Organisers say the single winning ticket was sold in rural Maine.A single lottery ticket holder in the United States has won $1.35bn in the Mega Millions jackpot. The identity of the winner was not yet publicly known, but the jackpot’s organisers said on Saturday that the winning ticket was sold in the northeastern state of Maine. The winning ticket, which cost $2, was bought at Hometown Gas & Grill convenience store in the town of Lebanon. “Congratulations to the Maine State Lottery, which has just won its first-ever Mega Millions jackpot,” Ohio Lottery director Pat McDonald, lead director for the…
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Jon Jones will make his UFC heavyweight debut when he takes on Ciryl Gane in a championship bout at UFC 285 on Mar. 4, UFC president Dana White announced Saturday. .acf-block-preview .instagram-twitter-container width: 340px; margin: 0 auto; It was also announced that Jones, who many would argue is the greatest fighter of all time, signed a new eight-fight deal with the UFC ahead of his matchup with Gane. The fight in early March will be Jones’ first appearance in the ring since he defended his light heavyweight title versus Dominick Reyes. This upcoming duel in the octagon will be the…
Former president once seen as a reformer has reinvented himself as an arch-hawk since Russia invaded Ukraine last year.Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has accused Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of shameful subservience to the United States and suggested he should ritually disembowel himself. It was the latest in a long line of shocking and provocative statements from Medvedev, who was once seen as a Western-leaning reformer but has reinvented himself as an arch-hawk since Russia invaded Ukraine last year. Speaking at a news conference in Washington on Saturday, a day after a summit with US President Joe Biden on…
The Boston Bruins and their star forward David Pastrnak have been making progress on a contract extension, according to Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman. “I want to be careful with this one, but the word around the league is that the Bruins and Pastrnak have been making some progress,” Friedman said on the 32 Thoughts segment of Hockey Night in Canada. “I still think there are things that need to get done, but the word on Saturday for Pastrnak is progress.” Pastrnak’s current contract — a six-year, $40 million deal signed in 2017 — will expire at the end of this season…
Presidential spokesman says Sweden needs to fulfil requirements before May, when the polls in Turkey will take place.Turkish presidential spokesman says that Ankara is running out of time to ratify NATO membership bids by Sweden and Finland before the general elections expected in May. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s spokesman, Ibrahim Kalin, said on Saturday that Turkish ratification of the countries’ bids depended on how quickly Stockholm fulfils “counterterrorism” promises made as part of a deal with Ankara, warning that could take months. “Stockholm is fully committed to implementing the agreement that was signed last year in Madrid, but the country…
Russia has carried out a wave of missile attacks across Ukrainian cities, killing at least five people and causing new disruptions in power supplies, particularly in Kyiv and Kharkiv regions, officials said. “Unfortunately, there were hits on energy infrastructure,” Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his nightly video address on Saturday. “In this connection, the most difficult situation is in Kharkiv region and Kyiv region.” Emergency blackouts were applied in “most regions” of Ukraine on Saturday due to the raids, Energy Minister German Galushchenko said. “Today the enemy attacked the country’s energy generation facilities and power grid again. There are…
Described as one of the bloodiest campaigns of the war, Moscow’s capture of Soledar would be a significant victory following major battlefield setbacks in 2022.The battle for control of eastern Ukraine rages on with Russian forces focusing on Bakhmut – a strategic city they have failed for months to conquer. Speaking to Al Jazeera in Bakhmut, a soldier who identified himself as Sergey from Ukraine’s special forces said Russia has launched massive attacks by its ground forces against Kyiv’s positions in recent months. “They send their troops like waves, we cannot stop them every time because we have fewer guys.…
Stevenage extended their unbeaten Sky Bet League Two run to 10 games but had to settle for a share of the spoils in a 1-1 draw against Harrogate.Carl Piergianni’s sixth goal of the campaign had given the visitors a second-half lead at a windswept Wetherby Road, but Luke Armstrong took his season’s tally into double figures to secure a point. The best chance of the first half had earlier been gifted to Armstrong when he was sent clear on goal following a misplaced pass by Stevenage midfielder Jake Reeves.But on-loan Fulham keeper Taye Ashby-Hammond was alert to the danger and…
In the days after the death of football star Pelé, there was a global outpouring of grief and much reflection on his legacy. I, like millions of other fans across the world, was mourning. Although I had never met Pelé in person, it felt like I had lost an elder, who I was close to and deeply admired. There was a lot of international media attention, a lot of obituaries, articles, interviews, reports acknowledging his iconic status and his sporting achievements. But there was one persistent line of commentary that irked me. Sports observers and media outlets kept insisting that…
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Everton’s board of directors were instructed not to attend Saturday’s home match against Southampton because of a “real and credible threat to their safety and security,” the Premier League team said. The decision was made ahead of reports of a possible protest at Goodison Park in the wake of Everton’s poor form this season. “The board members received the instruction following malicious and unacceptably threatening correspondence received by the club and increasing incidents of anti-social behaviour — including targeted physical aggression — at recent home matches,” the club said in a statement. Everton is third from…