Chris Woakes was adamant England's surprise World Cup defeat by Pakistan was "no car crash" but accepted they would have to raise their fielding standards after a sloppy display contributed to a 14-run loss at Trent Bridge.
England, the world's top-ranked one-day side, came into the World Cup on the back of a 4-0 series thrashing of Pakistan.
But it was a different story in Nottingham on Monday as Pakistan complied a challenging total of 348 for eight. Even though Joe Root and Jos Buttler made hundreds, England could only reach 334 for nine in reply.
Warwickshire paceman Woakes, fast bowler Jofra Archer and leg-spinner Adil Rashid were all expensive they were not helped by a poor fielding effort that saw numerous runs given away in mis-fields and over throws Jason Roy's extraordinary drop that reprieved Mohammad Hafeez on 14 pretty much summed up England's fielding. The batsman went on to top-score with 84.
Woakes, who showed England the way with four catches, was at a loss to explain 

Woakes hopes England's fielding woes a one-off

PTI Automatic

Seventeen people were missing after a cargo boat sank off eastern Indonesia, authorities said Wednesday, the latest maritime accident to hit the sprawling archipelago nation.
The vessel overturned on Saturday afternoon with 18 people onboard.  It was sailing from Bitung, on the northern tip of Sulawesi island, to Morowali regency in the south, rescue officials said.
One 35-year-old survivor was found by a passing vessel floating in a life jacket on Tuesday and was now receiving medical treatment, authorities said.  Search and rescue official Basrano, who goes by one name, said 17 crew members were still being sought. A rescue vessel has been deployed.
The 80-metre-long KM Lintas Timur, which was carrying cement, overturned in rough seas after its engine died, according to authorities.
Marine accidents are common in Indonesia, an archipelago nation of more than 17,000 islands, where many use ferries and other boats to travel despite poor safety standards.
Some 160 people died when an ..

Seventeen missing after cargo vessel sinks in Indonesia

President Donald Trump's administration approved the transfer of nuclear technical expertise to Saudi Arabia twice after the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a Democratic senator said Tuesday.
Those two times were part of seven occasions starting in December 2017 in which the administration gave the go-ahead to such transfers, Senator Tim Kaine said.
Kaine, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has been pressing the Energy Department since March for information on such transfers to the kingdom.
It took intervention by the chairman of the panel but Kaine says he finally got an answer, after two months.
One of the transfers was approved on October 18, 2018, which was 16 days after Khashoggi, a Saudi who had US residency status and lived in Virginia, was murdered and dismembered inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. The second time after the killing was on February 18 of this year, Kaine said.
US intelligence agents have said they believe Crown Prince Mohammed bin ...

Trump approved Saudi nuclear transfers after Khashoggi killing: senator

Chinese President Xi Jinping headed for Russia Wednesday to mark a new era of friendship and reinforce economic ties that had benefitted from Moscow's isolation from the West.
Due to arrive in the early afternoon, Xi will be received with full honours.  He will have talks in the Kremlin with President Vladimir Putin before attending a formal reception and in the evening he will attend a night out at the Bolshoi theatre.
The visit comes five years after Moscow's annexation of Crimea in 2014 led to a serious rift with its Western partners and subsequent turn toward its neighbour to the east.
From Moscow, Xi will travel to Russia's former imperial capital Saint Petersburg to attend the Economic Forum hosted by Putin on Thursday and Friday.
China and Russia "have strong political mutual trust and support each other firmly on issues concerning each other's core interests and major concerns," Xi said during an interview with Russian media ahead of the visit, according to a transcript ...

Xi Jinping in Russia to usher 'new era' of friendship

England's long wait for a first international trophy since 1966 could be just days away at the Nations League finals in Portugal, but Ronald Koeman's resurgent Netherlands present a hazardous hurdle for the Three Lions in Thursday's semi-final in Guimaraes.
A run to the semi-finals of last year's World Cup and memorable victories over Spain and Croatia to make the last four of another tournament within 12 months have raised expectations that Gareth Southgate in coaching the generation to finally end England's wait for glory.
By contrast, the Dutch have had a lean few years after failing to make it to Russia last year or qualify for Euro 2016.
Even though the Dutch lost a thrilling opening Euro 2000 qualifier 3-2 to Germany in March there are no fears they will miss out for a third consecutive major tournament.
The side captained by the imperious Virgil van Dijk is also blessed with the core of an Ajax side that were seconds away from facing Van Dijk's Liverpool in the Champions League 

Resurgent Dutch threaten to keep England waiting for a tournament triumph

Australian police raided the headquarters of public broadcaster ABC on Wednesday, the second high-profile probe into news outlets in 24 hours, amid a crackdown on sensitive leaks.
ABC executives said police searched the corporation's offices in Sydney, targeting three journalists involved in a two-year-old investigative report.
In 2017, ABC obtained government documents that showed Australian special forces had killed innocent men and children in Afghanistan.
The Australian Federal Police said the search was "in relation to allegations of publishing classified material, contrary to provisions of the Crimes Act 1914." ABC executive editor John Lyons said the search warrant demands access to reporters' handwritten notes, emails, story drafts, footage and passwords, among other things.
"It is highly unusual for the national broadcaster to be raided in this way," said managing director David Anderson, as the organisation tried to win legal redress.
A day earlier police raided a ...

Australian police raid public broadcaster amid media crackdown

The leader of La Luz Del Mundo, an international religious organization based in Mexico, has been arrested in California on charges of human trafficking, child rape and other felonies, authorities said Tuesday.
Naason Joaquin Garcia, who heads the organization that claims one million followers worldwide, and three co-defendants allegedly committed 26 felonies in southern California between 2015 and 2018.
Garcia and his co-defendants, all of them women affiliated with La Luz Del Mundo (The Light of the World), are accused of coercing minor girls into performing sexual acts by telling them that if they went against the wishes of "the Apostle," as Garcia was called, they would be going against God.
"Crimes like those alleged in this complaint have no place in our society. Period," California's Attorney General Xavier Becerra said in a statement. "We must not turn a blind eye to sexual violence and trafficking in our state."
According to the 19-page charge sheet, the minors, who were ...

Leader of religious group based in Mexico charged with sex crimes

Under pressure after a deadly season on traffic-clogged Mount Everest, Nepal is considering tightening access to the world's highest peak, but mountaineering experts fear the proposed changes could amount to little more than lip service.
Eleven people died during the climbing season that ended this week, as record numbers lined the route to the summit. Although overcrowding was blamed for at least four deaths, many say inexperience is a bigger killer.
"People who know nothing of climbing, never been on a mountain, came and tried to climb Everest," Chilean mountaineer Juan Pablo Mohr told AFP after returning to Kathmandu.
"A lot of people didn't know how to put (on) crampons or (use) the fixed ropes," he said, adding they relied on an army of sherpas or Nepali guides to help them accomplish such basic tasks.
For years, Kathmandu has issued permits to anyone willing to pay $11,000, regardless of whether they are rookie climbers or skilled mountaineers.  But after a devastating spring ...

Nepal looks to limit Everest access after deaths, but doubts linger

Thailand's new lawmakers are set to vote for a prime minister Wednesday, with junta chief Prayut Chan-O-Cha in pole position to sweep away the challenge of a charismatic billionaire leading the anti-military bloc.
Prayut, who seized power in 2014, is all but assured of completing his transformation from junta head to civilian leader with the support of 250 hand-picked senators.
But he faces competition from Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, leader of the Future Forward Party, which scooped up millions of votes in a March poll mainly from the kingdom's millennials.
In an unexpected move late Tuesday, Thanthorn was announced as the sole prime ministerial candidate of the anti-junta coalition, despite being enmeshed in legal woes that could see him banned from politics and jailed.
Thailand remains bitterly divided after 13 years defined by coups, violent street protests and short-lived civilian governments.
At root is a rivalry between an arch-royalist conservative establishment -- ...

Thai junta chief in pole position as PM vote looms

Justin Langer has hailed the West Indies' "Calypso cricket", admitting they were his heroes when he was growing up as he prepares Australia to face their current battery of fast bowlers.
The two teams, who have won seven out of the 11 World Cups so far between them, meet at Trent Bridge on Thursday after both cruised to comfortable opening victories.
Head coach Langer said defending champions Australia would need to adjust their mindset to take on the West Indies quicks and other fast bowlers at the tournament in England and Wales.
"We've probably spent four months thinking and playing against spin bowling," he said on Tuesday.
"We have to adapt to West Indies no doubt, who have got a number of good, fast bowlers. South Africa will be same. England will be the same. Have to adapt our game plan and adapt pretty quickly.
"Obviously a very dangerous team the way they bat and aggressive bowling, but they've got weaknesses as well and we're playing pretty good cricket."
West Indies, who ...

Langer prepares Australia for West Indies World Cup pace test

Bangladesh coach Steve Rhodes spoke of his respect for the way his players handled themselves after the Christchurch mosque attacks earlier this year.
The team narrowly escaped the attacks that killed 51 people in New Zealand in March during their tour of the country.
Rhodes is preparing his side to face New Zealand at the Oval on Wednesday after they beat South Africa in their opening World Cup match.
"I have got so much respect for the players, the way that they have handled themselves after that event, the way that they have got themselves through it all," he said at his pre-match press conference.
"They are just celebrating Eid now, the end of Ramadan. That's been tough for many of the boys.
"The experience they went through, they went through together on that coach, and I think it somehow gelled them and I think that they have actually got solace from each other."
"There's a lot of smiley faces at the moment, and going back to that day in Christchurch, I was thinking, how do we ..

Christchurch attacks 'gelled' Bangladesh, says Rhodes

Veteran golf coach Hank Haney hit back at criticism from Tiger Woods following his own remarks about women's golf which triggered uproar.
Haney was suspended from his SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio show last week after comments about the US Women's Open field which were branded "racist and sexist" by golf star Michelle Wie.
Several women's players joined the condemnation of Haney's remarks, while Woods, a former student of Haney's, also backed his suspension, saying the instructor had "got what he deserved." "Just can't look at life like that," Woods told reporters.
In a post on Twitter on Tuesday, however, Haney responded angrily to the criticism from his former student.
"Amazing how @tigerwoods has become the moral authority on issues pertaining to women," Haney wrote.
"I spent 6 great years coaching Tiger, and not one time did he ever hear me utter one sexist or racist word," he continued, before alluding to the former world number one's 2009 sex scandal.
"Now, in addition to being a ...

Haney slams Woods over women's golf furore

Jason Holder's West Indies are reviving memories of their World Cup glory days with a pace attack that has the ability to strike fear into opposition batsmen.
The two-time champions opened their campaign at the tournament in England and Wales by skittling out Pakistan for just 105 at Trent Bridge as their quicks made good use of the bouncer.
Oshane Thomas led the way with four for 27, while Andre Russell, Sheldon Cottrell and captain Holder provided good support as the West Indies cruised to a seven-wicket win.
When West Indies beat Australia in the inaugural 1975 World Cup final at Lord's, their side included a four-man pace battery.
And when they defeated England four years later in another Lord's final to retain their title, the West Indies did so with the original "fearsome foursome" of Andy Roberts, Michael Holding, Colin Croft and Joel Garner.
Nobody is suggesting the current line-up is yet in that class but the fact they bowled Pakistan out cheaply without Kemar Roach and ...

West Indies quicks rekindle memories of World Cup glory

The IAAF said Tuesday it will fight a Swiss court decision to suspend its rules obliging athletes, including double Olympic champion Caster Semenya, to lower their testosterone levels in order to compete in certain events.
Switzerland's highest court on Monday temporarily suspended the IAAF rules following an appeal by Semenya, the South African who won the women's 800 metres at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics.
The athlete was contesting a decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport which previously found that the rules were "discriminatory" but "necessary" to ensure fairness in women's athletics.
"The IAAF will continue to fight for equal rights and opportunities for all women and girls in our sport today and in the future," the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) said in a statement, adding that it was committed to the "full participation of women" in athletics.
It said it would "seek a swift reversion of the super-provisional order moving forwards".
The IAAF and 

Semenya: IAAF to fight Swiss court testosterone ruling

Australia Test opener Joe Burns has been diagnosed with fatigue and burn-out stemming from a viral infection last year, throwing his chances of playing in this year's Ashes into serious doubt.
The 29-year-old, who scored a career-best 180 during Australia's last Test in February against Sri Lanka at Canberra,  called time on his stint with English county side Lancashire last month for "personal reasons".
Queensland Cricket said in a statement he was dealing with "a protracted post-infectious fatigue disorder dating back to an October 2018 viral infection".
Burns, who has played 16 Tests and was a contender to open with David Warner against England in the five-match series, is recuperating.
"A definite prognosis for recovery is unavailable at present; however it is anticipated he will be fully available for cricket in the near future," added the statement.
Whether he recovers in time for the first Test at Edgbaston on August 1 remains to be seen, but his problems could open to door for 

Ashes doubt for fatigued Australia Test opener Burns

Anthony Joshua will attempt to reclaim his heavyweight titles from Andy Ruiz Jr. before the end of year after activating a rematch clause in his contract, promoter Eddie Hearn said.
In a brief post on Twitter, Hearn said Joshua had opted for an immediate rematch against Ruiz Jr, who shocked the boxing world with a seventh-round knockout of the British fighter on Saturday.
"After meetings with AJ, (trainer) Rob (McCracken) and the management team in NY, we have today triggered the contracted rematch clause with Andy Ruiz Jnr," Hearn wrote.
"The fight will take place in Nov/Dec at a venue to be confirmed shortly."
Ruiz Jr. pulled off one of the biggest upsets in the history of the heavyweight division at Madison Square Garden on Saturday with his sensational stoppage of Joshua, the previously unbeaten WBA, IBF, and WBO heavyweight champion.
The 29-year-old Ruiz started the fight as a massive 32-1 underdog but floored Joshua four times on his way to a win which upended the heavyweight ...

Joshua to face Ruiz rematch before end of year: Hearn

The Democrat-dominated House of Representatives approved a bill Tuesday that would create a path to citizenship for hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants, but it faces dubious Senate chances.
The White House has warned President Donald Trump would veto the legislation if it reaches his desk as is, and the Republicans who control the Senate are unlikely to pass the measure.
The bill, which would grant permanent protection to so-called "Dreamers" -- people brought into the United States illegally as children -- was passed by a vote of 237 to 187.
It would also set up a path for them to gain outright citizenship, together with individuals covered by so-called Temporary Protected Status (TPS). This is for people who fled their countries because of armed conflict or natural disaster.
Many of the Dreamers are now protected under the DACA program instituted by former president Barack Obama.
"We have the opportunity to be part of history, to be on the right side of history, but ...

House votes to help 'dreamer' immigrants in US

Jailed Australian Cardinal George Pell arrived in court under heavy police guard Wednesday, beginning an appeal against his conviction for child sex abuse.
Pell, 77, was found guilty in December on five counts of assaulting two choirboys in Melbourne's St Patrick's Cathedral in 1996 and 1997.
The Vatican's former number three -- who managed the church's vast finances and helped elect two popes -- was sentenced in March to six years in prison.
During proceedings he sat -- flanked by police officers -- with his hands interlaced or taking notes with pen and paper.
His lawyers say his conviction was unreasonably based on the testimony of a single surviving victim and that the judge unfairly disallowed defence evidence.
Pell's second victim died of a drug overdose in 2014 and never disclosed the abuse.
In court documents, Pell's lawyers claimed "a catalogue of at least 13 solid obstacles in the path of a conviction".
Pell wore his clerical collar and a black coat for the appeal, which is ..

Cardinal Pell launches appeal against child sex conviction

The Trump administration clamped down on US tourist visits to Cuba Tuesday, aiming to cut the flow of dollars to a country that Washington accuses of helping prop up Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
The Treasury Department banned group educational travel and cruise ship and private yacht visits by Americans, taking aim at the most common ways US tourists and Cuban-Americans visit the Caribbean island.
The move could constitute a heavy hit on Cuba, which saw more than a quarter-million US visitors in the first four months of 2019, almost double the figure from a year earlier.
"The United States holds the Cuban regime accountable for its repression of the Cuban people, its interference in Venezuela, and its direct role in the man-made crisis led by Nicolas Maduro," the State Department said in a statement.
"Empowered by Cuba, he has created a humanitarian disaster that destabilizes the region." White House National Security Advisor John Bolton said the aim was to end what the ...

US moves to bar American tourists from visiting Cuba

The number of homeless people in Los Angeles County jumped 12 percent over the past year, with nearly 59,000 people living in shelters, vehicles or on the streets, officials said Tuesday.
Despite tens of thousands of people being moved off the streets and into permanent housing in the last year, California's most-populous county was just unable to keep up with the constant rise in the number of people falling into homelessness.
"We have the largest unsheltered population in the nation and one of the largest homeless counts across America," Peter Lynn, executive director of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, said while presenting an annual report on the crisis.
"Only New York has more people experiencing homelessness on any given night." The increase in the number of homeless is largely due to a lack of affordable housing and rising rental prices, officials said.
Lynn said the city of Los Angeles saw the steepest rise, with more than 36,000 people counted as homeless, an ...

Homelessness jumps 12 percent in LA over past year: report

Train passengers were stuck for six hours in a tunnel outside Paris on Tuesday after their high-speed service suffered a power cut just minutes after departure, leaving them in sweltering heat, without electricity or working toilets.
The train bound for Barcelona became trapped in the tunnel in the Yerres area outside Paris. French rail operator SNCF said the power failure lasted only 10 or 15 minutes but the train was unable to restart because of its position.
A new train was sent in to shunt the stalled carriages along, but without success.
Passengers were relocated through the tunnel to the working train in front accompanied by SNCF staff, firefighters and police, according to an AFP journalist, who said two passengers were looked after by emergency workers.
One tourist, 68-year-old Australian Heather Manton, expressed concern over her reservations in Barcelona and described the experience as "horrible".
The passengers were finally on the move by late afternoon.

AFP

AFP

Page 568 - Afp