NEW YORK (AP) — Shohei Ohtani will make his next mound start for the Los Angeles Angels in Friday night’s homestand opener against the Kansas City Royals. The two-way Japanese star threw just two innings and 31 pitches in Monday’s start at Boston before his outing was cut short by an 85-minute rain delay. “We kind of look at this as a lengthy bullpen,” Angels manager Phil Nevin said Tuesday. “Just get him right back out there. And it makes sense if you line it up with some travel days.” Ohtani is 2-0 with a 0.86 ERA in four starts,…
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Washington, DC – The United States has charged four American citizens and three Russian nationals with conducting a “malign influence campaign“, a move the Department of Justice described as “essential” to protect the country against foreign interference. On Tuesday, the department accused Moscow of recruiting and funding US political groups to act as “unregistered illegal agents of the Russian government”. The organisations that the US government alleges had links with Russia include the African People’s Socialist Party and its Uhuru Movement (APSP), a self-described anti-colonialist organisation based in St Petersburg, Florida, as well as Black Hammer, a fringe Black separatist…
Sam Folarin, Kazeem Olaigbe and Alex Pattison were all on target as Harrogate took a massive stride towards League Two safety following a 3-0 home triumph over Walsall.The Sulphurites made it six games without defeat – equalling their longest EFL unbeaten run – in comfortable fashion against a sorry Saddlers side, who have now won just one of their last 21 contests. Victory also moved Simon Weaver’s men six points clear of the drop zone as second-bottom Hartlepool lost 2-0 at Salford.Harrogate forged ahead in the 10th minute when Luke Armstrong pulled the ball back from the right byline and,…
Crawley moved three points above second-bottom Hartlepool ahead of Saturday’s showdown at the Suit Direct Stadium after battling to a 0-0 home draw against Colchester.The result also further moves the U’s away from relegation danger, putting them seven points clear of the drop zone with three games remaining. Crawley boss Scott Lindsey went into the clash admitting he has been spending a lot of time working on boosting his players’ confidence, and he urged his men to “have a bit more swagger about them.”The Reds had early chances and Aramide Oteh struck the outside of the post from 15 yards…
The toddler is believed to be the first successful intruder across the White House fence, which was installed in 2022.A toddler has caused a stir — and become one of the tiniest intruders ever — after squeezing through the metal fence outside of the White House in Washington, DC. The toddler slipped through the fence on Tuesday morning, prompting officers from the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division to walk across the executive mansion’s North Lawn to intercept the youngster. Access to the public area of the complex was briefly restricted as the officers worked to return the toddler to…
Sudan’s army and the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have clashed in the capital and other cities.At least 185 people have been killed and a further 1,800 injured in three days of fighting between rival factions across Sudan, according to the United Nations special representative for Sudan. The power struggle has pitted General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the armed forces commander, against General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, the head of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary group. Fighting broke out after bitter disagreements between al-Burhan and Dagalo, widely known as Hemedti, about the planned integration of the RSF into the regular…
Further testing and x-rays show that Memphis Grizzlies star point guard Ja Morant did not sustain any breaks or fractures to his right hand after exiting Sunday’s playoff game against the Los Angeles Lakers with an injury, sources tell The Athletic’s Shams Sharania. The ailment is considered a “significant pain tolerance injury” and Morant’s status for Game 2 still remains uncertain, Sharania adds. .acf-block-preview .instagram-twitter-container width: 340px; margin: 0 auto; Morant left Game 1 in the fourth quarter after landing hard on his right hand following a collision with Lakers big man Anthony Davis while going for a layup. The…
Ottoman Fleet came from last to first to make an impressive start to his season in the bet365 Earl Of Sefton Stakes at Newmarket. The son of Sea The Stars won twice at Listed level on the Rowley Mile last season and returned as the 6-4 favourite to strike Group Three gold after finishing third three times at the Dubai Carnival. With one-time Derby hope Reach For The Moon lit up by first-time blinkers in the colours of the King and the Queen Consort, the pace was solid from flag-fall and William Buick was happy to take his time aboard…
Two intriguing Champions League quarterfinal second-leg matches await on Tuesday evening with a renewed rivalry between old foes in one and a spicy all-Italian clash in the other. Real Madrid are on course for the semifinals after beating Chelsea 2-0 in the first leg of the quarterfinals in Spain last week. Chelsea are short on confidence and form, having lost all three games under interim manager Frank Lampard but have a point to prove at home. And while AC Milan are hoping to move a step closer to reviving their past European glories, Napoli are aiming to overturn a 1-0 first-leg…
PARIS (AP) — The FIA has rejected an attempt by Ferrari to overturn a penalty which cost Carlos Sainz Jr. fourth place at the Australian Grand Prix. Sainz was given a five-second penalty for crashing into Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso just after a restart. The race finished on a safety car lap, so the time penalty pushed Sainz down to last of the 12 finishers and he scored no points. The stewards’ ruling on Tuesday shows Ferrari presented telemetry from Sainz’s car, a statement from the Spanish driver and comments from other drivers in interviews to make an argument that…