00:00Good day, welcome to the Golf News update for Thursday, June 12. Here are the top stories
00:09at this hour.
00:11Tropical cyclone Anark has developed in the Arabian Sea and is expected to hit the Omani
00:15coast in the next three days, sending some mild effects up to the UAE. According to the
00:19UAE Met Office, the storm is expected to make landfall in Oman between Ras Al-Had and Ras
00:24Madrak on June 15.
00:26FIFA World Cup, arguably the world's greatest sporting spectacle, is set for kick-off in
00:30a few hours from now. Five-time champions and host Brazil take on Croatia in the opening
00:35game at Arena de Sao Paulo tonight. The match kicks off at midnight UAE time and you can
00:40get live updates at golfnews.com.
00:43Meanwhile, Placido Domingo will seem before a World Cup final for the sixth time, performing
00:47at Rio de Janeiro on July 11. The concert, featuring the 73-year-old classical musical
00:52star, will take place two days before the final.
00:56The UN Security Council has condemned attacks by militants in Iraq, Mosul and Tikrit. It
01:01said the humanitarian situation around Mosul, where up to 500,000 people have fled, was
01:06dire and worsening by the moment. The US says it is considering further assistance to Iraq
01:11to help combat insurgents belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
01:16In cricket, the Indian Supreme Court has declined to hear a regional cricket association's plea
01:20to stop ousted cricket board chief N. Srinivasan from participating in international cricket
01:25council elections. Srinivasan is set to become the first chairman of the New Look ICC after
01:31scheduled elections are held on June 27.
01:34Entertainment in this weekend's films include the highly rated teenage cancer tearjerker
01:39The Fault in Our Stars. Celebrated Malayali actress Manju Warrior also returns in How
01:44Old Are You, while Bollywood fans can check out Fugly, an Ashok Kumar-produced film introducing
01:50four newcomers.
01:52And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 43 degrees Celsius, dropping
01:55to 29 degrees at night.
01:57That's all for now. Thank you for watching. We will be back with the newscast on Sunday,
02:01but you can always get the latest news on golfnews.com
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