Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes celebrate winning their second Super Bowl togetherThe Kansas City Chiefs became NFL champions for the second time in four years after fighting back to claim a thrilling 38-35 win over the Philadelphia Eagles.The Chiefs trailed for much of Super Bowl 57 in Phoenix and were 27-21 down heading into the final quarter.But despite limping after aggravating an ankle injury, quarterback Patrick Mahomes and veteran coach Andy Reid orchestrated a route back in front of 67,827. Mahomes, who was named the season’s Most Valuable Player for a second time last week, made touchdown passes to Kadarius…
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Kansas City Chiefs backup quarterback Chad Henne is capping his career on a high note. The 37-year-old announced his retirement on social media after winning his second career Super Bowl title. Kansas City defeated the Philadelphia Eagles 38-35 Sunday at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. .acf-block-preview .instagram-twitter-container width: 340px; margin: 0 auto; Henne also won with Kansas City in 2020. Although he didn’t take to the field in either championship game, Henne was spotted warming up when starting quarterback Patrick Mahomes limped off of the field late in the second quarter. Mahomes returned, however, and guided Kansas City to…
Blood donation campaign in Gaza aims to help those in Turkey and Syria after powerful earthquakes.Gaza City – People in Gaza are donating blood to help those injured in the earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria. Naglaa al-Ghalayini, the coordinator from the Al-Amal foundation for orphans, told Al Jazeera the campaign is part of a solidarity initiative carried out by Palestinian volunteers after the deadly quakes killed and wounded tens of thousands of people last week. “This event is to consolidate the idea that the Arab world and the Islamic world are one world – one body – and what…
United States fighter jets have shot down an “unidentified object” flying near the Canadian border in the Midwest, the Pentagon said, the latest incident since a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon put North American security forces on high alert. The object was flying at 6,100 metres (20,000ft), and while it was not a military threat, it could have potentially interfered with domestic air traffic, Pentagon spokesperson Patrick Ryder said in a statement. It was shot down at 2:42pm local time (19:42 GMT) over Lake Huron on the US-Canada border, the statement said. It was the third to be shot down over…
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Golden State Warriors have decided to go through with completion of a trade to acquire Gary Payton II from Portland despite concerns that arose surrounding the guard’s health following offseason surgery for a core muscle injury that sidelined him until last month. A person with direct knowledge of the situation said Sunday that the Warriors spoke to the NBA about how the Trail Blazers handled the deal and information about the medical situation for Payton, whose physical Friday brought up issues that put the trade in jeopardy. The person spoke to The Associated Press on…
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes came up limping on his ailing right ankle after he was spun to the ground by Philadelphia Eagles linebacker T.J. Edwards late in the first half of the Super Bowl but remains in the game The Chiefs quarterback was back on the field to start the second half throwing a pass to Travis Kelce and showing no signs of the ankle injury bothering him. Mahomes sustained a high ankle sprain against Jacksonville in the divisional round of the playoffs when a Jaguars defender landed on him. He received treatment the following week…
Canada’s prime minister says he is not sure what was shot down on Saturday, but it ‘represented a reasonable threat to the security of civilian flight’.Canadian investigators are hunting for the wreckage of a mysterious flying object shot down by a US fighter jet over the northwestern Yukon territory. “Recovery teams are on the ground, looking to find and analyse the object,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters on Sunday. He gave no hint as to what it was, but said it “represented a reasonable threat to the security of civilian flight”. “The security of citizens is our top priority…
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Damar Hamlin has made it to the Super Bowl. The Buffalo Bills safety made his third appearance in Phoenix during Super Bowl week, this time on the field at State Farm Stadium prior to Sunday’s game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles. It’s been a little more than a month since Hamlin went into cardiac arrest and needed to be resuscitated on the field in Cincinnati. Sunday’s appearance was another milestone in his remarkable recovery. “I’m allowing that to be in God’s hands,” Hamlin said in an interview with Fox’s Michael Strahan. “I’m just…
Gaziantep, Turkey – It has been a week since a massive earthquake instantly changed tens of thousands of Turkish and Syrian lives. A 7.8-magnitude quake erased thousands of buildings across 10 Turkish cities, devastating entire villages across the border in northern Syria as well. The death toll surpassed 33,000 in both countries on Sunday, making it the deadliest earthquake in decades in the region. Rescue teams and assistance were taking longer than expected because of winter weather and heavy damage to the roads. As civilians complained, many supplied their own aid as they could, organising a response neighbourhood by neighbourhood…
Image source, Getty ImagesBy Ben KingBusiness reporter, BBC NewsThe big oil companies – from the UK-based BP and Shell to international giants such as ExxonMobil and Norway’s Equinor – have been announcing astonishing profit figures.They are all benefitting from the surging price of oil and gas following the invasion of Ukraine. While they rake in the profits, people around the world are struggling to pay their energy bills and fill up their cars – leading to calls for higher taxes on these companies.So how are they making so much money, and should the government step in to stop them?Why has…