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  • Afghanistan win Asian Open Taekwondo, Pak takes silver | The Express Tribune

    Afghanistan win Asian Open Taekwondo, Pak takes silver | The Express Tribune



    ISLAMABAD:

    Afghanistan won the fifth COMBAXX Asian Open Taekwondo Championship by winning two gold and two silver medals. Pakistan came second with two gold, one silver and seven bronze medals while the Kazakhstan team came third with one gold and four silver medals.

    In the women’s event of the championship, Kazakhstan came first with four gold, one silver and three bronze medals, Great Britain came second with one gold and two silver medals whereas Iran came third with one gold and one silver medal.

    In the prize distribution ceremony of the championship, the distinguished guests were the President of the Asian Taekwondo Union Prof. Kyu Seok Lee, Squash legend Jahangir Khan, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Pakistan Yerzhan Kistafin, Ambassador of Nepal Tapas Adhikaw, President of Pakistan Taekwondo Federation Colonel (retd) Waseem Janjua, Technical Delegate of the Championship Kook Hyun Jung, and CEO Umar Saeed distributed the prizes.

    Earlier, On the last day of the championship’s kyorugi event, four different weight category competitions were held.

    In the men’s competitions of 58kg final, Kazakhstan’s Zhavokhirkhon Islamov performed brilliantly and won the gold medal by defeating Lev Korneev of Serbia 2-1 in an interesting match.

    Muhammad Nadhim of Iraq won the bronze medal while Samikhon of Kazakhstan won the fourth bronze.

    In the men’s -80kg category finals, Korea’s Geon-Woo Seo won 2-0 against Serbia’s Rustam Odinaev to win gold, while Iraq’s Saif Taher Habeeb won the bronze, while Pakistan’s Mazhar Abbas won the fourth.

    In the women’s 62 kg category final, Serbia’s Nadja Savkpvic won gold with a 2-1 victory over Pakistan’s Zoya Sabir, however, Pakistan’s Sara Rehman and Hajra Shakeel took bronze and fourth respectively.

    In the women’s +73 category final, Kazakhstan’s Cansel Deniz won 2-0 against Pakistan’s Manisha Ali. Pakistan’s Hina Khan grabbed bronze whereas Nuzrat Mumtaz took the fourth bronze medal.





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  • 32 killed in Kazakhstan mine fire – SUCH TV

    32 killed in Kazakhstan mine fire – SUCH TV



    Kaza­khs­tan said on Saturday 32 people died in a fire at an ArcelorMittal mine, with over a dozen still missing in the worst such disaster in years, prompting the nationalisation of the company’s local affiliate.

    President Kassym-Jom­art Tokayev ordered his government to take control of the Kazakh branch of the company after the fire which followed a methane explosion at the Kostenko mine in the central Karaganda region.

    The emergency situations ministry stated the bodies of 32 people had been found and added “the search for 14 miners is continuing.” The ministry added there was “very little chance of finding alive” those still missing. More than 250 people were working onsite at the time of the explosion.

    At the scene, emergency workers comforted dozens of people, some with their heads in their hands as they waited anxiously for news of those who had been working below the surface.

    “My father Moukat has worked at this mine for 40 years. He’s been hurt and has had surgery. They’ve promised us he will recover,” Anouar Vralin, his son, said.

    ArcelorMittal, led by Indian businessman Lakshmi Mittal, has a history of deadly disasters in Kazakhstan and is regularly accused of failing to respect safety and environmental regulations.

    The fire was one of the deadliest in Kazakhstan’s post-Soviet history and came just two months after five miners were killed in a blast at a site owned by the company.

    “This is a tragedy,” Tokayev said as he met with families of the victims. He called for a day of national mourning on Sunday.



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  • IndiGo Airline On Massive International Expansion Spree; Launches Flights To Africa, Central Asia

    IndiGo Airline On Massive International Expansion Spree; Launches Flights To Africa, Central Asia


    India’s largest airline, IndiGo is on a massive international expansion spree as the air carrier announced direct flights to Kenya, Indonesia and Georgia in a past couple of days. With the recent announcement of direct flights to Tbilisi, Georgia, IndiGo Airline is now connected to 29 international destinations and 107th overall destination. The budget air carrier earlier announced to start direct flights to six new destinations in Africa and Central Asia, including to Nairobi, Tbilisi and Tashkent, this year. Once these routes are operational, the budget airline will be connecting a total of 32 international destinations compared to 26 before the announcement was made.

    The rapid expansion plan will also make Indigo the second biggest Indian airline to operate on international routes, just behind Air India, route wise. However, passenger capacity wise, IndiGo Airline is now the largest Indian airline operating international flights. In the domestic market, the airline is still the biggest air carrier by a distant margin, with a 55 percent market share.   

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    The airline is embarking on a “massive” international expansion plan as the air carrier has now announced to connect Nairobi in Kenya, Jakarta in Indonesia and Tbilisi in Georgia, with direct flights from Delhi/ Mumbai. Later, IndiGo will also add flights from Delhi to Azerbaijan, Uzebkistan, Kazakhstan and restart flight to Hong Kong. “Delhi will get connected in August to Tbilisi, Georgia & Baku, Azerbaijan and in September to Tashkent, Uzbekistan, and Almaty, Kazakhstan,” IndiGo said in a release.

    Codeshare With Turkish Airlines

    IndiGo is strengthening its connectivity to Europe through the codeshare connections with Turkish Airlines. Currently, it offers connectivity to 33 destinations in Europe via Istanbul. “As part of the codeshare partnership with Turkish Airlines, IndiGo will soon be offering connectivity to North America, closing final regulatory approvals,” said IndiGo. The airline entered codeshare with Turkish Airline to start flights to Istanbul, Turkey.

    Later, they enhanced the partnership to deploy the first wide body plane on the route, a wet-leased Boeing 777. While initially the airline deployed the plane painted in the Turkish Airline livery, it was later painted to IndiGo’s blue and white livery, making the brand only the third airline in India to operate a wide body plane after Air India and Vistara and only the second airline to operate a B777.

    International Expansion Plan

    The expansion also comes at a time when there is a rising demand for international travel from, to and via India, as well as the government’s efforts to develop an international aviation hub in the country. IndiGo said it will be adding an “impressive 174 new weekly international flights between June and September 2023, including new destinations, routes, and frequencies”.

    “The addition of these exciting new destinations, new direct flight routes, enhanced flight frequencies, and strategic codeshare partnerships, will help us expand our footprint across four continents with Africa and Central Asia being penetrated for the first time. With this expansion in our network, we will now be directly touching 32 international destinations (up from 26), next to our 78 domestic destinations,” IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers said.





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  • Novak Djokovic defeats Stefanos Tsitsipas in Astana Open final to win his 90th career ATP title | CNN

    Novak Djokovic defeats Stefanos Tsitsipas in Astana Open final to win his 90th career ATP title | CNN





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    Novak Djokovic claimed his 90th career ATP Tour title by cruising past Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final of the Astana Open in Kazakhstan.

    The Serb needed just 76 minutes to win 6-3 6-4 and cement his place at November’s season-ending ATP Finals in Turin, Italy.

    Victory at the Astana Open was Djokovic’s second consecutive title, after having won the Tel Aviv Open in Israel the previous week.

    The back-to-back triumphs are an impressive return to the Tour for Djokovic, who missed almost three months and the entire North American hard-court swing, including the US Open, due to his unvaccinated status.

    The 21-time grand slam champion is fifth all-time in Tour titles won, behind Jimmy Connors, Roger Federer, Ivan Lendl and Rafael Nadal.

    Despite dropping to seventh in the world rankings after his absence from tournaments in North America, Djokovic will no doubt go into the prestigious ATP Finals as favorite.

    “I’m just very grateful and blessed to be able to play this well at this stage of my life,” Djokovic told the ATP after the match.

    “You know, 35 is not the same as 25, but I think the experience probably in these kinds of big matches and big occasions helps as well to approach mentally in the right way.”



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