(Reuters) - Wrexham striker Paul Mullin suffered a punctured lung in a 3-1 pre-season friendly win over Manchester United in San Diego, California, on Tuesday after a collision with the opposition's goalkeeper, manager Phil Parkinson said. Mullin, who was Wrexham's leading scorer last season with 46 goals in all competitions, collided with United's Nathan Bishop when...
PETALING JAYA: Chan Peng Soon-Cheah Yee See gave themselves a much needed boost after stunning world No. 7 Thom Gicquel-Delphine Delrue of France in the first round of the Japan Open. The independent mixed doubles pair have been struggling to find their best form this year but rose to the occasion to claim a superb 21-18,...
PETALING JAYA: Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah (pic) survived a scare before booking their spot in the second round of the Japan Open. The national women’s doubles pair were pushed hard by China’s world No. 23 Liu Shengshu-Tan Ning in their opening match before narrowly prevailing 21-11, 9-21, 21-19 in 59 minutes at the Yoyogi Gymnasium in Tokyo...
Snoop Dogg is choosing to take a stand for the writers and actors on strike in Hollywood by canceling some of his upcoming shows. “We regret to inform you that due to the ongoing strike and the uncertainty of when this will be over, we need to cancel the Hollywood Bowl show[s],” Snoop Dogg, 51, wrote via Instagram on...
The dual WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes resulted in almost every production pressing pause — not including the movies that have received approval to keep filming. Hollywood came to a standstill in May 2023 when the Writers Guild of America announced their decision to strike after a labor dispute with the Alliance of Motion. (The AMPTP represents major companies such as...
KUALA LUMPUR: Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr was accorded a state welcome at Istana Negara here on Wednesday (July 26) in conjunction with his maiden three-day visit to Malaysia which began Tuesday (July 25). On arrival at 11am, Marcos and First Lady, Louise Araneta-Marcos, were greeted by Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah...
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is set to launch "Madani Economy: Empowering the People", the theme for Budget 2024 which will steer the economy to safeguard the country’s future. The launch will be held at the Securities Commission’s headquarters in Kuala Lumpur at 9am on Thursday (July 27). “Wait for it, God willing,” he...
IPOH: A group of farmers who were told to evacuate from their farms are hoping the Perak government will help them. According to one farmer, R Dinesh, 33, they received a notice of summons from a company in Kuala Lumpur on June 27. “A few months before we received the notice, a representative from another company came...
IPOH: A married couple were acquitted of a drug trafficking charge at the High Court here. Justice Datuk Abdul Wahab Mohamed ruled that the prosecution had failed to establish a prima facie case against Muhammad Yasmi Mohammad Yasin and Rossuhli Ikhsan, and ordered both to be discharged. The couple had been charged under Section 39B(1)(a) of the...
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia Rail Link Sdn Bhd (MRL), the project owner of the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL), has been working round-the-clock to address soil subsidence that led to the closure of the Kuala Lumpur-Karak Expressway (KLK) on Tuesday (July 25) evening. The appearance of a sinkhole at KM66.1 of the KLK on Tuesday had affected...
