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Sweden turned on the style to demolish Group G rivals Italy and secure a place in the last 16 of the Women’s World Cup with one game to spare. The 2019 semi-finalists showed why they remain heavyweights of the women’s game as Amanda Ilestedt, Fridolina Rolfo and Stina Blackstenius scored in the space of seven […]
A court in Vietnam has jailed 54 people, including several high-ranking officials and a former minister, in one of the country’s largest ever bribery and corruption cases. Judges said the accused had extorted money from people taking repatriation flights during the Covid-19 pandemic. One former minister was sentenced to 16 years in prison for receiving […]
England are on the brink of last 16 qualification in the Women’s World Cup after producing a much-improved performance to beat Denmark – though they lost key midfielder Keira Walsh to a worrying injury. Lauren James announced herself on the global stage with a superb strike from the edge of the box just six minutes […]
China earned their first victory at the 2023 Women’s World Cup by beating Haiti in Group D, despite playing for more than an hour with only 10 players. The win for China means England, who beat Denmark 1-0 earlier in the day have not qualified for the last 16 yet. Midfielder Zhang Rui was sent […]
Gen Abdourahmane Tchiani has declared himself the new leader of Niger after a dramatic coup. Also known as Omar Tchiani, he staged a takeover which started on Wednesday when the presidential guards unit he led seized the country’s leader. This shatters Niger’s first peaceful and democratic transition since independence in 1960. President Mohamed Bazoum is […]
''ආබාධ සහිත අය සමහර වෙලාවට ලැජ්ජාවට එළියට එන්නේ නැහැ. එහෙම ඉන්න හොඳ නැහැ. හැකියාවක් තියෙනවා නම් අබාධිත බව නොසලකා ඉදිරියට එන්න කියලයි මම කියන්නේ'' යනුවෙන් එල්.පී ආනන්ද BBC සිංහල සේවයට පැවසුවේය.
Argentina came from two goals down to draw with South Africa and deny them a first ever Women’s World Cup victory in a pulsating encounter in Dunedin. Knowing defeat would take them to the brink of elimination, Argentina threw everything at Desiree Ellis’ side in a second half comeback. Substitute Romina Nunez headed in their […]
Former US President Donald Trump is accused of pressuring an employee to delete Mar-a-Lago security camera footage, new charges allege. In a revised indictment, Donald Trump is charged with three new counts, one of wilful retention of defence information and two of obstruction. An additional person, Mar-a-Lago staff member Carlos de Oliveira, has also been […]
Portugal earned a face off with reigning champions United States for a place in the Women’s World Cup last 16 with an impressive 2-0 win over Vietnam. The debutants got their maiden victory via their first World Cup goals, scored by Telma Encarnacao and Kika Nazareth. Portugal will progress to the knockout stages if they […]
Nigeria came from behind to beat Australia and leave the co-hosts facing a battle to qualify for the last 16 of the Fifa Women’s World Cup. Australia scored first when Emily van Egmond converted Caitlin Foord’s pass. But Nigeria equalised soon afterwards with Uchenna Kanu’s calm finish, before Osinachi Ohale’s header made it 2-1. Asisat […]
Captain Lindsey Horan came to the rescue of defending champions the United States after the Netherlands had threatened an upset at the Women’s World Cup. New Manchester City signing Jill Roord put the Dutch on course for a famous win after a clinical finish from the edge of the box. The Stars and Stripes have […]
’s family said in a statement reported by the BBC and […]
Jenni Hermoso and Alba Redondo scored twice as Spain underlined their credentials as potential Fifa Women’s World Cup winners by thrashing Zambia to progress to the last 16 with a game to spare. The Spanish opened their Group C campaign with a comfortable 3-0 win against Costa Rica last week, having a total of 46 […]
''අන්ධ නිසා මට ඉස්සර වාහනයක් අතගාන්න නොදුන් අය දැන් වාහන හදාගන්න මගේ ළඟට එනවා. ඉස්සර මම අතගානවා කියලා තාත්තා ළඟට හදන්න ගෙනාපු වාහනත් ආපහු අරගෙන ගිහින් තියෙනවා. දැන් ඒ අය වාහන හදාගන්න මගේ ළඟට එනවා.'' යනුවෙන් මලිදු තිලකරත්න BBC සිංහල සේවයට පැවසුවේය.
China has removed Qin Gang as foreign minister less than seven months after he was appointed to the post. Qin Gang had been seen as a close associate of President Xi Jinping. He is replaced by veteran Communist Party foreign affairs chief Wang Yi. Qin’s prolonged disappearance from public view – and official silence over […]
By Jayantha Somasundaram (This articlecontinued from yesterday (25) is based on reporting by the international media on the events in Sri Lanka forty years ago.) “For day after day Tamils were beaten, hacked or burned to death in the streets, on buses, on trains – sometimes in the sight of horrified foreign tourists. Their homes […]
New Zealand missed a golden opportunity to edge closer to the knockout stages of the Women’s World Cup as the Philippines upset them in Wellington. It was a famous victory for the Philippines, the first by one of the eight debutants at the tournament, and they celebrated passionately at full-time. Co-hosts New Zealand shocked Norway […]
ශ්රී ලංකාවේ බුද්ධ ප්රතිමා නෙලීමේ කලාව බංගලාදේශයේ ප්රචලිත කිරීම තම අරමුණ බව බංගලිදේශයේ සිට ලංකාවට වැඩම කර එම කලාව හදාරණ සංඝප්රිය හිමියෝ BBC සිංහල සේවයට පැවසූහ.
Twitter has changed its brand and logo from its famous blue bird to “X”. The new white X on a black background has replaced the blue bird on the desktop version of the social network, although is yet to appear on the mobile app. “Tweets” will also be replaced, according to Twitter’s owner Elon Musk, […]
Colombia got their 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup off to the perfect start with victory over South Korea in Sydney. Catalina Usme put the South Americans ahead from the penalty spot, before teenager Linda Caicedo doubled the lead thanks to an error from Korean keeper Yoon Young-geul. That was enough to give Colombia their second […]
Sri Lanka born popular BBC newsreader George Alagiah has died at the age of 67 after being diagnosed with bowel cancer nine years ago, his agent has said. One of the BBC’s best-known journalists, he presented the BBC News at Six for two decades, having previously had a lengthy career as a foreign
BBC newsreader George Alagiah has died at the age of 67, British media reported on Monday.
Ary Borges scored the first hat-trick of the 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup as Brazil cruised to victory over Panama. The winger netted a double in the first half and set up Bia Zaneratto shortly after the interval with a backheel, before heading home the fourth goal. It means Brazil maintain their perfect record of […]
Striker Cristiana Girelli came off the bench to head an 87th-minute winner in Italy’s Women’s World Cup opener against Argentina. It looked as though Italy were going to be frustrated in Auckland by a gritty defensive performance from Argentina before substitute Girelli came good to earn the 1-0 victory. The experienced Juventus attacker had replaced […]
Germany began their Women’s World Cup campaign in style as captain Alexandra Popp scored twice to see off debutants Morocco in Melbourne. It was a comfortable victory for world number two side Germany, who are heavy favourites to top Group H. Striker Popp, who was ruled out of the Euro 2022 final through injury, made […]
Corfu has become the latest Greek island to issue an evacuation order, as the country grapples with wildfires. Photos uploaded to social media show flames engulfing Corfu. A fire broke out on the northern part of the island which is popular with British tourists. It comes after some 19,000 people were evacuated on the island […]
France suffered a frustrating start to their Fifa Women’s World Cup campaign as they were held to a goalless draw by Jamaica. Herve Renard’s side could not break down a disciplined Jamaica, for whom star striker Khadija Shaw was sent off in stoppage time. The Reggae Girlz held on for their first Women’s World Cup […]
Amanda Ilestedt scored a last-minute winner as Sweden beat South Africa 2-1 at the Fifa Women’s World Cup in Wellington. The 2022 Africa Cup of Nations champions came close to picking up their first point at a World Cup, having lost all three matches on their only previous appearance in 2019. South Africa opened the […]
Stefanie van der Gragt’s first-half goal gave the Netherlands a 1-0 victory over Fifa Women’s World Cup debutants Portugal in Dunedin. Van der Gragt’s powerful header was ruled out by referee Kateryna Monzul before the video assistant referee encouraged her to review her decision. Portugal failed to trouble the Netherlands defence, registering their only shot […]
Amalie Vangsgaard scored a late winner as Denmark marked their their return from a 16-year Fifa Women’s World Cup absence with a 1-0 win over China. The substitute, who had only been on the pitch for five minutes, headed home Pernille Harder’s corner in the 90th minute in Perth, Australia. There were doubts over whether […]