Damar Hamlin has received support from players and fans across the country after suffering a cardiac arrest on Monday.Damar Hamlin, an American football player whose collapse during a game earlier this week sparked shock and concern, is showing “signs of improvement” in a Cincinnati, Ohio, hospital. Hamlin’s team, the New York-based Buffalo Bills, said on Wednesday that he remained hospitalised and in critical condition. Hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest during a United States National Football League (NFL) game between the Bills and the Cincinnati Bengals on Monday night. On social media, the Bills said Hamlin had shown improvement but that…
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With two classic center forward’s finishes, Harry Kane showed he is not suffering any lasting effects from his World Cup disappointment with England. It’s now three goals in three Premier League games for Tottenham since returning from Qatar after his double in a 4-0 win over Crystal Palace on Wednesday. Kane has had to shoulder the burden of missing a late penalty in England’s 2-1 loss to France in the quarterfinals on Dec. 10. Back with Tottenham, he scored in the 2-2 draw with Brentford on the first day of the league’s resumption and added two more against Palace —…
The Democratic president visited the deep-red state in a push for bipartisanship, alongside Republican Mitch McConnell.United States President Joe Biden has met with Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell in the southern state of Kentucky, where he promoted the benefits of a 2021 infrastructure spending package and pushed for greater bipartisanship. Biden visited the Brent Spence Bridge on the border of Kentucky and Ohio on Wednesday to highlight projects that stand to benefit from the $1 trillion infrastructure deal, a centrepiece of the president’s legislative agenda. The worn-out double-decker bridge is due to receive upgrades as part of the spending package.…
China’s official data is under-representing the true impact of the coronavirus outbreak in the country, a senior World Health Organization (WHO) official has said, criticising its “very narrow” definition of COVID deaths. “We believe that the current numbers being published from China underrepresent the true impact of the disease in terms of hospital admissions, in terms of ICU admissions, particularly in terms of death,” Mike Ryan, WHO’s emergencies director, told reporters on Wednesday. The comments came as more countries are imposing travel restrictions on visitors from China in the wake of a steep rise in COVID infections in the country.…
Detroit Red Wings forward Jakub Vrana cleared waivers on Wednesday. The club had placed the two-time 20-goal scorer on waivers Tuesday. Detroit announced that the winger was assigned to the AHL’s Grand Rapids Griffins. .acf-block-preview .instagram-twitter-container width: 340px; margin: 0 auto; Vrana entered the NHL/NHLPA’s player assistance program on Oct. 19 and was reinstated on Dec. 16. He was assigned to the Grand Rapids Griffins of the American Hockey League on a conditioning loan last week and played three games. That loan was extended this week. The 26-year-old from Prague, Czechia, registered one goal and one assist in two games with…
As if Ottawa Senators hockey fans needed more reasons to get excited about the prospect of Ryan Reynolds becoming the club’s new owner, goalie Cam Talbot has a new mask being readied that sports a connection to the actor’s most famous role. Friedesigns, a company run by Calgary-based artist Dave Fried, tweeted out photos and a video of the mask he has designed for Senators goalie Cam Talbot, which is adorned with Marvel comic-book character Deadpool, whom the Vancouver-born Reynolds has portrayed in a pair of movies. .acf-block-preview .instagram-twitter-container width: 340px; margin: 0 auto; “Cam wanted a nod to @vancityReynolds…
Turkey says there is no change in its Syria policy after opposition groups urge Ankara to reaffirm support for them.Syria’s political and armed opposition have urged their decade-long backer Turkey to reaffirm its support for their cause after the highest-level talks between Ankara and the Damascus governments since the Syrian war began in 2011. Turkey has provided support and a base for political opponents of President Bashar al-Assad’s government while training and fighting alongside rebels against his troops. Ankara has also sheltered millions of Syrian refugees who fled al-Assad’s forces. The Turkish and Syrian defence ministers met in Moscow on…
Stocks in the indebted airline have not been traded since 2020, and the president says he wants to sell the government’s stake.Trading in Kenya Airways shares has been suspended for another year, the local stock exchange says, as the troubled national carrier battles to return to profitability. The airline’s shares have been suspended since July 2020 in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, which devastated global air travel. “The extension of suspension seeks to enable the company [to] complete its operational and corporate restructure process,” the Nairobi Securities Exchange said in a statement on Wednesday. pic.twitter.com/XTlvCoCE8v — NSE PLC (@NSE_PLC)…
Disabled people in the United Kingdom are among the hardest hit by the cost-of-living crisis, a new report has concluded, with comparatively low incomes leaving them exposed to soaring prices. The Resolution Foundation, an independent think-tank, said on Wednesday that more than 40 percent of people with a disability could no longer afford to keep their homes warm compared with 23 percent of the non-disabled population. Meanwhile, nearly one in three disabled people had been forced to reduce their spending on food. Fewer than one in five people without disabilities reported the same issue. “Disabled people have been stung not…
India wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant is being flown to Mumbai where he will undergo ligament surgeries after suffering multiple injuries in a car crash on December 30, the BCCI said on Wednesday.Pant was heading to his hometown of Roorkee when the car he was driving hit a central divider, flipped over and caught fire in the northern state of Uttarakhand in the early hours of Friday. The 25-year-old, who is currently under treatment in a hospital in Dehradun, would be brought to Mumbai in an air ambulance, BCCI honourary secretary Jay Shah announced.”Rishabh will undergo surgery and subsequent procedures for ligament…