SHANGHAI— McLaren’s Lando Norris seized pole position for the Chinese Grand Prix sprint race on Friday after a wet and chaotic qualifying at the Shanghai International Circuit. Mercedes’ seven-times Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton made it an all-British front row, with Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso lining up third. Red Bull’s triple world champion Max Verstappen will start only fourth after twice going off in the final top 10 shootout, with Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz fifth and Red Bull’s Sergio Perez sixth. Hamilton appeared to have secured the pole for Saturday’s points scoring 100km r ..read more

BERGAMO, Italy — Liverpool failed to overcome a three-goal deficit and was eliminated from the UEFA Europa League despite beating Atalanta 1-0 in the second leg of their quarter-final matchup. But days after celebrating its first-ever Bundesliga title, Bayer Leverkusen remained on course to claim a historic treble by holding West Ham to a 1-1 draw at London Stadium to stretch its unbeaten streak to 44. Xabi Alonso’s team advanced 3-1 on aggregate. In the semi-finals, Leverkusen will face Roma after the capital club beat AC Milan 2-1 in an all-Italian quarter-final to advance 3-1 on aggregate ..read more

STUTTGART, Germany – Iga Swiatek had a victorious clay-court debut for the 2024 season, when she defeated Elise Mertens 6-3, 6-4 in the second round of the Porsche Grand Prix in Stuttgart. Coco Gauff battled her way to the quarter-finals with a hard-fought 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 win over compatriot Sachia Vickery. No.4 seed Elena Rybakina survived a stern test from Veronika Kudermetova to reach the quarter-finals for the first time, coming through a rollercoaster to advance 7-6(3), 1-6, 6-4 in 2 hours and 33 minutes. Gauff created 19 break points but could only convert seven of them against the world N ..read more

WASHINGTON – The head of the International Monetary Fund said that the world economy has proven surprisingly resilient in the face of higher interest rates and the shock of war in Ukraine and Gaza, but “there is plenty to worry about,” including stubborn inflation and rising levels of government debt. “Inflation is down but not gone,” Kristalina Georgieva told reporters at the spring meeting of the IMF and its sister organization, the World Bank. In the United States, she said according to AP, that “the flipside” of unexpectedly strong economic growth is that it “taking longer than expected” t ..read more

The Egyptian Food Bank is to conduct vitamin D tests on 360 people in ten Ministry of Social Solidarity care homes in Cairo and Giza. The aim of the Vitamin D programme is to reduce the incidence of osteoporosis bone-related injuries for the over 50s Egyptian Food Bank CEO Mohsen Sarhan announced yesterday. The programme, to be implemented in cooperation with the Egyptian Academy for Bone Health, comes within the bank’s activities in preventive medicine. The post Vitamin D programme pilot appeared first on Egyptian Gazette ..read more

CAIRO – Renowned Egyptian actor Salah El Saadany has died at 81, Head of the Acting Professions Syndicate Ashraf Zaki told MENA on Friday. A funeral will be held for Saadany later in the day in the Sheikh Zayed neighborhood in Giza, the official added. The post Renowned Egyptian actor Salah El Saadany dies appeared first on Egyptian Gazette ..read more

CAIRO – Egypt’s Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli has reviewed a report presented by Culture Minister Nevine el Kilany on her ministry’s future plan to put the outcomes of the National Dialogue meetings into effect. The minister said on Friday that the report includes the outcomes and main goals of the National Dialogue’s committee of national identity and culture along with a number of recommendations made by the committee’s experts on this score. She added that these main goals also include optimizing the use of cultural institutions to support the national identity, in addition to backing her ..read more

LUBUMBASHI — Egyptian giants Al-Ahly finished preparations in readiness for their match against TP Mazembe of DR Congo in the first-leg of CAF Champions League semi-finals on Saturday at Stade TP Mazembe in Lubumbashi at 3:00pm Cairo Local Time. The defending champion booked their place in the semi-finals for the fifth straight season after defeating Simba 3-0 on aggregate. TP Mazembe defeated Petro de Luanda of Angola 2-1 on aggregate to reach the semi-finals. Al-Ahly (Egypt), TP Mazembe (DR Congo), Esperance Sportive Tunis (Tunisia) and Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa) are the four remaining ..read more

MADRID  — The last chance saloon has opened its doors early for Barcelona as they will travel to the capital on Sunday aiming to hold off Real Madrid’s La Liga title run in a desperate effort to stay alive in the race for the only remaining major silverware they can win. Real leads La Liga on 78 points ahead of Barca with 70 and surprise package Girona (65) and a win on Sunday would give them an 11-point lead with only six games left. Barca hosted Paris St Germain in their UEFA Champions League quarter-final second-leg Tuesday after 13 games unbeaten, including six consecutive wins, in al ..read more

By Sarah Saad Egypt is set to organize the first-ever edition of the Arab military equestrian championship that will be held under the auspices of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi. The tournament coincides with the 42nd anniversary of Sinai’s liberation. The post Egypt to organise first-ever Arab military equestrian championship under Sisi’s auspices appeared first on Egyptian Gazette ..read more