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Citizens, residents injured in attacks targeting energy sector facilities in southern region: Saudi Ministry of Energy
The Saudi Ministry of Energy said that a number of citizens and residents sustained injuries of varying severity after energy facilities and infrastructure in the southern region of the Kingdom were targeted this morning.A source from the Ministry of Energy said that the relevant authorities are continuing to address the repercussions of the attacks and are taking the necessary measures to ensure the safety of facilities and personnel, as well as the continuity of operations in accordance with approved operational plans, according to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA).The attacks caused fires at several locations, leading to a temporary halt in some operations. Specialized field teams have begun containing the fires, securing the sites, and assessing the damage. Related Story Source link
Germany’s Alexander Zverev hits a return to Chile’s Alejandro Tabilo during their men’s singles third-round tennis match (AFP) Top seed Alexander Zverev romped into the quarter-finals of the US Open on Monday with a straight sets defeat of Italy’s Luciano Darderi. Zverev, who had been taken to five sets in his opening two matches of the tournament, raced past 21st seed Darderi 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (7/3) in 2hr 30mins on the Arthur Ashe Stadium court. The brisk victory came as a welcome change for Zverev, whose marathon first and second round matches had finished in the early hours of the morning. “I don’t know what to do with myself because it’s before midnight,” Zverev quipped afterwards. “Compared to the first two matches, the level has been going up.” The 29-year-old French Open champion was in complete control throughout, punishing Darderi’s woeful service game to grab an early double break in the first set for a 3-0 lead.Darderi, who has failed to go further than the fourth round at any Grand Slam in his career, never looked like forcing his way back into the set thereafter. Zverev mopped up the first set easily and was soon back on the attack in the second, once again securing a quick double-break for a 3-0 lead before holding with ease to go two sets up.Darderi did manage to rally in the third set, suddenly finding his range with some blistering forehands and holding off four break points in the 11th game to help set up a tie-break. But Zverev’s superior service game meant there was only going to be one winner in the tie-break, a thunderous serve giving him a 5-2 lead before a scorching forehand into the corner took him to match point. Zverev then wrapped up victory with his 13th ace of the match.”I thought my level was very consistent,” Zverev said. “It was just he started playing incredibly well in the third set. I barely saw anyone hit the ball as hard consistently as he did in the third set,” added the German, who will now face Dutch veteran Botic van de Zandschulp in the quarter-finals. Related Story Source link
Qinwen Zheng of China celebrates after defeating Iga Swiatek of Poland in their Women’s Singles Fourth Round match (AFP) Zheng Qinwen pulled off another US Open stunner Monday, beating Iga Swiatek to book a quarter final with Elena Rybakina as men’s top seed Alexander Zverev advanced safely to the last eight.It was one more gritty comeback for Zheng, the Paris Olympics gold medallist and a former world number four now ranked 121st after struggling in the wake of elbow surgery last year.Zheng had won the last seven games, saving a match point, as she shocked Madison Keys in her previous match. After falling behind 5-0 in the first set against six-time Grand Slam champion Swiatek she again reeled off seven straight games.She then broke Swiatek twice in the second set to clinch the win.”I guess to come back from 0-5 (Saturday) is not lucky, that’s all I can say,” said Zheng, who had to come through qualifying to gain a main draw berth. Zheng, the first qualifier to beat Swiatek at a major, said it took her some time to settle in on the cavernous Ashe court, noting it’s been “a long, long time” since she’d been scheduled on a main show court. “I just focus on point by point,” Zheng said, adding that she was so focused on the rallies that she lost track of the score.Swiatek, who fell to Zheng in the gold medal match in Paris two years ago, left the Arthur Ashe Stadium in tears, although she later downplayed the upset.”You can lose a set from any score, so nothing special about that,” she said. Zheng is the first qualifier to reach the US Open women’s quarter-finals since Emma Raducanu — who went on to win the title — in 2021.She’ll next face world number two Rybakina, the reigning Australian Open champion who cruised past a hurting Naomi Osaka 6-1, 6-4 in just 66 minutes.Rybakina is not only chasing a third Grand Slam title. If she beats Zheng to reach the semi-finals she will seize the number one ranking from Aryna Sabalenka — even if the Belarusian wins a third straight crown. “Of course I want it,” Rybakina said. But, she added: “I try to approach the same, fight to the end my next match — let’s see what will happen.”Fourth-seeded Coco Gauff reached the quarter-finals for the first time since she won the title in 2023, beating 18-year-old US compatriot Iva Jovic 6-1, 6-4.Gauff next faces fifth-seeded French Open champion Mirra Andreeva, a 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 winner over Anastasia Potapova. Zverev once again closed the action on Ashe, beating 21st-seeded Italian Luciano Darderi 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (7/3).The French Open champion has become a late-night fixture, playing into the small hours in his first three matches, including two five-setters.He was in control against Darderi, saving the lone break point he faced and cruising through the first two sets before Darderi stepped things up to force the third-set tiebreaker.Zverev wrapped it up quickly there, giving himself a match point with a forehand winner to the corner and finished up before midnight with an ace. Zverev will play Botic van de Zandschulp for a place in the semi-finals.The Dutch player saved a match point as he rallied from two sets down to beat France’s Arthur Gea 3-6, 6-7 (0/7), 7-6 (9/7), 7-6 (7/3), 6-4 in a match lasting five hours and 13 minutes.Van de Zandschulp is back in the quarter-finals for the first time since 2021, although he made waves in 2024 with a second-round upset of Carlos Alcaraz.Alexander Blockx’s dream debut continued with a gritty 6-3, 4-6, 7-5, 7-5 victory over Argentina’s Francisco Cerundolo, which made the 21-year-old the first Belgian man to reach the US open last eight. Blockx, who started the year ranked outside the top 100, said he was “close to retiring” because of sharp pain in an injured rib in the first set.He next faces Karen Khachanov after the Russian beat 14th-seeded American Learner Tien 7-5, 4-6, 6-7 (6/8), 6-1, 6-4. Related Story Source link
Bayern Munich’s forward Luis Diaz fails to score past Schalke’s goalkeeper Loris Karius during the Bundesliga match in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, on September 5, 2026. (AFP) Defending champions Bayern Munich were held to a scoreless draw by promoted Schalke in the Bundesliga on Saturday. The draw ended Bayern’s run of 67 consecutive matchdays atop the Bundesliga table. It was the first time they failed to score since February 2025.Seven-time German champions Schalke have not beaten Bayern since 2011 and had not even taken a point off the Bavarian giants in nine years — a run of 12 straight defeats. “That’s who we are. That’s what defines us, and everyone can be proud of their performance today,” said the impressive Schalke goalie Loris Karius, who was named man of the match.The former Liverpool ‘keeper deflected the post-match praise to his defenders, telling Sky Germany: “I just had to shout instructions to the lads: keep going, push up, drop back.” With Harry Kane and Michael Olise starting from the bench, Bayern dominated the ball but created few clear chances as stubborn Schalke dug deep to pick up their first point of the season.Luis Diaz had an excellent chance with 54 minutes gone when through on the advancing Karius, but the Colombian’s chip was too soft and was cleared off the line by Robin Gosens. Bayern’s best chance came late when a long-range Kane effort was kept out by an excellent save from Karius, who leapt high to palm the ball to safety.His opposite number, Bayern captain Manuel Neuer was heavily booed by home fans every time he touched the ball on his return to the club where he started his career. It will likely be the 40-year-old’s final match in Gelsenkirchen, his home town, before his expected retirement at the season’s end.”A win would have been nice,” Neuer said, adding “but some of my family will be happy about the result and so it’s okay as it is. I enjoyed myself.” Despite the defeat, Bayern will be buoyed by the return of Jamal Musiala, who revealed he is suffering from a neurological condition after collapsing in pre-season games. Nwaneri helps Dortmund on debutArsenal loanee Ethan Nwaneri provoked a late own goal as Borussia Dortmund came from two down to win 3-2 at Hoffenheim. Hoffenheim were the better team for the opening hour but lost their way as Dortmund clicked into gear and romped to victory with three goals in the final 30 minutes.Nwaneri, the youngest player in Premier League history, arrived on a season-long loan from Arsenal on deadline day and came on with half an hour played. “I liked what I saw,” Dortmund coach Niko Kovac said of Nwaneri. “That’s what we brought him in for… Maybe it wasn’t officially his goal, but he created it.””The team played all or nothing football,” Kovac added. “And when you (do that)… the gaps start opening up.” Hoffenheim were two up with 54 minutes played thanks to goals from Leon Avdullahu and Tim Lemperle.Striker Serhou Guirassy gave the visitors hope when he scored just after the hour mark and then set up Fabio Silva five minutes later. In the 86th minute, Nwaneri cut down the left and squared a shot which took a big deflection off home defender Albian Hajdari and landed in the net.Bundesliga newcomers Elversberg continued their excellent top-flight arrival with a 4-3 win at Borussia Moenchengladbach, making it two wins from two this season. Elversberg fought back from 3-1 down and took the lead in stoppage time when Maurice Krattenmacher scored the winner. Elversberg, with a population of just 13,000, are the smallest town ever to have a German top-flight side but opened the season with a shock 3-2 win over Bayer Leverkusen last week. Leverkusen rebounded from that disappointment by putting sorry Union Berlin to the sword in a 4-0 home victory, with Argentina internationals Equi Fernandez and Facundo Medina, Patrik Schick and Ibrahim Maza on target.Elsewhere, West Ham loanee Niclas Fuellkrug scored his second goal in three games since returning to Germany to help Werder Bremen to a surprise 3-1 home win against RB Leipzig. Europa League finalists Freiburg continued their perfect start to the season with a solid 1-0 win away at promoted Paderborn. …
Paris St Germain have already secured their status as one of the Champions League’s greatest teams by winning it back-to-back. (Reuters) Another UEFA Champions League season gets going this week with the beginning of the league phase as Paris Saint-Germain bid to join the tiny band of clubs to have won the competition three years running.PSG successfully defended their title last season when they beat Arsenal on penalties in Budapest, retaining the trophy they won for the first time in their history 12 months earlier.Luis Enrique’s side have already secured their status as one of the competition’s greatest teams by winning it back-to-back, something only Real Madrid had previously achieved since the inception of the modern Champions League in 1992.Winning three in a row would be on another level entirely. Real did exactly that under Zinedine Zidane between 2016 and 2018, The only other teams to manage such a feat are Ajax (1971-73) and Bayern Munich (1974-76), while Madrid also won the first five editions of the European Cup from 1956 to 1960.”Our objectives are clear. I want to win important trophies and there are none more important than the Champions League,” said Enrique, who also led Barcelona to glory in 2015.The back-to-back titles for the French giants have coincided with the introduction of the new Champions League format, with 36 teams in the league phase now playing eight games against eight different opponents. The Parisians struggled in the league phase in each of the last two campaigns, finishing outside the top eight and having to come through the additional play-off round to make the last 16.Tough draws were partly responsible for that, and PSG will face some familiar opponents this time in Manchester City, Barcelona and Aston Villa. With each passing year, the prospect of a team other than one of Europe’s super clubs winning the Champions League seems more remote. Arsenal to take next step?The Premier League’s financial strength means all of its representatives can be expected to feature prominently, with Arsenal chief among them. Over the last three years, the Gunners have lost in the quarter-finals, the semi-finals, and then the final. There is therefore a logical next step for Mikel Arteta’s side,Arsenal topped the league phase last season with a perfect record. They have a tough start this time away to Napoli. There are five English clubs involved, with Manchester City and Liverpool joined by the returning Manchester United and Villa.Bayern Munich are formidable, while Jose Mourinho has returned to Real Madrid charged with the task of leading them back to continental glory. Barcelona are itching to get their hands on the trophy again. It is hard to see beyond one of those clubs, although Inter Milan could have a say and Atletico Madrid will be desperate to reach a final to be held in their stadium.The only club outside Spain, England, Germany, Italy and France to have won the Champions League in the last 30 years remains Mourinho’s Porto in 2004. Plenty of new names will add freshness to the competition, including Como, who finished fourth in Serie A last season under Cesc Fabregas to qualify at the expense of AC Milan and Juventus.Viking Stavanger are in the Champions League proper for the first time after winning a first Norwegian title in 34 years. Sabah start with a trip to Old Trafford after winning a first Azerbaijani title and coming through four qualifying ties.Their manager, Valdas Dambrauskas, got into coaching with the money he made appearing on the Lithuanian version of ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire’. “Since I was 12, when I realised I will not be a professional player, I knew I wanted to be a football coach,” he said. “I cannot guess what would have happened without this game, but I believe I would have found a way to achieve my dream.”Sabah might not qualify for the next stage – although compatriots Qarabag did that last season – but just being in the league phase is worth almost 20mn euros ($23.2mn) at a minimum, significant sums for clubs from lesser leagues.The Champions League winners pocket around 90mn euros in prize money, before adding millions more, notably from television 2 it is understood PSG earned around 150mn euros for each of their last two victories. Related Story Source link
Tokyo Olympic champion Fares Ibrahim will return to the Asian Games carrying the expectations of a nation and the experience of competing on the biggest stages.…
The U.S. Open enters the business end on Tuesday with the quarter-finals where two-time champion Carlos Alcaraz faces another home favourite in Ben Shelton at Flushing Meadows while Aryna Sabalenka keeps her quest for a third straight crown alive.There are also two all-American clashes in the quarter-finals when Frances Tiafoe takes on Alex Michelsen while Jessica Pegula faces Emma Navarro. TOP MEN’S MATCH: CARLOS ALCARAZ V BEN SHELTONDefending champion Alcaraz may be used to adoring crowds at Flushing Meadows, but the Spanish second seed could find himself playing the villain as he navigates a potential all-American obstacle course to reach the final.The seven-times major winner, fresh off a straight-sets demolition of Tommy Paul in the last 16, faces Ben Shelton in the quarter-final with the prospect of meeting either Frances Tiafoe or Alex Michelsen in the semi-finals should he advance.”Shelton (is a) really powerful player. He uses the crowd, the people behind him, especially when he’s playing here at home,” Alcaraz told reporters.”Really happy to see where my level is right now. Beating Tommy Paul is always great feedback to see where you are.”Despite nearly five months on the sidelines with a wrist injury, Alcaraz appears to have seamlessly picked up where he left off, impressing even his upcoming opponent during their pre-tournament practice sessions.”He’s playing extremely high level. To me, he looks very normal — his normal, I mean — which is impressive after not playing for five months,” said Shelton, who is 0-3 against Alcaraz, last losing to the Spaniard at Roland Garros in 2025.”I think it will be a great match. I’m excited for the battle. Never played him here in New York and obviously in the position that I want to be in.”I thought I played a good match in Paris, but I think I’m serving better, returning much better. I think my shot tolerance from the baseline, overall quality from the baseline, and my movement have improved.” TOP WOMEN’S MATCH: ARYNA SABALENKA V LINDA NOSKOVASabalenka gets a second crack at hardcourt history when she faces Noskova in the quarter-finals, with the defending champion seeking to complete a rare “three-peat” after missing out on one in Australia last year.The Belarusian top seed has looked imperious in New York, sweeping into the last eight without dropping a set as she seeks her first major title of the year.Standing in her way is Czech sixth seed Noskova, the surprise Wimbledon champion who claimed her maiden Grand Slam title less than two months ago, but once considered hardcourts her favourite surface.”Linda (is) another great player. Just won Wimbledon, really aggressive style of the game. Serving really well, playing super fast. You’ve got to stay really low to be able to handle that power and energy,” Sabalenka said.Despite holding a 2-0 record over Noskova, including a semi-final victory en route to her Indian Wells title earlier this year, Sabalenka is not taking anything for granted.”Also, I played a couple of matches against her in the past, which also wasn’t the easiest matches,” she added.Noskova, meanwhile, is bracing for “fast tennis” against the woman who completed the prestigious “Sunshine Double” in March with title wins at Indian Wells and Miami.”We did play two matches. Two of them were very different. The last one in Indian Wells, it was a tough one, a close one, but she did well. She won the whole thing, just as she has been winning here for the last two years,” Noskova said.”You know, I haven’t watched her really, but I know her game very well.” U.S. OPEN ORDER OF PLAY ON TUESDAY (prefix number denotes seeding):ARTHUR ASHE STADIUM (1530 GMT/1130 ET)1-Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) v 6-Linda Noskova (Czech Republic)11-Frances Tiafoe (U.S.) v Alex Michelsen (U.S.)(2300 GMT/1900 ET)3-Jessica Pegula (U.S.) v 26-Emma Navarro (U.S.)8-Ben Shelton (U.S.) v 2-Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) Related Story Source link
An eruption of Indonesia’s Mount Anak Krakatau caused eight airports to suspend flight operations yesterday, affecting hundreds of flights at Jakarta’s main airport, after some school activities and fishing were halted.Soekarno-Hatta International Airport suspended flight operations until 11:59pm (1659 GMT) due to volcanic ash, the airport posted on Instagram, stranding hundreds of passengers at the facility.The suspension, extended several times, has affected 964 flights in Jakarta’s main airport alone, the transportation ministry said. Singapore Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia and Lion Air Group said they had cancelled flights to and from Jakarta for the rest of the day.Total affected flights across the eight airports reached more than 1,500 flights with 170,000 passengers, the ministry said.Anak Krakatau, which is roughly halfway between Java and Sumatra in Indonesia’s vast island chain, has been erupting since late on Friday, with volcanic ash detected at the airport early yesterday, the transport ministry said.PASSENGERS STUCK AT SOEKARNO-HATTA INTERNATIONALAsh reached as high as 20,000 feet (6,000 metres) on the Java side of the volcano and 50,000 feet (15,000 metres) on the Sumatra side and some parts of Banten province in Java, meteorological agency BMKG posted on its website.Ersy Laksita Rini, 55, was upset when she arrived at Soekarno-Hatta International and learned that her 8am flight to Surabaya had been cancelled. She said the airline had not informed her ahead of time.”If the eruption happened last night and there were predictions of flight cancellations, we should have been notified from the start,” she told Reuters. “That way, passengers wouldn’t have needed to come here so early and could have looked for alternatives instead.”French national Eloan Tasset, 21, got a text from Batik Air that his flight to his holiday destination of Manado in North Sulawesi had been delayed, but he said it was unclear how long the delay would be.”If they tell me my flight is cancelled, I think I’m going to try to find a hotel in Jakarta,” he said.The airport operator said it was providing food and light refreshments for affected passengers and buses to hotels, in co-ordination with the airlines.The disaster mitigation agency BNPB said it would conduct a weather modification operation, which could include cloud-seeding, yesterday to promote rain.”If it rains heavily enough, the volcanic ash that has been disrupting our daily lives since yesterday and continuing today will be washed away quickly,” BNPB chief Suharyanto told a press conference.The transport ministry named three other airports across Java — Kertajati, Ahmad Yani and Juanda — as alternatives, “should airlines or operators be able to divert their flights”, said Minister Dudy Purwagandhi.FIVE INDONESIAN VOLCANOES AT ALERT LEVEL 3BNPB “urges the public to remain calm while increasing vigilance. In the event of ashfall, people are advised to wear masks and eye protection, reduce outdoor activities, cover water sources and exercise caution when driving, as volcanic ash can reduce visibility,” said spokesperson Berton Panjaitan.Ferries in the Sunda Strait were operating normally, the transport ministry said, urging vessels to stay at least 3km (2 miles) away from Anak Krakatau’s crater and remain vigilant for volcanic hazards, including volcanic ash and other ejected materials.Several schools cancelled activities on Saturday after students and residents suffered eye irritations from the ash, while fishermen cancelled fishing trips, local media outlet Kompas reported.Police distributed masks to motorists in Cianjur, West Java, some 200km (130 miles) from Anak Krakatau, the state news agency Antara reported, while the disaster management agency reported volcanic ash in the city, urging residents to stay indoors.Governors of Lampung and Jakarta have ordered remote learning starting today to prevent health risks for students caused by volcanic ash, state news agency Antara said.Some 850km (530 miles) away from Anak Krakatau, Mount Semeru in East Java also erupted yesterday, sending an ash column 1km (3,300 feet) above the summit, said volcano monitoring agency PVMBG. It advised residents to stay at least 5km (3 miles) away from the crater and warned of the risk of hot ash clouds and lava flows up to 17km (10 miles) from the summit.Indonesia sits on the Pacific “Ring of Fire”, where earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are frequent. Anak Krakatau has been on alert level 3, the second-highest, since July 2. Semeru was also on level 3, as were three other volcanoes: Merapi, Lewotobi Laki-laki and Sinabung.The disaster mitigation agency said there was no imminent risk of tsunami from the volcano. A tsunami in 2018 caused by Anak Krakatau eruptions killed more than 400 on Java and Sumatra.Anak Krakatau, which means child of Krakatau, began emerging a century ago from the area previously occupied by Krakatau, then known as Krakatoa. The older volcano destroyed itself in mass eruptions in 1883, which killed more than 36,000 people in a series of tsunamis. Source link
Oman’s navy yesterday revealed that it had rescued 16 crew members from a Saudi-flagged oil tanker that Iran attacked one week ago in the Strait of Hormuz.”A Royal Navy of Oman vessel provided logistical support to the tanker’s 25-member crew and evacuated 16 crew members while ensuring that the necessary medical care was provided,” Oman’s Maritime Security Centre said in a statement.The statement did not elaborate on the fate of all the crew members but confirmed two seamen on the vessel, the SIDR, had been killed in the incident.Saudi Arabia’s national shipping firm said on Wednesday that two Filipino sailors were killed when the tanker was attacked in the Strait of Hormuz as fresh violence flared between the US and Iran earlier in the week.After six months of war, the foes remain at an impasse, with Iran disrupting traffic in the strategic Strait of Hormuz and the US persisting with a counter-blockade of Iranian ports. Source link
Jofra Archer says: “Now, everything is really nice. My body is in a good place, the team is in a good place and everyone is in…
