Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba has revealed his house was burgled during his club’s Champions League defeat against Atletico Madrid while his children were asleep in their bedroom. Pogba discovered that he had been burgled just minutes after United lost 1-0 to Atletico in the last 16 second leg on Tuesday, crashing out of the competition 2-1 on aggregate. The France World Cup winner, who played as a second half substitute against Atletico, was stunned to learn of the break-in, which happened while his wife Maria Zulay Salaues was at Old Trafford watching the match. “Last night our family’s worst…
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Jurgen Klopp urged Liverpool to finish the job as they moved within one point of Premier League leaders Manchester City after Diogo Jota and Roberto Firmino inspired a crucial 2-0 win against Arsenal on Wednesday. Klopp’s side took advantage of City’s goalless draw against Crystal Palace on Monday thanks to their smash-and-grab raid at the Emirates Stadium. Arsenal enjoyed a sustained period of pressure that could easily have yielded the opening goal, but Alisson Becker made a superb save to deny Martin Odegaard and Liverpool capitalised to steal the points. Liverpool, chasing an unprecedented quadruple, have won nine successive league…
Spencer Dinwiddie scored a buzzer-beating three-pointer as the Dallas Mavericks staged a dramatic comeback to end the Brooklyn Nets’ four-game winning streak on Wednesday. Dinwiddie’s 25-foot winner sealed a pulsating tussle in Brooklyn which had been dominated by a thrilling duel between Nets star Kevin Durant and the Mavericks’ Luka Doncic. Durant looked to have edged the Nets into a game-winning position with 10 seconds remaining after sinking a three-pointer from 27 feet to put Brooklyn 111-110 ahead, just after Doncic’s fadeaway jumper gave Dallas a slender 110-108 lead. But with the last play of the game, Doncic worked the…
Chelsea put their off-field troubles to one side to seal a place in the Champions League quarter-finals on Wednesday as a Cesar Azpilicueta goal clinched a 2-1 win at Lille in the second leg of their last-16 tie, and a 4-1 aggregate victory. Reeling from the impact of UK government sanctions imposed on their Russian billionaire owner Roman Abramovich, the London club appeared rattled as they fell behind in northern France to a first-half Burak Yilmaz penalty. Lille had given themselves a chance of salvaging the tie following their 2-0 defeat in the first leg at Stamford Bridge last month,…
The Ministry of Health on March 17 reported 132 new Covid-19 cases, eight of which were imported and all were confirmed to be the Omicron variant. The ministry also reported 379 recoveries and no new deaths. As of March 17, Cambodia had recorded a total of 134,624 Covid-19 cases with 130,407 recoveries and 3,049 fatalities.
The Ministry of Health on March 17 announced that fully vaccinated inbound passengers will no longer be required to show a PCR test result proving they are negative for the coronavirus 72 hours prior to their arrival in Cambodia. According to the notice signed by health minister Mam Bun Heng, inbound passengers are also exempted from Covid-19 rapid antigen test upon arrival, though they are “encouraged” to do so on their own. The notice said Visa on Arrival for passengers arriving by land, air and waterway will also resume. All passengers are nonetheless required to show proof of Covid-19 vaccination…
The 193 members of the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on March 15 supporting bicycles as a tool for combatting climate change. Proposed by the Central Asian nation of Turkmenistan, the resolution was passed unanimously and like all General Assembly resolutions is non-binding. The resolution calls on member states to “integrate the bicycle into public transportation, in urban and rural settings in developing and developed countries”. Increasing cycling through improved road safety and the promotion of bike-riding will help achieve “sustainable development, including the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions”, according to the resolution. More specifically, the resolution encourages member…
ASEAN military intelligence chiefs have agreed to strengthen cooperation and build a strong military intelligence community which will commit to addressing security threats in order to maintain peace and stability in the region. On behalf of the ASEAN chair, Hun Manith – head of the General Department of Research and Intelligence at the Ministry of National Defence – hosted the 19th ASEAN Military Intelligence Meeting (AMIM-19) at the ministry’s headquarters on March 15. Manith thanked the delegations of the ASEAN military intelligence agencies for attending the meeting, despite the fact that the coronavirus continues to spread across the world. “This…
The retail prices of regular-grade petrol and diesel were respectively hiked by 10.4 per cent and 17.8 per cent on March 16, extending an uptrend that has held since January, and delivering a fresh blow to end consumers that jeopardises the livelihoods of low-income workers desperately trying to recover from the economic pains of Covid-19. For the March 16-31 period, the retail selling prices of fuel in the Kingdom have been set at 5,300 riel or $1.32 per litre of both diesel and regular EA92 – petrol with an octane rating of at least 92, according to a Ministry of…
The Japanese navy delegation – currently in Cambodia to observe the 30th anniversary of Japan’s first Peacekeeping Mission (PKO) to the Kingdom – has visited the Ream Naval Base on the second day of their three-day visit. The base is currently undergoing upgrades on its capacity amid allegations of exclusive access for the Chinese military, which have been strenuously denied by government officials. Ouk Seyha, Vice Admiral and Deputy Commander of the Royal Cambodian Navy, told local media outlet Fresh News that though the Ream Naval Base is currently undergoing works to upgrade its capacity, the activity is not meant…