Gold Within Reach: US women’s casketball team defeats Australia on August 11, 2024Breanna Stewart and the U.S. women’s basketball team cruised to a familiar place – the Olympic gold medal game. Stewart led a balanced offense as the Americans beat Australia 85-64 on Friday in the semifinals to extend their Olympic winning streak to 60 consecutive games dating back to the 1992 Barcelona Games. “The streak is […]
Top-seeded Coco Gauff tumbles out of National Bank Open on August 11, 2024Top-seeded Coco Gauff tumbled out of the National Bank Open on Friday, falling 6-4, 6-1 to 14th-seeded Diana Shnaider in windy conditions at Sobeys Stadium. Preparing for her U.S. Open title defense, Gauff was broken trailing 5-4 in the first set. The 20-year-old American double-faulted down 2-1 in the second and Shnaider held serve to […]
Algerian gender-row boxer Khelif storms to Olympic gold on August 11, 2024Algerian boxer Imane Khelif defied a major gender controversy to win gold at the Paris Olympics on Friday in front of a pulsating Roland Garros crowd that roared her to victory. Khelif claimed a unanimous points decision win over China’s Yang Liu in the women’s 66kg final and was paraded around the arena on a […]
Politics makes its mark on dating in Putin’s Russia on August 9, 2024Sitting at a cafe in Moscow, Yulia swiped through a carousel of men on her phone’s dating app, trying to guess if the people in the pictures shared her views. “I started to include the artists that I listen to in the bio. It’s kind of a hint at my thinking,” the 21-year-old freelance photographer […]
Naseem Shah returns to red-ball cricket as Pakistan names test squad for Bangladesh series on August 8, 2024Pakistan fast bowler Naseem Shah has returned to red-ball cricket after 13 months as the selectors on Wednesday named a 17-member squad for this month´s home test series against Bangladesh. Rawalpindi will host the first test from Aug. 21-25 while the second test match will be played at Karachi from Aug. 30-Sept. 3. The Pakistan […]
Afghanistan cricketer Ihsanullah Jannat banned for 5 years for match-fixing on August 8, 2024Afghanistan international Ihsanullah Jannat has been banned from all forms of cricket for five years for match-fixing, the Afghanistan Cricket Board said in a statement on Wednesday. The ACB said that batter Jannat breached ICC´s anti-corruption code during the second season of the Kabul Premier League this year. “Janat was found guilty of violating Article […]
CM Sindh alerts admin on upcoming rain spells on August 5, 2024Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has stated that although the current spell of rain has ceased, the next spell beginning on August 11 requires preparedness from all relevant departments, including the local government in urban areas and the Irrigation department in rural areas to ensure the protection of lives, property, and crops through […]
After smooth campaign start, Kamala Harris faces a crucial week ahead on August 5, 2024The crowds are psyched. The campaign donations are flooding in. Volunteers are showing up at field offices in droves. After a mostly smooth two-week campaign startup, Vice President Kamala Harris is headed into a crucial week that includes her most critical decision yet – choosing a running mate – while grappling with how to keep […]
Spanish journalist or Russian spy? The mystery around Pablo González’s double life on August 5, 2024When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, reporters from around the world rushed to the Polish-Ukrainian border to cover an exodus of refugees fleeing Russian bombs. Among them was Pablo González, a freelance journalist from Spain who had been based in Poland since 2019, working for Spanish news agency EFE, Voice of America and other […]
A year after Maui wildfire, survivors press on on August 5, 2024They have combed the ashes for mementos, worried about where they would sleep, questioned their faith and tried to find a way to grieve amid the great, unsettling devastation. Residents have faced a year of challenges, practical and emotional, since the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century decimated the historic town of Lahaina, on Maui, […]