August 2016

Big Guns Out As Bodybuilding Championships Grows

August 12, 2016 in Regional

Former winners of the National Bodybuilding Championships, Ollyn Martin and Orson Martin, will not compete in this year’s event, which is slated for August 27 at the Grand Royal Antiguan Resort. This was revealed by the president of the Antigua & Barbuda Bodybuilding & Weightlifting Federation,...

#ReadySetRio: Brazil police hold two terror suspects

August 12, 2016 in Regional

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil Brazilian police said Thursday they took two people into custody on suspicion of terrorism offences as part of an operation to ensure security during the Olympic Games in Rio. Five other people were detained pending charges and two were questioned before being...

China coal-fired power station explosion kills 21

August 12, 2016 in Regional

BEIJING, China (AFP) — A pipeline explosion at a power station in China killed at least 21 people and injured five more yesterday, the official Xinhua news service reported. Three people were seriously injured and were being treated in hospital, reports said. The blast, which Xinhua...

West Indies reply solidly to India’s 353

August 11, 2016 in Sports

India lost their first five wickets for 126 and their last five for 14, but between the two collapses, R Ashwin and Wriddhiman Saha added 213 runs to save their blushes. Ashwin scored his fourth century, all against West Indies and two in this series, and...