Curling Canada announced significant changes to some of its major events on Monday. The four-player Olympic trials for the 2026 Milano Cortina Games, an eight-team event, will open with a round-robin draw, with the top three teams making the playoffs. The second and third-place teams will then meet in the semifinal while the first-place team advances directly to the final, where the two remaining teams will face off in a best-of-three for the first time ever. Curling Canada is also making changes to the Tournament of Hearts and the Brier beginning next year, announcing that the top two men’s and…
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The British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) has fined Liam Smith and Chris Eubank Jr for their behaviour at a press conference ahead their fight in January.At a press conference on January 19, two days before their headline bout at the Manchester Arena, Smith directed homophobic remarks at Eubank Jr. Eubank also appeared to goad Smith with comments about social class and the Liverpudlian’s private life. The BBBofC did call both fighters to a hearing and has now sanctioned both with fines for their conduct. Image: Offensive comments marred Eubank and Smith’s last press conference A statement read: “The Stewards…
Marshman made a smart start to his campaign with a front-running victory in the Prix Sigy at Chantilly.Impressive in winning his first two starts at Ayr and Thirsk last summer, the Nick Bradley Racing-owned colt went on to fill the runner-up spot in the Gimcrack Stakes at York before rounding off his juvenile year by finishing fifth when favourite for the Middle Park Stakes at Newmarket. Karl Burke’s charge was a warm order to make a successful reappearance at Group Three level in France and dominated from the outset in the hands of Clifford Lee. Wodao, trained by Donnacha O’Brien,…
Armed separatists say they attacked soldiers as army was searching for a captured New Zealand pilot.Separatists in Indonesia’s Papua region say they have killed nine soldiers in an ambush, but the military says one soldier was killed during search operations to find a kidnapped New Zealand pilot. Indonesian military spokesman Julius Widjojono said on Sunday that soldiers were dispersed to several sites in the search for captured Susi Air pilot Phillip Mehrtens and they were having communication difficulties due to bad weather. Mehrtens was kidnapped by the rebels at an airport in the remote Nduga district in February. “As of…
In the tradition of emotion-tugging Stanley Cup promotional spots produced by the NHL, like “Handshake” and the Emmy-winning “No Words,” comes “First Kiss.” Set to Sixpence None the Richer’s jaunty tune “Kiss Me,” we see the expressions on the faces of championship-winning starts right before they first press lips to Lord Stanley’s Mug. An age-old tradition. The league also commissioned Highdive, an independent creative agency, to produce the aspirational “Look Up,” which focuses on young hockey fans, and “Built to Share,” which tracks the exploits of the Cup itself, set to First Aid Kid’s rendition of Willie Nelson’s “On the…
Media caption, Watch: Sheltering from fighter jets and gunfire around Khartoum airportBy Beverly OchiengBBC Monitoring, NairobiThe fighting that has erupted in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, and elsewhere in the country is a direct result of a vicious power struggle within the country’s military leadership.There are clashes at strategic places across the capital as members of a paramilitary force – Rapid Support Forces (RSF) – and regular soldiers fight.Here is what you need to know.What has led to the fighting?Since a coup in October 2021, Sudan has been run by a council of generals, led by the two military men at…
SpaceX is counting down to the first test flight of its Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, designed to send astronauts to the Moon, Mars and beyond.Elon Musk’s SpaceX made final preparations to launch its powerful new Starship rocket system into space for the first time on a brief but highly anticipated, uncrewed test flight from the Texas coast. Here is what to know about Monday’s launch and the tech billionaire’s project. What is Starship? The rocket is the biggest and mightiest ever built, and its maker has lofty goals of ferrying people to the Moon and Mars. It…
At least four people have been killed and 28 wounded in a shooting at a “Sweet 16” birthday party in the United States, according to police and media reports. The gun attack in the small town of Dadeville in the southern US state of Alabama took place late on Saturday night, authorities said on Sunday. There was no official word on what led to the violence. During two news conferences on Sunday, Sergeant Jeremy Burkett of the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency did not take questions. He did not say if a suspect was in custody or if investigators knew about any…
Karl Burke and Donnacha O’Brien both bid for Group success in France with runners in the Group Three Prix Sigy at Chantilly, live on Sky Sports Racing. 2:00 Chantilly – Marshaman and Wodao travel to FranceThe Group Three Prix Sigy (2:00) is the feature heat on an excellent Monday card from Chantilly and it looks something of a Commonwealth Cup trial for Royal Ascot. Karl Burke runs Marshman who was last seen finishing fifth at Group One level last season in the Middle Park and looks the one to beat if improving again this season.Donnacha O’Brien’s Wodao was seen just…
As the conflict enters its 418th day, we take a look at the main developments.Here is the situation on Monday, April 17, 2023: Fighting Russia’s Wagner Group sent more than 100 Ukrainian prisoners of war back to Ukraine to mark Orthodox Easter, according to a video posted by the group’s founder, Yevgeny Prigozhin. The Russian defence ministry said Wagner units captured two more city blocks in the northwest and southeastern parts of the ruined city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine. Ukraine’s military said its troops and Russian forces were fighting extraordinarily bloody battles in Bakhmut, but said pro-Kyiv forces were…