South Africa’s Ockie Strydom sealed a second European Tour victory after shooting a brilliant nine-under 63 to power up the leaderboard and clinch the Singapore Classic by one stroke I Northern Ireland’s Tom McKibbin finishes in a tie for 11th Last Updated: 12/02/23 8:24am Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Highlights as Ockie Strydom powered up the leaderboard to clinch the Singapore Classic by one stroke Highlights as Ockie Strydom powered up the leaderboard to clinch the Singapore Classic by one stroke South Africa’s Ockie Strydom shot a nine-under 63 on Sunday to power up the…
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A United States fighter jet has shot down an unidentified cylindrical object over Canada in a joint operation by the North American neighbours. The shootdown on Saturday was the second such action in as many days and comes as North America appeared on heightened alert following a week-long saga over a suspected Chinese spying balloon. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau first announced the shootdown over the Yukon territory in the country’s north and said Canadian forces would recover and analyse the wreckage. Canadian defence minister Anita Anand declined to speculate on the origin of the object, which she said was…
Vinicius Junior scores twice, assists Karim Benzema to lead Real Madrid to its record-extending fifth Club World Cup title in Rabat.Real Madrid has won the Club World Cup for a record-extending fifth time after beating Saudi Arabia’s Al-Hilal 5-3 in the final in Rabat, Morocco. Vinicius Junior scored twice and helped Karim Benzema in a third goal, while Federico Valverde added two more for the European champions in Saturday’s final, which turned into a shootout. Al-Hilal never led the match but showed it was no fluke that it had upset Brazil’s Flamengo to reach the decider in Morocco’s capital. Luciano…
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — WNBA star Brittney Griner attended the WM Phoenix Open golf tournament Saturday in her second public appearance since her release from a Russian prison. Griner was part of a crowd of about 200,000 fans at the tournament, watching the action from the stadium 16th hole. .acf-block-preview .instagram-twitter-container width: 340px; margin: 0 auto; Last month in her first appearance, Griner was at the Martin Luther King Jr. march in downtown Phoenix. Griner is skipping the USA Basketball training camp in Minnesota so she can be with her wife and recover from her time in jail in Russia. She…
Hans Modrow, who as the last Communist prime minister of East Germany oversaw democratic reforms that opened the way to German reunification, has died at age 95, Germany’s hard-left Die Linke party said. “Last night Hans Modrow left us at the age of 95. With this, our party loses an important personality,” the party, successor to the East German Communist Party, said in a statement on Saturday. Modrow had said he would help turn East Germany into a democracy when he became prime minister of a Communist-led transition government on November 13, 1989, four days after the opening of the…
Arizona Coyotes defenceman Jakob Chychrun is a healthy scratch for Saturday night’s game against the St. Louis Blues due to trade-related reasons, the team announced. .acf-block-preview .instagram-twitter-container width: 340px; margin: 0 auto; Chychrun, 24, has spent his entire seven-year NHL career with the Coyotes after being drafted 16th overall by the club in 2016. He has seven goals and 28 points in 36 games this season. Chychrun has been the subject of trade rumours for more than a year and has previously been linked to interest from the Toronto Maple Leafs, Edmonton Oilers, Boston Bruins and Los Angeles Kings. The…
Kiernan Forbes, 35, was killed with his close friend, Tebello ‘Tibz’ Motsoane, as they were walking towards their car.One of South Africa’s leading rap artists, popularly known as AKA, has been shot dead in the coastal city of Durban, along with a friend, his family said on Saturday. Kiernan Forbes was killed with his close friend, chef and entrepreneur Tebello ‘Tibz’ Motsoane as they were walking towards their car from a restaurant. The motive of the killing is under investigation. “It is with extreme sadness that we acknowledge the passing of our beloved son,” his parents Tony and Lynn Forbes…
Rescuers continued to pull some survivors out of the rubble on Saturday, five days after the tremors of the first earthquake struck Syria and Turkey, but hopes were fading for many more to be found. Monday’s 7.8-magnitude earthquake is Turkey’s most devastating since 1939 and the death toll continues to rise. The death toll exceeded 21,000 in Turkey as of 20:00 GMT, and more than 3,500 others were confirmed dead in Syria, as the overall toll surpassed 25,000. Reporting from Antakya, Al Jazeera’s Bernard Smith said that despite the overwhelming level of destruction in the capital of Turkey’s Hatay province,…
As Turkey reels from its deadliest earthquake in decades, some residents of Istanbul have already turned their growing anxiety elsewhere – towards the next big quake. “We live in distress,” said Aysegul Rahvanci, a lifetime Istanbul resident, of her fears about a possible strong earthquake in the city. “Our life equals to anxiety.” Many people living in Turkey’s largest city shared Rahvanci’s feelings, in particular following the massive earthquakes – with magnitudes of 7.8 and 7.6 – on Monday that killed more than 21,000 people and wounded more than 80,000 others in southeastern Turkey as of Saturday. Thousands of others…
Vegas Golden Knights goalie Logan Thompson is out week-to-week with a lower-body injury, the team announced Saturday. .acf-block-preview .instagram-twitter-container width: 340px; margin: 0 auto; Thompson left Thursday’s game against the Minnesota Wild with what appeared to be a non-contact injury. Early in the third period, the rookie netminder scrambled to make a save on Minnesota forward Frederick Gaudreau. After pushing off on his right leg, Thompson turned over and stayed face down on the ice before the referees stopped the play. He appeared to grab the back of his left leg while down, then had to be assisted off the ice…