Day: October 23, 2019

Family tries: England’s Youngs eyes another win over All Blacks

Scrum-half Ben Youngs is hoping to add to his family’s impressive record against the All Blacks when England take on New Zealand in a World Cup semi-final on Saturday. England have won just seven of their 41 Tests against the reigning world champions but two of those victories […]

Wales confident centres will be fit for Springboks

Wales are confident their crucial but injury-prone centre pairing of Jonathan Davies and Hadleigh Parkes will be fit for Sunday’s World Cup semi-final against South Africa. Davies was a late withdrawal from the 20-19 quarter-final victory over France last weekend with a knee injury, while Kiwi-born Parkes played […]

Leonard, Clippers outfox Lakers in ‘Battle for Los Angeles’

Kawhi Leonard and the Clippers won the opening round of Los Angeles’s revitalised battle for basketball supremacy on Tuesday, defeating LeBron James and the Lakers 112-102 in a pulsating season-opening clash at the Staples Center. Leonard, who arrived at the Clippers in the off-season after leading Toronto to […]

Ganguly’s rise: today cricket, tomorrow India

Sourav Ganguly was one of the most astute captains ever and his move to take over the world’s richest cricket body could be just another step to becoming one of India’s future leaders. The 47-year-old took over Wednesday as head of the Board of Control for Cricket in […]

Chris the sheep, famed for record-breaking fleece, dies

An Australian sheep that entered the Guinness World Records after being found with an enormously overgrown fleece has died, its carers announced. Chris the merino sheep made global headlines after being found wandering alone outside Australia’s capital Canberra with masses of wool sagging from its frame in 2015. […]

Brexit delay looms after UK MPs demand more time to debate deal

European Council President Donald Tusk said Tuesday he will recommend EU leaders grant another Brexit extension, hours after British MPs rejected Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s bid to force his divorce deal through parliament this week. Tusk said he would advise the bloc’s 27 other member states to accept […]

North Korea’s Kim orders demolitions at South-built resort

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has condemned a flagship tourist development with the South as an eyesore and ordered buildings there demolished, state media reported Wednesday, in a stark illustration of dire relations between Pyongyang and Seoul. The Mount Kumgang tourist complex was built by Southern company […]

‘The girl you were warned about’: Paris 2024 logo mocked online

The new 2024 Olympics logo is supposed to evoke French history but has instead earned ridicule online for its apparent resemblance to a stereotypical Parisian woman. Unveiled on Monday, the design incorporates the art deco style in vogue the last time Paris hosted the Games in 1924, depicting […]

China plans to replace Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam: FT

Beijing is drawing up a plan to remove Hong Kong’s beleaguered Chief Executive Carrie Lam, the Financial Times reported Wednesday, after nearly five months of pro-democracy unrest. The pro-Beijing leader has faced sustained criticism from protesters in the semi-autonomous city. So far, the Chinese central government has given […]

Heat-cam exhibit alerts tourist to breast cancer

A tourist discovered she had breast cancer after an interactive heat-cam exhibit revealed a tumour during a family trip to a museum in Edinburgh. Bal Gill, 41, caught the disease in its early stages following her visit to the Camera Obscura attraction in May, which prompted her to […]

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