Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid may be disappointed about his team’s second-round playoff exit, but referred to it as “progress” nonetheless. .acf-block-preview .instagram-twitter-container width: 340px; margin: 0 auto; “It is progress — maybe it doesn’t feel like it today. But it is,” McDavid said on Tuesday as the players met the media on locker clean-out day. “We’re a better team than we were last year and we have everybody coming back. “It’s just more experiences, really.” The Oilers were ousted by Las Vegas on Sunday night in Game 6 of their series. Last year, the team advanced to the Western Conference…
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Ankara says remarks made in a report on Sunday’s polls by European observers are ‘politically charged and accusatory’.Turkey’s foreign ministry has slammed the “lack of transparency” statements made by an international observer mission monitoring Sunday’s elections in the country. The statements were issued at a news conference in the capital Ankara on Monday by a joint observation mission from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA) and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). “I regret to note that the election administration’s work was lacking in transparency, as well…
The 36-year-old ex-UFC heavyweight champion will fight exclusively for the Professional Fighters League in new deal.Former UFC star Francis Ngannou has signed a deal with the Professional Fighters League (PFL) to continue his reign as one of the top heavyweights in mixed martial arts (MMA). The 36-year-old was still UFC heavyweight champion when contract talks with the leading promotion collapsed once the Cameroonian fighter said his demands for health insurance and personal sponsorships were rejected. UFC President Dana White stripped Ngannou of the belt in January. The terms of Ngannou’s deal with the PFL were not announced but a statement…
Ousmane Sonko, who denies charges, does not turn up for court appearance in Dakar.The trial of Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko for alleged rape has been immediately adjourned for a week, after opening in his absence at a court in the capital, Dakar. Sonko, who is also the mayor of the southern city of Ziguinchor, was charged based on a woman’s accusations that he assaulted her when she worked at a massage salon. The 48-year-old has denied the charges and has accused President Macky Sall of trying to prevent him from running in elections next year. The government denies this.…
Novak Djokovic has knocked Great Britain’s Cameron Norrie out of the Italian Open at the last-16 stage, winning in straight sets 6-3 6-4.Djokovic will face the winner of Australia’s Alexei Popyrin against Denmark’s Holger Rune in the quarter-finals in Rome. The world No 1 was simply too solid for Norrie in a victory that maintains his record of never having lost before the quarter-finals in Rome.The main talking point came in the fourth game of the second set as Norrie sought to retrieve an early break.Djokovic turned his back on the play after presenting his opponent with an easy smash,…
South Korea’s Son Jun-ho, who plays in the Chinese Super League, is under investigation for allegedly accepting a bribe, officials say.South Korea midfielder Son Jun-ho has been detained in the northeastern Chinese province of Liaoning on suspicion of accepting a bribe, China’s Foreign Ministry has said. Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Tuesday that Son was placed in custody “recently” and was under investigation. The South Korean consulate in the provincial capital of Shenyang had been informed of Son’s detention and allowed access to the player as required by international treaty. Son had been playing for the Chinese Super League’s…
Nick Kyrgios has withdrawn from the 2023 French Open due to the same knee injury which ruled him out of January’s Australian Open.Kyrgios underwent surgery in January for the injury, and missed all three ATP 1000 clay-court events in the lead-up to his Rolland Garros withdrawal. His agent Daniel Horsfall had said earlier on Tuesday: “It’s not looking likely. We are trying everything we can to have Nick ready on court as soon as possible,” before the news was confirmed.More to follow…This is a breaking news story that is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh this…
Communications problems are making it difficult to assess the extent of the damage caused by the massive storm.Rescue and relief efforts are under way in northwestern Myanmar and neighbouring Bangladesh after Cyclone Mocha crashed ashore, with one humanitarian group working in the affected area saying hundreds had been killed and some Rohingya camps destroyed. The cyclone – one of the most powerful to ever hit the region – made landfall on Sunday between Sittwe in Myanmar’s Rakhine state and Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh, where some one million mostly Muslim Rohingya fled after a brutal 2017 crackdown. On Monday night, Myanmar’s…
As the war enters its 447th day, we take a look at the main developments.Here is the situation as it stands on Tuesday, May 16, 2023. Fighting Ukraine’s top military commander has hailed an advance in Bakhmut as “the first success” of offensive actions in defending the front-line city. At least four people have been killed in a Russian missile attack in the Donetsk city of Avdiivka, according to Ukraine, which said a hospital was hit. Russia’s defence ministry has claimed it intercepted a British-made Storm Shadow long-range cruise missile for the “first time”. During a briefing, the ministry also said…
Singapore’s use of the death penalty was once again thrust into the global spotlight last month when Tangaraju Suppiah became the first person to be executed in the city-state this year. His case centred on the trafficking of just more than 1kg of cannabis and made headlines around the world, with some expressing surprise at Singapore’s still strict approach to drugs. Last year, 11 men are known to have been hanged by the state. Singapore’s prison authorities do not report details of these cases, so information is gathered via families of prisoners or campaign groups. One such organisation, the Transformative…