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Thu, 16 Jun 2022 07:10:13 GMT
Australian hero keeper says water-bottle act was 'kill or be killed'
The 33-year-old Redmayne became an Internet sensation after dancing his way along the goal line as Peru's players prepared to take their penalty kicks in an attempt to put them off. He was lauded as a national hero in Australia with his save of Ale...

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 05:48:09 GMT
Georgian MP says took up arms to fight 'common enemy' in Ukraine
For the 44-year-old father-of-two, the war in Ukraine is about more than just defending one country from Russian aggression. "We are fighting alongside Ukrainians against our common enemy -- (Russian President Vladimir) Putin's imperialism," Elisas...

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 05:46:19 GMT
Dublin celebrates 'Bloomsday' as Joyce's 'Ulysses' hits 100
James Joyce's "Ulysses" was first published in February 1922 in Paris after printers in Britain had refused to handle the "obscene" novel. It remained banned there and in the United States for years. The anniversary four months ago was duly obser...

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 05:44:09 GMT
Kevin Spacey due in UK court to face sexual assault charges
The 62-year-old star was expected at Westminster Magistrates' Court from 0900 GMT to face the charges, which he has vowed to fight. Spacey, a two-time Oscar winner for "The Usual Suspects" and "American Beauty", was formally charged by police in th...

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 05:08:10 GMT
Leclerc and Ferrari braced for another bumpy ride in Canada
As Formula One returns to the challenging Circuit Gilles Villeneuve for the first time in three years, it will be the 24-year-old Monegasque under most pressure – and probably with much sympathy from a knowledgeable crowd – as he seeks to end a ...

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 03:56:22 GMT
Watergate: A scandal for the ages that could yet be eclipsed
Yet some historians believe its architect, Richard Nixon, risks being displaced as the norm-breaking exemplar of presidential corruption by Donald Trump and the firestorm over his role in the 2021 US Capitol assault. Nixon's underlying crime was co...

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 03:54:14 GMT
Israeli maestro woos fans in off-limits Iran
Eliyahu's ethereal music, partly inspired by his Jewish roots from the Dagestan region of the Caucasus, is gaining recognition in Israel. Yet despite the bitter hostility between the Israeli government and Tehran, which cut ties in the wake of the ...

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 03:52:10 GMT
Avalanche down Lightning 4-3 in overtime in Stanley Cup Final opener
Burakovsky, limited by injury in recent weeks, belted a shot from the right side to seal the win in a game that was tied for the last 26:21 of regulation. The Avs, who had a nine-day break after sweeping the Edmonton Oilers in the Western Conferenc...

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 03:36:12 GMT
Old and new as men in orange face England onslaught
Newly-minted England white-ball coach Matthew Mott has two uncapped players in David Payne and Luke Wood as well as Brydon Carse, Philip Salt and Liam Livingstone(three ODIs each) in his squad, with all expected to be keen to impress the selectors a...

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 03:36:12 GMT
Life still left in Bordeaux-Begles' old dog Picamoles before Top 14 semi
Picamoles, 36, joined Christophe Urios' side last season and will hang up his boots at the end of the campaign. The two-time Top 14 winner with Toulouse made the last of his 82 Test appearances at the 2019 Rugby World Cup, during his second spell o...

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 03:28:13 GMT
Melbourne to host Australian F1 race until 2035
The race was first run in 1928 and has been held at the Albert Park Circuit in Melbourne since 1996. It attracted record crowds in April when it returned for a race won by the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc after missing out in 2020 and 2021 because o...

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 03:18:10 GMT
Stanley Cup won't visit Russia, Belarus this summer: NHL
Speaking before the puck dropped in game one of the NHL's best-of-seven championship series in Denver, Daly said league officials had told both teams that their Russian or Belarussian players will have to hold off on taking the Cup home. Tradition ...

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 03:12:11 GMT
Asian markets track Wall St rally as traders cheer 'dovish' Fed hike
Regional traders tracked a surge on Wall Street after the central bank move, with hopes that the surge in prices can be brought under control, though analysts warned uncertainty continued to rule owing to the perfect storm of crises including the Uk...

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 02:50:12 GMT
YouTube Shorts touts 1.5 bn users, taking on TikTok
Alphabet-owned YouTube and Facebook-parent Meta both added short-form video sharing formats to their services after TikTok -- which late last year said it topped a billion users -- became the rage. YouTube Shorts went live less than two years ago, ...

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 02:48:12 GMT
USGA boss can see LIV players having harder path to US Open
On the eve of the 122nd US Open at The Country Club in Brookline, where stars from both the US PGA Tour and upstart LIV Golf will compete, Whan said he was sad over the sport's split but wouldn't be drawn into possible future major bans. "The quest...



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