Li Tie: Chinese football legend and ex-Everton player jailed 20 years for corruption
SINGAPORE: Former Chinese national football team coach Li Tie has received a 20-year prison sentence for bribery, state media reported on Friday (Dec 13).
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Watch: As D Gukesh Becomes World Champion, Father's First Reaction Goes Viral
India's Grandmaster D Gukesh made the entire country proud as he became the youngest world chess champion on Thursday. At the age of 18, Gukesh defeated defending champion Ding Liren 7.5-6.5 by winning the 14th and last classical game of their World Championship tie in Singapore. The Indian has now dethroned Russian Grandmaster Garry Kasparov, who won the coveted title at the age of 22. Wishes from all over the world started pouring in for Gukesh but his victory became the biggest gift for his father, whose reaction went viral on social media.
He looked like a normal businessman running Greater Manchester warehouse... it was all a lie
A drugs boss who set up a 'front' company claiming to handle returns for Argos and Amazon was actually trying to smuggle cocaine worth £140 million into the UK.
EU’s biometric Entry/Exit border system set to launch in 2025: Who’ll need to use it?
After numerous delays and setbacks, the EU’s long-awaited Entry/Exit System (EES) may soon be rolling out at a border near you.
Europe's travel strikes: Flight and train disruption you can expect in December and January
Strikes are a regular occurrence in Europe, as employees withhold their labour to fight for better pay and conditions.
Romania and Bulgaria are granted full Schengen membership, with one caveat
Romania and Bulgaria's shared journey to join the passport-free Schengen Area came to an end on Thursday morning as interior ministers from the European Union gave their final blessing to their hard-fought candidacy.
Seven journalists arrested in Belarus in crackdown ahead of presidential election
Authorities in Belarus have arrested seven journalists who worked for an independent regional news outlet, a media watchdog has said, the latest move in a sweeping crackdown on dissent and freedom of speech by the country’s president, Alexander Lukashenko.
More than 30 years after making darts history, 70-year-old 'Singapore Slinger' Paul Lim continues to achieve new feats
SINGAPORE: The year was 1990. And in about a minute at Lakeside Country Club in Surrey, England, Paul Lim accomplished the extraordinary.