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Jallow strikes as Saintfiet’s Gambia make winning Africa Cup of Nations debut
Debutants Gambia beat Mauritania 1-0 on Wednesday in an Africa Cup of Nations Group F match in Limbe overshadowed by the bizarre finish to an earlier game that Mali won by the same score against...
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Man. City’s revenue exceeds Man. United for first time
Manchester City’s revenue exceeded arch rivals Manchester United for the first time last year, the Premier League champions revealed in their latest financial accounts on Wednesday. City reported club...
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Teen daughter of NBA legend Rodman gets US Soccer call
Trinity Rodman, the 19-year-old daughter of former NBA star Dennis Rodman, received her first call to training camp Wednesday with the reigning Women’s World Cup champion United States squad. The teen...
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PN MP requests police investigate homophobic slurs on social media
Opposition MP Ivan Bartolo on Wednesday said he had asked the police to investigate homophobic comments made by "trolls on social media". Speaking during parliament’s adjournment, a visibly...
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Roma complete loan signing of Portugal’s Oliveira
Portuguese international Sergio Oliveira has signed for Roma on loan from Porto, the Serie A club announced on Wednesday. In a statement Roma said that midfielder Oliveira has signed until the end of...
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Gradel stunner gives Ivory Coast victory over Equatorial Guinea
A stunning early strike by Max-Alain Gradel gave the Ivory Coast a 1-0 win over Equatorial Guinea in their opening game of the Africa Cup of Nations in Douala on Wednesday. Gradel, the former...
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Chelsea sink Spurs to reach League Cup final
Chelsea reached the League Cup final with a 1-0 win at Tottenham as Antonio Rudiger’s goal and three VAR decisions helped the Blues seal a 3-0 aggregate success on Wednesday. Rudiger’s first half...
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Bowen at the double as West Ham return to top four
Jarrod Bowen scored twice as West Ham returned to the top four of the Premier League with a 2-0 win at home to basement club Norwich on Wednesday. Bowen’s double saw the Hammers go two points clear of...
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Letters to the editor - January 13, 2022
Public administration proposing ombudsman’s recommendations be based on facts I refer to the article titled ‘Ombudsman accuses civil service head of trying to undermine him’, published on the news...
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Disgraceful but not hate- Ranier Fsadni
We can agree that Fr David Muscat’s now infamous Facebook post – saying that homosexual desire is worse than diabolical possession – was disgraceful. But was it inciting violence or hatred? That’s...
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Brief waiver from vaccine pass for those just recovered
People who have recently recovered from COVID-19 and are waiting to get their booster will be granted a six-week exemption from the new vaccine certificate rules which come into force on Monday. The...
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Decisive times for Europe – Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi
As the shadow of the presidential election in France looms large over the European political debate, the French presidency of the Council of the European Union kicked off on New Year’s Day. The...
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Today's front pages - January 13, 2022
The following are the main stories in Thursday’s newspapers. Times of Malta says that Abner Aquilina, the lead suspect in the Sliema murder case, is expected to be charged in court on Thursday. In...
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Ten years on, survivors haunted by Italy cruise ship disaster
On the evening of January 13, 2012, Umberto Trotti heard the terrified cries of his wife and baby in the lifeboat below, and threw himself off the capsizing Italian cruise ship. The Costa Concordia, a...
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New dawn or false dawn for journalism? - Fr Joe Borg
This week has been characterised by two very important developments that can have an enormous influence on the state of journalism in Malta and, consequently, on the state of our democracy and...
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Announcements – January 13, 2022
Requiem Mass Tomorrow being the 24th anniversary of the death of LILY PACE, a Mass for the repose of her soul shall be celebrated at 6.30pm at Pembroke parish church. May she rest in peace. In...
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The state’s overdraft facility
Most taxpayers comply with their tax obligations, while some are determined not to. The practices of tax evasion, tax fraud and failure to pay tax dues on time are widespread. Not only are they...
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Djokovic drawn to play Australian Open first round amid visa saga
Novak Djokovic was drawn Thursday to play fellow Serb Miomir Kecmanovic in the first round of the Australian Open despite ongoing uncertainty over whether he will still be in the country. The world...
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Ndombele dropped because of ‘club line’: Conte
Tottenham manager Antonio Conte admitted he followed the “club line” after dropping Tanguy Ndombele for Wednesday’s League Cup semi-final defeat against Chelsea. Ndombele was booed off by Tottenham...
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French teachers to walk out over COVID confusion
Half of French schools could close Thursday as up to three-quarters of teachers walk out, pushing back against the government after three changes of COVID rules for classrooms in the space of a week....
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