded 2026 FIFA World Cup Opening Ceremony took place on Friday at Toronto Stadium. The celebratory served as the official curtain-raiser for the country’s historic…
President Trump will not attend US team’s World Cup opener
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump will not be in attendance when the United States opens its World Cup competition against Paraguay on Friday in Inglewood, Calif.That was confi…
Vinícius Júnior must show his worth for Brazil at World Cup
Vinícius Júnior has roughly 60 million followers on Instagram but he must now also fulfil the hopes of 200 million Brazilians at the World Cup from Saturday onwards. Brazil are rec…
Exalting the patron, honouring the poem
Panegyric poetry constitutes the largest single body of work within the Omani poetic tradition. This is evident in many surviving diwans, from those of Ibn Duraid, al Sattali, Al K…
Omani poet’s heartfelt verse earns global acclaim
For Omani multilingual poet Lubna al Balushi, poetry is not confined by geography or language. Writing in Arabic, English, German and Balochi, the poet is increasingly finding inte…
How healthy are peas?
The humble pea has a lot going for it. Gregor Mendel, the “father of genetics,” used pea plants to study how heritable traits were passed from parents to offspring. The plants are…
Iran insists on uranium enrichment in US deal
Iran insisted on Friday on its right to enrich uranium and maintain control over the Strait of Hormuz under any deal with the United States, after President Donald Trump said a dra…
Starmer vows to fight on, denies loss of authority
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Friday rejected the idea that he had lost authority in his role, and said he would fight to keep his job, adding that anyone who wanted to…