Alek Manoah saw firsthand the sacrifices his mother made to put him on the path to being a major league pitcher. Find out more about specific aspects of Manoah’s past and how it ties into who he is today in a six-part series called Alek Manoah: Obsessednarrated by Hazel Mae. The first episode of the series will air March 30 on Blue Jays Central. Each of the remaining five episodes will air on days Manoah starts and will be available on Sportsnet.ca and SN NOW. For the first time in his career, Manoah was named the Blue Jays’ opening-day starter.…
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Qatari Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani has submitted a new bid to buy Manchester United, according to UK media reports. The chairman of Qatar Islamic Bank placed a second-round offer overnight, the Press Association and the BBC reported. The offer is believed to be worth about 5 billion pounds ($6.12bn), Sky Sports News reported Jassim, a son of Qatar’s former prime minister, launched the bid in February. A spokesperson for the sheikh said at the time that the bid was completely debt-free and made via Jassim’s Nine Two Foundation. British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe submitted a revised bid on Thursday…
A late Connor Jennings strike earned struggling Hartlepool a spirited 1-1 draw with leaders Leyton Orient.The 31-year-old, on loan from Stockport, breathed fresh life into Pools’ battle for survival with a well-taken finish nine minutes from time. That cancelled out Paul Smyth’s brilliant opener for Orient in the 48th minute – his 10th of the season and first since December 17.Pools, now four points adrift of safety despite this performance, hit the woodwork twice after that but Orient held on for a point, leaving Richie Wellens’ side five points clear at the top.Neither goalkeeper was tested in the first half…
Exeter turned on the style as they thrashed Accrington 5-0 at St James Park to heap more misery on their relegation-threatened visitors.The deadlock was broken in fine fashion after 36 minutes when Demetri Mitchell cut in from the left and curled a wonderful shot beyond goalkeeper Lukas Jensen and into the far corner with his right foot from 20 yards. It took Exeter four minutes after the restart to double their lead as Josh Key superbly took down Will Aimson’s long pass, beat his man and smashed his shot past Jensen.Two quickly became three as Alex Hartridge’s effort was tipped…
On March 20, the United Nations’ top experts on climate science released a synthesis report on climate change. In it, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the world’s peak climate science body declares that we have fallen dangerously behind in trying to control climate change as our greenhouse gas emissions continue to grow instead of decline. “The pace and scale of what has been done so far, and current plans are insufficient to tackle climate change,” the authors of the report warn. Despite these and previous warnings by scientists, the world is dragging its feet on taking the drastic climate…
Moore, a modern technological transformation pioneer, helped companies bring more powerful chips to smaller computers.Gordon Moore, a pioneer in the microprocessor industry and a co-founder of Intel, which at one time was the world’s largest semiconductor maker, has died at the age of 94. Intel and Moore’s family philanthropic foundation said he died on Friday surrounded by family at his home in Hawaii. Moore was a giant in the technological transformation of the modern age, helping companies bring ever more powerful chips to smaller and smaller computers. An engineer by training, he co-founded Intel in July 1968, eventually serving as…
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Mexico has declared its desire to host the Summer Olympics in 2036 or 2040 and says it already has most of the sports infrastructure required. Interest in hosting the 2036 Olympics had earlier been expressed by officials in countries including Egypt, England, India, Indonesia, Qatar and South Korea. Mexico City hosted the Summer Games in 1968. Mexican Foreign Relations Secretary Marcelo Ebrard and Mexican Olympic Committee president Maria Jose Alcala met Friday with IOC president Thomas Bach. Ebrard delivered a letter of intent to Bach. A city or region wasn’t specified but Ebrard and Alcala said a…
US Treasury Department sanctioned two people and six entities linked to the military regime’s atrocities, particularly its air attacks on civilians.Jet fuel for Myanmar’s armed forces has been targeted in the latest sanctions imposed by the United States on the country’s military regime and crony businesses. The US Treasury Department said on Friday that it had imposed sanctions on two people and six entities connected to Myanmar’s military, who had enabled the regime’s continuing atrocities. Three sanctioned entities work in Myanmar’s defence sector, specifically in the importation, storage and distribution of aviation fuel for the country’s armed forces, the US…
Abbas Gallyamov wrote speeches for Vladimir Putin during the Russian leader’s 2008-12 time as prime minister.Police in Russia have placed a former speechwriter for President Vladimir Putin on a wanted list of criminal suspects because of his comments on the war in Ukraine, the latest step in Moscow’s sweeping crackdown on dissent. Abbas Gallyamov wrote speeches for Putin during the Russian leader’s 2008-12 stint as prime minister. Gallyamov, 50, later became an outspoken political consultant and analyst who was frequently quoted by Russian and foreign media. He has lived abroad in recent years. On Friday, Russian and international news outlets…
Russia’s ex-president Medvedev quotes a threatening 1941 Stalin message to urge more weapons production by Russia’s arms manufacturing industry.China has not yet sent weapons to Russia to replenish stockpiles that have been exhausted due to Moscow’s war in Ukraine, United States President Joe Biden said. “I’ve been hearing now for the past three months (that) China is going to provide significant weapons to Russia… They haven’t yet. Doesn’t mean they won’t but they haven’t yet,” Biden told a news conference on Friday during a visit to Canada. “I don’t take China lightly. I don’t take Russia lightly,” he said, while…