Other Sports

Olympics-Short track-Poland's Sellier 'okay' after suffering facial injury in race crash

MILAN, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Polish ⁠short track skater Kamila Sellier said that she ⁠was 'doing okay' after suffering a bad cut to ‌her face in a crash on the final night of competition at the Milano Cortina Olympics on Friday.

Other Sports

Olympics-Biathlon-Vobornikova's bronze boosts Czechs at Milano Cortina

(Corrects spelling of family name ⁠throughout to Vobornikova not Vorobnikova)

Football

Soccer-Kane double sends Bayern nine points clear after late Frankfurt scare

Feb 21 (Reuters) - Harry Kane struck his ⁠eighth brace of the season as Bayern Munich beat Eintracht Frankfurt 3-2 on ⁠Saturday to stretch their lead at the top of the Bundesliga to nine ‌points over Borussia Dortmund.

World

Urgent: Trump raises new global tariff from 10 pct to 15 pct

NEW YORK, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Saturday he will raise the new global tariff to 15 percent, one day after he announced a 10 percent worldwide duty following a heavy blow from the Supreme Court.

World

Su Yiming to carry China's flag at closing ceremony of Milan-Cortina Games

MILAN, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- Snowboarder Su Yiming has been named as the flagbearer of China at the closing ceremony of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Games, according to the Olympic Information Service (OIS).

Tennis

Tennis-Pegula beats Svitolina in straight sets in Dubai final

DUBAI, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Jessica ⁠Pegula put on a clinical performance as she handed Elina ⁠Svitolina her first loss in a WTA 1000 final in ‌a dominant 6-2 6-4 victory to win the Dubai Tennis Championships on Saturday.

World

After court ruling, Trump says US global tariff rate will rise from 10% to 15%

WASHINGTON, Feb 21 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump ⁠said on Saturday he will raise a temporary tariff from 10% to 15% on U.S. imports from all countries, the maximum level allowed under the law, after ⁠the U.S. Supreme Court struck down his previous tariff program.

Other Sports

Olympics-Speed skating-Bergsma rolls back years for gold as Groenewoud seals Dutch double

MILAN, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Jorrit ⁠Bergsma turned back the clock to claim men's mass start gold at the Winter Games on Saturday, securing the second ⁠Olympic title of his career at the age of 40, while Marijke Groenewoud triumphed in the women's ‌race to seal a Dutch double.

Rugby

Rugby-Ireland demolish sloppy England in record 42-21 victory

LONDON, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Ireland ⁠blew England away in a record-breaking 42-21 victory at Twickenham on Saturday to keep alive ⁠their slim Six Nations title hopes and end those of their below-par hosts.

Motorsport

Motor racing-Hamilton says he forgot who he was but has re-set for new season

Feb 21 (Reuters) - Ferrari's Lewis ⁠Hamilton has admitted he "forgot who I was" but is now ⁠excited for the new Formula One season and ready to ‌go racing again.

World

Flash: Trump raises new global tariff from 10 pct to 15 pct

Flash: Trump raises new global tariff from 10 pct to 15 pct

Other Sports

Olympics-SkiMo-Spain's Alonso Rodriguez heads home with two bronzes four months after being hit by car

BORMIO, Italy, Feb ⁠21 (Reuters) - Spain's Ana Alonso Rodriguez is going home with two bronze ⁠Olympic medals just four months after being hit by a car ‌and tearing her ACL. 

Other Sports

Olympics-Curling-Homan finally gets her medal as Canada beat US to win women's bronze

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Canada ⁠beat the United States 10-7 to claim the women's curling bronze medal at the Winter Olympics on Saturday, ⁠as skip Rachel Homan ended her long wait for a Games medal.

Other Sports

Olympics-Biathlon-Oceane rides wave of energy to stunning Olympic gold for France

ANTERSELVA, Italy, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Oceane ⁠Michelon found an unexpected reserve of energy to power to the Olympic gold ⁠medal in the women's mass start on Saturday, bringing the biathlon competitions at ‌Milano Cortina to a stunning climax in a race that was decided on the last lap. 

Other Sports

Olympics-Speed skating-Dutchman Bergsma wins men's mass start at Milano Cortina

MILAN, Feb 21 (Reuters) - ‌Dutchman Jorrit Bergsma captured the ​men's mass ⁠start title ⁠at the Winter ⁠Olympics ‌on ⁠Saturday, securing the second ​Olympic ‌gold medal of ⁠his ​career.

Sabah & Sarawak

Flood situation worsens in northern Sabah as evacuees rise to 4,761

KOTA KINABALU: Floodwaters continued to inundate villages across northern Sabah on Saturday (Feb 21), forcing nearly 5,000 people from their homes as evacuation centres filled up by evening.

World

Ukraine strikes ballistic missile producer deep inside Russia, Kyiv says

KYIV, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Ukraine hit ⁠a Russian plant manufacturing ballistic missiles in a missile strike in ⁠the remote Udmurtia region, the Ukrainian General Staff said on ‌Saturday.

Nation

TB outbreak: Johor Ramadan bazaar SOPs unchanged, says exco rep

BATU PAHAT: The standard operating procedures (SOPs) for Ramadan bazaars throughout Johor remain unchanged as in previous years, with no additional conditions imposed despite the spread of Tuberculosis (TB) cases.

World

Indonesia president says ready to face all possibilities after US Supreme Court rejects Trump's global tariffs

JAKARTA, Feb 21 (Reuters) - ⁠Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto said on Saturday ⁠that his government is ready to face ‌all possibilities after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected President Donald Trump's global tariffs.

Nation

Bersatu crisis: Raub, Lipis divisions dissolved today

KUANTAN: The Raub and Lipis divisions of Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) announced the dissolution of their respective division committees effective Saturday (Feb 21).