During the Vancouver Canucks‘ end-of-season press conferences, Brock Boeser expressed his desire to stay put. Asked about his future ahead of the off-season, the forward Boeser responded: “To be completely honest with you I don’t want to be traded.” .acf-block-preview .instagram-twitter-container width: 340px; margin: 0 auto; As the Canucks were twirling down the depths of the National Hockey League, Boeser’s agent, Ben Hankinson, had been working with Canucks general manager Patrik Allvin on trying to find a trade partner, including the Minnesota Wild. Boeser remained a Canuck after the March 3 trade deadline. For the 26-year-old, it was “a blessing…
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Italy continue Ireland’s winless Six Nations start in round three victory; Sofia Stefan scores for Italy as Alyssa D’Inca grabs two tries Last Updated: 15/04/23 8:22pm Ireland slumped to a third successive defeat in this year’s Women’s Six Nations after losing 24-7 to fellow strugglers Italy in Parma. Both nations came into the match at the Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi having lost their opening two matches but it was Italy who emerged victorious thanks to tries from Alyssa D’Inca (two) and Sofia Stefan.The hosts broke the stalemate in the 28th minute after some quality team play down the left wing saw…
Ipswich climbed to second in Sky Bet League One after a convincing 6-0 victory over Charlton.Conor Chaplin struck a hat-trick, while substitute Freddie Ladapo weighed in with two goals before defender Leif Davis scored in stoppage-time as Ipswich moved above Sheffield Wednesday, who lost at Burton. Ipswich made a fast start, forcing three successive corners and also had a penalty appeal turned down for handball against Addicks defender Michael Hector.Chaplin soon put Town in front in the seventh minute with his 20th league goal of the season when he drilled the ball into the bottom corner.It was soon 2-0 when…
Activists called for protests against the prestigious horse race to demand an end to ‘animal cruelty for entertainment’.Three people have been arrested in connection with a plan by animal rights activists to disrupt the prestigious Grand National horse race. All three were arrested on “suspicion of conspiracy to cause public nuisance,” Merseyside Police said on Saturday. A 25-year-old woman and a man were arrested while protesting outside Aintree racecourse near Liverpool, northwest England where the famous steeplechase takes place. Earlier on Saturday, a 33-year-old woman was arrested in the Greater Manchester area “in connection with potential coordinated disruption activities” at…
Plymouth took a step closer promotion to the Sky Bet Championship with a narrow 1-0 win at Devon rivals Exeter.The derby produced plenty of passion and endeavour, but chances were few and far between, with Matt Butcher’s deflected second-half effort proving enough for the Pilgrims to take all three points. Exeter created the first chance of a frantic first half, with Jay Stansfield robbing Argyle midfielder Saxon Earley before setting up Demitri Mitchell, but his shot was straight at Plymouth goalkeeper Callum Burton.Butcher fired over as the Pilgrims looked to break the deadlock ahead of the break.Early in the second…
Heavy fighting could mean prolonged strife across a country already dealing with economic breakdown and flare-ups of tribal violence.The international community has condemned the escalation of violence in Sudan’s capital Khartoum. Heavy gunfire and blasts were reported following days of tension between the armed forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Fighting was under way for Khartoum’s airport, military bases, the presidential palace, and the residence of the army chief. Countries were quick to denounce the violence and call for calm. United States US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the situation in Sudan was “fragile” but insisted there was…
The digital news outlet El Faro, founded in El Salvador in 1998 and hailed for its independent investigative reporting, has decided to move its administrative and legal operations out of the country amid what it describes as a campaign of government harassment. In an editorial on Thursday, the outlet said that it registered on April 1 as a non-profit in San Jose, Costa Rica, though it stressed that its newsroom remains in El Salvador and plans to continue work as usual. “Under the government of Nayib Bukele, campaigns originating in Casa Presidencial [the Presidential House] have sought to defame and…
Former US Vice President Mike Pence was booed at the annual meeting of the United States’s largest gun rights lobby even as he sought to present himself as a more determined defender of gun rights than his one-time boss Donald Trump. Pence and Trump were among the top Republican hopefuls for the 2024 presidential race at the National Rifle Association’s (NRA) three-day gathering in Indianapolis, with both promising to defend Americans’ right to bear arms at all costs. The NRA’s most ardent members are meeting just days after mass shootings at a school in Nashville and a bank in Louisville that killed…
Crowd at fishing harbour in western Japan scattered in panic after explosion as police subdued a man at the scene.Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was evacuated unharmed after what appeared to be a smoke bomb was thrown at him while he was on the campaign trail in Wakayama prefecture in western Japan. Footage on Japanese television showed a disturbance in a crowd gathered at the Saikazaki fishing harbour where Kishida was out in support of a ruling party candidate. The video showed a a blast and white smoke, just as he was about to speak. The prime minister took cover…
Here is the situation on Saturday, April 15, 2023: Fighting Eight people, including a toddler, were killed after Russian shells hit an apartment block in the eastern Ukrainian city of Sloviansk. More than a dozen residents were hurt. The United Kingdom Ministry of Defence said Russia had “re-energised” its efforts in Bakhmut thanks to better relations between the army and the mercenary Wagner Group. Ukraine was still holding western districts of the town but had been subjected to particularly intense Russian artillery fire, it added. Russia’s special forces have suffered “significant losses” in the war in Ukraine, leaked US military…