MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said Jack Grealish is doing much better and that City’s security personnel are providing support to his family a week after the 28-year-old midfielder was the target of a terrifying raid of his Cheshire home. Members of his family and his …

PRETORIA (Reuters) – South African Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius’ release on parole on Friday, nearly 11 years after he shot dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, provoked a raw response in a country scarred by violence against women. Pistorius, who has said repeatedly that he mistook Steenkamp for an intruder, spent …

LONDON (Reuters) – Ant Group is closing in on a deal to buy Dutch payments firm MultiSafepay as part of the Chinese financial technology group’s latest push into Western payment markets, people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The transaction, which is subject to regulatory approval, is expected to value …

LONDON (Reuters) – Chelsea need Armando Broja to step up and replace their top scorer Nicolas Jackson who is now with the Senegal squad at the Africa Cup of Nations, manager Mauricio Pochettino said on Friday. Pochettino has been dealing with a number of injury problems and French striker Christopher …

KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah Health Department is reminding the public to take preventive measures to combat dengue following more rainfalls predicted this month and the next with the monsoon season. Among the steps are detecting and getting rid of hot spots around their premises, which can be carried out in …

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said Erling Haaland, Kevin de Bruyne and Jeremy Doku trained well this week, but he is unsure of their availability for Sunday’s FA Cup third-round match against Huddersfield Town. Haaland, the league’s joint top scorer with 14 goals, has not played …

KOTA KINABALU: Authorities intercepted a 35-year-old Indonesian skipper attempting to smuggle in cosmetics products without a permit under the pretext of transporting bananas in Tawau waters on Thursday (Dec 4). Among the products hidden in the boat were 423 cosmetics sets, 264 bottles of medicated oil of various brands, 200 …

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Alexander Zverev led Germany into the semi-finals of the United Cup on Friday after winning his singles rubber against Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas before partnering Laura Siegemund in the mixed doubles to clinch the decider. World number eight Maria Sakkari had given Greece a 1-0 lead with a …

IPOH: Heart-wrenching letters from pupils saying how much they miss him is why security guard K. Kittu, 50, or more affectionately known as “Uncle Kittu”, is back at his old post at SK Bandar Baru Putera here. Kittu, who was supposed to move to a new place of work, said …

TELUPID: The number of cooperatives registered in the country is very encouraging, with the number almost doubling last year, said the Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Minister Datuk Ewon Benedick said a total of 1,001 cooperatives were registered last year compared to the average of 600 new cooperatives registered annually previously, …