Despite giving up 35 pounds (16 kg), six inches (15.2 cm) and 18-years, Mayweather provided Paul with a boxing lesson but could not deliver the knockout many had expected to see. Instead Paul showed he could take a punch-absorbing punishment, particularly in the middle rounds, as the 44-year-old Mayweather went on the attack. Mayweather later admitted that he had underestimated, Paul whose only other fight was a loss to another YouTube personality. Paul will also make a nice payday and no doubt have delighted his 20 million plus YouTube followers in the process. “The fact I am in here with one of the greatest boxers of all-time proves that the odds can be beaten.

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Wesley scored a first-half double as Palmeiras condemned newly promoted Chapecoense to their second successive defeat in Brazil’s Serie A on Sunday. Wesley scored in the seventh and 42nd minutes, the second a superb solo effort, either side of a header from Luiz Adriano. Busanello scored a free kick for Chapecoense 10 minutes into the second half but they could not mount an effective comeback. The result leaves Chapecoense bottom of the 20-team Serie A after two games, while Palmeiras moved into seventh with three points.

(Reuters) - Spain captain Sergio Busquets has tested positive for COVID-19, the national team announced on Sunday eight days before their first match at Euro 2020. The positive test has thrown their tournament preparations into chaos with the team forced to pull out of Tuesday's warm-up friendly against Lithuania. The Spanish football federation said in a statement on the national team's website that 32-year-old Barcelona midfielder Busquets had tested positive on Sunday and had left the camp. The rest of the squad had tested negative but Busquets and his contacts would remain isolated. Spain begin their Euro 2020 campaign against Sweden in Seville on June 14 before playing Group E fixtures against Poland on June 19 and Slovakia four days later.

CAIRO – 6 June 2021: Egypt condemned Sunday the missile attack launched by Houthis against Marib Airport in Yemen killing 17 civilians, including a five-year-old girl, when a ballistic missile they fired hit a gas station near the airport on Saturday. In April, Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shokry received UN Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths in Cairo to discuss means of achieving a comprehensive sustainable political solution in the fellow Arab state. In March, two Egyptian military jets landed in Saudi Arabia for it to deliver consignments of aid and baby formula to Yemen. Egypt has been continuously slamming Houthi violence against Yemen and Saudi Arabia, expressing support to the Yemeni people.

CAIRO – 6 June 2021: Egypt extended condolences Saturday to Burkina Faso over the death 132 civilians in a militant attack launched against a village in the northeastern part of the country infested with jihadists. The government of Burkina Faso stated that the assailants also set homes and a market on fire, and that the number of the wounded amounts to 40, as reported by Reuters. Terrorists affiliated to Al Qaeda and the Islamic State stepped up attacks in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger since the beginning of the year. The damage endured by Burkina Faso alone because of terror attacks over the past two years is the displacement of 1.14 million citizens. During that period, also a very large attack took place in March whereas a chain of raids against several villages in Niger was carried out.

During a session by the House of Representatives under counselor Hanafi el Gebali to debate a bill presented by the government to issue a sovereign Sukuk law, the minister said the government is studying such experiment to apply it in Egypt and issue sustainable development bonds. He said that Egypt has an international certificate on its experiment on issuing green bonds aimed at preserving the environment and serving its projects. Maait said the aim of issuing Sukuks is to finance the state general budget, as well as investment and development projects included in the budget. He pointed out that issuing such kinds of bonds aims at attracting new Egyptian and foreign investors who favor transactions compatible to Islamic Shariaa (Law).

Chief of the Cypriot National Guard Demokritos Zervakis (r) in meeting with Minister of Defense Mohamed Zaki (middle) and Chief of Staff Mohamed Farid in Cairo on June 6, 2021. Press PhotoCAIRO – 6 June 2021: Chief of the Cypriot National Guard Demokritos Zervakis held Sunday a visit to Egypt where he met with Minister of Defense and Military Production Mohamed Zaki and Chief of Staff Mohamed Farid. The meeting of Zervakis and Zaki tackled the impact of current international and regional developments on the security and stability of the Middle East. They also discussed military ties and bilateral cooperation. Further, Zervakis and Farid conferred over matters of mutual interest.

Sudanese Foreign Minister Mariam al-Sadiq expressed her hope that the US would exert enough political and diplomatic pressure on Ethiopia to finally break the stalemate on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) negotiations. She added that Sudan responded to the African Union’s initiative to emphasize its desire for African solutions to African issues. Sudan is looking forward to reaching a binding legal agreement on filling and operating before the second filling of GERD, she said. Egypt and Sudan say they want a legally binding agreement on filling and operating the GERD, while Ethiopia is trying to evade a binding agreement. The construction of the dam, which began in 2011, is considered to be one of Egypt’s most serious water issues.

Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark Pope Tawadros II on Sunday said that the Deir al-Sultan Monastery is Egyptian land inside Jerusalem, resolving controversy over the monastery’s ownership. Pope Tawadros II touched on the history of the Egyptian-Coptic relationship with Jerusalem, stating that it began in the fourth century AD since they attended the inauguration of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. He stressed that they have a place in the church there like other ancient Christian denominations in Jerusalem. Ethiopian monks in April set up a tent in the courtyard of the monastery to celebrate the Resurrection Day and put the Ethiopian flag on the tent, angering Egyptian monks in the monastery. The Egyptian monks removed the tent, causing their Ethiopian counterparts to object and attack the monks.

A woman in Sharqiya murdered her three-month-old baby on Saturday, after striking him in the head with the TV remote. Police arrested the woman, 26, who confessed during investigations that she hit the child several times in the forehead to silence him after she fell while washing clothes in the apartment, and left home after his death. The child’s father, 44, filed a complaint to the police after he returned home and found that his child was injured with several bruises on the head and his wife absent.

The Egyptian Naval Forces and their French counterparts carried out a joint transit naval training within the Northern Fleet in the Mediterranean Sea as a continuation of joint exercises of the Egyptian Navy with friendly countries. The Egyptian stealth frigate “Sagem Port Said” and the French stealth frigate “La Fayette” participated in the drill, which included the implementation of an air defense exercise and tactical exercises for the use of armed forces with naval units, in addition to electronic warfare exercises. Both parties carried out a surface artillery firing exercise, in addition to training on maritime security operations to detect surface and air threats. The Sagem Port Said is equipped with the latest combat and technological systems, and recently joined the Egyptian Navy after being manufactured locally at the Alexandria Arsenal Company. These joint exercises aim to stress the readiness of the naval units and their crews, while keeping pace with major global naval forces.

The Egyptian cabinet’s media center on Sunday denied online reports of an emergence of the H10 bird flu virus in Egypt. The center contacted the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, which confirmed that no cases of avian flu have been detected. These include a comprehensive periodic examination of birds and taking samples for analysis in the Animal Health Research Laboratory. The World Organization for Animal Health officially included Egypt in the list of countries that have adopted facilities free of bird flu disease. More than 30 facilities have been certified as influenza-free facilities for the first time in Egypt, the ministry said, while the Avian Influenza Laboratory at the Animal Health Institute has been accredited by the World Organization for Animal Health as a reference laboratory for the World Organization for Animal Health.

Rich countries have so far donated 150 million doses through the COVAX program to provide vaccines to poor countries. Egypt is currently using China’s Sinopharm vaccine and the UK’s AstraOxford vaccine. The Ministry of Health announced that it will soon begin producing Russia’s Sputnik V and China’s Sinovac vaccines at Vacsera. The total number of COVID-19-related deaths has now reached 15,309 nationwide, after the ministry announced 41 deaths. And 799 patients were discharged from quarantine at isolation hospitals, raising Egypt’s total number of fully-recovered cases to 195,871.

Egypt’s Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Abdel-Aty on Saturday met with conservative representatives, members of the House of Representatives and Senate and the Coordination of Youth Parties and Politicians to discuss issues related to Egypt’s water situation including the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and the state’s efforts to rationalize water usage. Abdel-Aty went over the current situation regarding GERD negotiations, emphasizing Egypt’s firm desire to finalize them and while stressing its water rights. The total water needs in Egypt reach 114 billion cubic meters annually, he said, with this gap compensated by reusing agricultural wastewater and surface groundwater alongside importing food products. Egypt is preparing a strategy for water resources until 2050 at a cost of LE900 billion through a national plan for water resources that include rationalizing water use, improving its quality, providing additional water sources, and creating a climate for optimal water management. The construction of the GERD, which began in 2011, is considered to be one of Egypt’s most serious water issues.

Egyptian equipment and technical crews on Saturday began removing rubble in the Gaza Strip, beginning the process of reconstruction following clashes with Israeli forces. The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Public Work and Housing in the Gaza Strip Naji Sarhan said that the Egyptian vehicles that entered Gaza through the Rafah crossing are working according to a well-thought and pre-prepared plan to obtain the maximum benefit from their presence. Palestinian news agency Sama News quoted Nofal as saying that Egypt’s presence will facilitate the reconstruction process due to its relations with the region and its possession of the necessary technical tools. “Gaza is ready to start reconstruction, and we have begun to remove the damage and shelter the displaced, then the reconstruction process will begin,” he added. Dozens of bulldozers, cranes and trucks carrying Egyptian flags entered Gaza through the Rafah crossing, accompanied by Egyptian technical crews on Saturday while Palestinians lined up on the border from Gaza at the Rafah crossing to receive the convoy.