Tag: Peru

The nation has set up specialised sites to identify cases and a laboratory where test results are available within 24 hours, he said.

Chennai: Indian open and women’s team on Thursday won their matches against the Netherlands and Peru, respectively, in the 10th round of the 43rd World Chess Olympiad at Georgia. Both Indian teams won the round with identical 3-1 score. Playing with black pieces, India’s P. Harikrishna drew with Anish Giri in a 60-move game. The […]

Yekaterinburg (Russia): Kylian Mbappe became France’s youngest goal-scorer in FIFA World Cup history as they beat Peru 1-0 in a Group C match here on Thursday to enter the pre-quarterfinals. Mbappe’s 34th-minute strike from close range was the lone goal scored in the match at the Ekaterinburg Arena as Peru’s hopes to reach the second […]

Saransk: Denmark defeated Peru 1-0 in a Group C match of the FIFA World Cup at the Mordovia Arena here on Saturday. Yussuf Poulsen scored the winner for Denmark in the 59th minute off an pass from Christian Eriksen. Christian Cueva missed a penalty for Peru just before half-time. This is Peru’s first World Cup […]

London: Archaeologists have discovered a 1,000-year-old mummy, completely intact and in well-preserved condition, in what is thought to be a late 15th century Inca pilgrimage site in Peru. “The deceased is still wrapped in the enormous funeral bundle that served as a coffin,” said Peter Eeckhout, Professor at the Universite libre de Bruxelles in Belgium. […]

Buenos Aires: Argentina chief coach Jorge Sampaoli has called up Atalanta forward Alejandro ‘Papu’ Gomez for pivotal 2018 football World Cup qualifiers against Peru and Ecuador. But there was still no place in the squad for Juventus striker Gonzalo Higuain as Sampaoli kept faith in Inter Milan forward Mauro Icardo. Gomez, who was named in […]

Lima: A 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit the Peruvian Andes on Tuesday but no damages were reported. The quake’s epicenter was recorded at 45 km southwest of the municipality of Atico, in the region of Arequipa, reports Efe news. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 28 km and was felt with strong intensity in Atico, and […]