PARIS: Teenagers Quentin Ndjantou and Ibrahim Mbaye starred as Paris Saint-Germain returned to the top of Ligue 1 with a hard-fought 3-2 win at rock-bottom Metz on Saturday. Ndjantou scored his first goal for the club while Mbaye managed two assists, with Portuguese forward Goncalo Ramos and substitute Desire Doue adding the other goals for PSG. “Ndjantou is the surprise …

LONDON: Mohamed Salah set up a goal in Liverpool’s 2-0 win against Brighton on Saturday as he returned to action after an explosive outburst cast doubt over his future at the Premier League champions. The Egypt forward, the subject of intense scrutiny in the build-up to the game at Anfield, came off the substitutes’ bench to huge cheers in the …

SYDNEY: Gunmen killed at least 16 people and wounded at least 40 others on Sunday after opening fire at a gathering celebrating the Jewish festival of Hanukkah on Sydney’s Bondi Beach, in what Australian police described as a “terrorist” attack. The shooting took place during the annual ‘Hanukkah by the Sea’ event, which police said was attended by more than …

TEHRAN: A senior adviser to Iran’s supreme leader said Sunday that the country would “resolutely support” Hezbollah, its ally in Lebanon, in the group’s efforts to confront Tehran’s regional foe Israel. The remarks by Ali Akbar Velayati came as Lebanon faces pressure from the United States and Israel to disarm Hezbollah, which engaged in more than a year of hostilities …

The Pakistan Navy has successfully conducted a live weapon firing of FM-90 (N) ER Surface-to-Air Missile in the North Arabian Sea. According to government sources, during the firepower demonstration the Pakistan Navy ship successfully engaged manoeuvrable aerial targets, reaffirming the Navy’s war-fighting potential and combat capability. Commander of the Pakistan Fleet, Rear Admiral Abdul Munib, witnessed the LWF at sea …