MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid defender Antonio Rüdiger was racially abused by fans after the team’s game at Cadiz in the Spanish league on Saturday. Video posted by Spanish media on Sunday showed Cadiz fans yelling insults at Rüdiger after he went to the stands to give away his shirt to someone who appeared to be a Madrid supporter. Objects were also thrown at the German defender, who is Black. Rüdiger exchanged a few words with some of the fans yelling at him before giving his shirt away and saluting some of the supporters. Two people who appeared to be members of…
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Hong Kong, China – Hong Kong Bishop Stephen Chow will embark on his first official visit to China on Monday, but is “unlikely” to meet representatives from the mainland’s “underground” churches, a spokesperson said, amid continuing strains between Beijing and the Vatican over the governance of the country’s Catholics. Chow will be the first Hong Kong bishop – the head of the Catholic Church in Hong Kong and overseen by the Vatican – to make an official visit to the mainland since 1994. He will be accompanied by two senior church officials following an invitation from his Beijing counterpart Joseph…
English fighter Arnold Allen had his 12-fight winning streak snapped by Max Holloway at UFC Fight Night in Kansas City.The Suffolk-born 29-year-old pushed the former featherweight champion through five rounds, but ultimately went down via unanimous decision. Holloway took the cards 49-46, 49-46, 48-47 to improve his career record to 24-7. Allen dropped to 19-2.After a frantic opening round, Allen rocked Holloway with a heavy left-right combo early in the second.Despite not being able to take full advantage, Allen became the aggressor, stalking Holloway around the octagon. That big shot continued to elude him however and Holloway slowly worked his…
Doctors say hundreds of people also wounded as battles between army and paramilitary force stretch into second day.The sounds of gunfire and heavy artillery reverberate across Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, for a second day as doctors say at least 56 civilians have been killed in fighting between the army and a powerful paramilitary force. Sunday’s fierce fighting came as the United States, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates called for the opposing sides to “immediately end hostilities without precondition”. Witnesses told the Reuters news agency that the sounds of heavy artillery firing across Khartoum, the adjoining city of Omdurman and…
Ukraine’s military has reported “bloody battles unprecedented in recent decades” in the eastern city of Bakhmut as the death toll from a Russian attack on residential buildings in nearby Sloviansk climbed to 11. The reported battles on Saturday came as the Russian defence ministry said fighters from its Wagner mercenary group had captured two more areas of Bakhmut. Wagner has spearheaded Russia’s attempt to take the city – the main target of Russia’s offensive in eastern Ukraine – since last summer. The fight has been the longest and deadliest battle of the war for both sides. “Bloody battles unprecedented in recent…
Poland’s government said it will temporarily prohibit grain and other food imports from Ukraine as it seeks to address the rising anger of Polish farmers, who say they are losing huge amounts of money to a glut of Ukrainian grain on the market. The leader of Poland’s governing party, Jarosław Kaczyński, said that the Polish countryside is facing a “moment of crisis,” and that while Poland supported Ukraine, it was forced to act to protect its farmers. “Today, the government has decided on a regulation that prohibits the importation of grain, but also dozens of other types of food, to…
TORONTO — Canada’s Kerri Einarson clinched her first-ever Pinty’s Cup after advancing to the semifinals of the Princess Auto Players’ Championship. Einarson just needed to edge Japan’s Satsuki Fujisawa 6-5 in an extra end during Saturday’s quarterfinals at Mattamy Athletic Centre to earn enough points to secure the season title in the Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling series. It’s been a phenomenal 2022-23 for Einarson, who reached the final in all four previous Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling events this season. Her streak actually stretches to six straight events in the series starting with last year’s Princess Auto Players’ Championship.…
Sudan’s military and a powerful paramilitary force have engaged in fierce fighting in the capital and elsewhere in country, dealing a new blow to hopes for a transition to democracy and raising fears of a wider conflict. At least 25 people were killed and 183 others were injured in clashes across the country on Saturday, the Sudanese Doctors’ Union told the Reuters news agency. The group was unable to determine if all the casualities were civilians. The clashes capped months of heightened tensions between Sudan’s army and the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group. Those tensions had delayed a deal with…
Germany will switch off its last three nuclear reactors on Saturday, exiting atomic power even as it seeks to wean itself off fossil fuels and manage an energy crisis caused by the war in Ukraine. While many Western countries are upping their investments in atomic energy to reduce their emissions, Germany is bringing an early end to its nuclear age. Following years of prevaricating, Germany pledged to quit nuclear power definitively after Japan’s 2011 Fukushima disaster sent radiation spewing into the air and terrifying the world. But the final wind-down was delayed from last year to this year after Moscow’s…
Sudan woke up to heavy clashes between the army and a powerful paramilitary force known as the Rapid Support Forces on Saturday. The two rivals have long competed for relevance and power, but an internationally backed political process launched last year exacerbated tensions between them, analysts and activists say. Civilians in the capital of Khartoum reported seeing armoured vehicles from both forces roaming the streets, while hearing heavy gunfire in multiple urban quarters. The RSF said it has taken control of the presidential palace and Khartoum International Airport, which could not be confirmed. The group also said it has seized…