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How Red Bull’s Max Verstappen can clinch his second-straight F1 world title in Singapore
With the Formula 1 circuit returning to Singapore for the first time in two years for the Singapore Grand Prix, Red Bull’s Max Verstappen is on the verge of clinching his second-straight world title. Here’s how he can clinch the championship under the lights in Singapore. Verstappen enters the Singapore Grand Prix with 335 points...
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Surrounded by body bags – Putin’s ‘war crimes’ only strengthen Ukraine’s resolve | World News
There was an awful near silence as the war crime investigators went about their business and the bodies of the victims were methodically packed into body bags. We counted at least 15 body bags being loaded one on top of each other into a succession of ambulances. The death toll is higher and includes several...
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New-look USA see off China for fourth straight Fiba World Cup before record crowd | USA women’s basketball team
A’ja Wilson scored 19 points, Kelsey Plum added 17 and the United States beat China 83-61 on Saturday to win their fourth consecutive gold medal at the women’s basketball World Cup. This was one of the most dominant teams in the Americans’ storied history in the World Cup that now has won 11 gold medals....
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Denmark unveils World Cup kits as “protest against Qatar”
Sports brand Hummel has designed toned-down football kits for the Danish national team to play in at the FIFA 2022 World Cup as a protest against the event being hosted in Qatar. The trio of kits, which will be worn by Denmark at this year’s World Cup in Qatar, were created by Hummel and the Danish Football Association (DBU) to criticise Qatar’s human rights...
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Russia-Ukraine war: Ukrainian forces close in on Lyman; head of nuclear plant reported abducted – live | World news
Ukrainian forces close in on Lyman Ukraine has encircled Russia’s forces around a bastion that is critical for Moscow at the eastern town of Lyman, in an operation that is still under way, a Ukrainian military spokesperson said on Saturday. Russia’s forces at Lyman totalled about 5,000 to 5,500 soldiers, but the number of encircled...
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US crush China to win women’s basketball World Cup for 11th time
A’ja Wilson poured in 19 points as the all-conquering United States crushed China 83-61 to win their fourth straight women’s basketball World Cup and 11th overall in Sydney on Saturday. Kelsey Plum added 17 points and Jewell Loyd 11 as the Chinese were overpowered by a formidable team that stretched their unbeaten streak in the competition...
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FIBA World Cup 2022 – Alyssa Thomas making most of U.S. national team debut
2:25 PM ET Alexa PhilippouESPN Close Covers women’s college basketball and the WNBA Previously covered UConn and the WNBA Connecticut Sun for the Hartford Courant Stanford graduate and Baltimore native with further experience at the Dallas Morning News, Seattle Times and Cincinnati Enquirer One of the most versatile players on Team USA’s roster, Alyssa Thomas...
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Neil Young And Crazy Horse Announce ‘World Record,’ A New Album
Neil Young is teaming up with longtime collaborators Crazy Horse for a new album. Their latest effort, World Record, is set to arrive in November. World Record follows a series of archived projects Young and Crazy Horse has released in recent months, including Toast, a shelved album from 2001 which finally saw the light of...
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Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman named prime minister | World News
Saudi Arabia’s powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been appointed prime minister by royal decree in a move that could help him avoid a civil case in the US over the death of a critic. King Salman’s heir already wields wide powers and is seen as the kingdom’s day-to-day leader. The 37-year-old crown prince,...