SANDWICH: With a clear blue sky above, the lightest of breezes and fairways still playing relatively soft, the Royal St George’s course looked vuln­erable when Scot­land’s Robert Mac­intyre fired six birdies in his third-round 65 on Saturday. His five-under round rocketed him up the British Open leaderboard, and with 10 other players in the early groups going sub-par, a day …

COLOMBO: Twenty-four hours before Sri Lanka start their One-day International series against India on Sunday, the beleaguered home side still did not know who their wicket-keeper would be, new captain Dasun Shanaka said. With a multitude of disciplinary, injury and coronavirus (Covid-19) problems, Shanaka was also putting on a brave face over throwing five players with no international experience into …

Tesla Inc said on Saturday it has introduced an option for some customers to subscribe to its advanced driver assistance software, dubbed “Full Self-Driving capability”, for $199 per month, instead of paying $10,000 upfront. Tesla has previously said its subscription service would generate recurring revenue and expand the customer base for pricy features including lane changing on highways and parking …

WhatsApp is testing a new feature that will let people message without using their phone for the first time as it announced to roll out a limited public beta test for its updated multi-device capability. The announcement made by the Facebook-owned app said that people have been asking them to create a true multi-device experience that allows people to use …

SILVERSTONE: World championship leader Max Verstappen won Formula One’s inaugural sprint race on Saturday to take pole position for the British Grand Prix. The Red Bull driver finished the 100km dash ahead of defending world champion Lewis Hamilton with Valtteri Bottas in the second Mercedes in third place. Verstappen went into the weekend with a 32-point lead over seven-time champion …

LEEDS: Liam Livingstone could yet force his way into England’s first-choice XI at this year’s Twenty20 World Cup after his stunning century against Pakistan, stand-in head coach Paul Collingwood said on Saturday. Livingstone hit England’s quickest T20 hundred, off just 42 balls, including nine sixes, in a 31-run defeat by Pakistan at Trent Bridge in Nottingham on Friday. His previous …

TOKYO: International Olympic Committee (IOC) chief Thomas Bach on Saturday urged the Japanese people to get behind the Tokyo Olympics as the first coronavirus case hit the Games Village, prompting fresh jitters about the health risks posed by the giant event. Bach, who has faced scattered protests since arriving in Japan, appealed to the public to throw their support behind …

KARACHI: Formal credit to private sector in Pakistan has declined to one of the lowest among the emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs), said a special report of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) issued on Friday. “Formal credit to the private sector in Pakistan has declined both in absolute and relative terms over the past few decades, and is …

KARACHI: The gross refining margin of Byco Petroleum — a vertically integrated energy firm with its own floating jetty, refinery and oil marketing arm — is expected to double from $3 per barrel to $6 once it completes the ongoing upgrade process by 2025, according to company chairman Mohammad Wasi Khan. Speaking to a group of journalists at the company …