Becker ‘humbled’ by ‘brutal’ spell in prisonTennis great Boris Becker says he is building his life’s “third chapter” following his release from prison.He was released in December and was subsequently deported from the UK.”I’m usually good in the fifth set – I’ve won the first two sets, I’ve lost the next two and I’m planning to win that,” he told 5 Live Breakfast.In a lengthy interview, former world number one Becker said:There was “no handbook” for dealing with fame and fortune after winning Wimbledon as a teenagerPrison was “brutal” and a “very different experience to what you see in the…
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Newton Abbot’s season opener features plenty of intriguing runners on a decent Easter Saturday of action, live on Sky Sports Racing. 2.50 Newton Abbot – Barrier Peaks to return to winning run?David Pipe sends Barrier Peaks to Newton Abbot for the cornwallofficefurniture.com Handicap Hurdle (2:50) having won four in a row before defeat at Chepstow last month. He’s up a further 5lb and that will make it tricky against a host of recent winners, including Iberio, Carlow Farmer and Ramo.Another to consider is Venetia Williams’ Ramo, with Ned Fox taking off 7lb which cancels out a rise for winning at…
Gaza City, Gaza – When the first Israeli airstrike hit near the Al Dorra children’s hospital in the besieged Gaza Strip overnight on Thursday, Samar Alwan rushed to her two-year-old daughter’s bed to pick her up. Moments later, the glass from the window above the bed shattered and crashed onto the cot. “My daughter miraculously survived,” the 23-year-old Alwan, who has been in the hospital for two days with her fever-stricken daughter, told Al Jazeera. “Last night, we were sleeping in the ward. Suddenly we woke up to the sound of the terrifying air strikes. “They were moments of massive…
PLA announces United Sharp Sword exercises amid Chinese anger over meeting between Taiwan’s President and US House Speaker.China has announced three days of military exercises around Taiwan amid anger in Beijing over Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen’s meeting in California with the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy. China, which claims Taiwan as its own and has not ruled out the use of force to achieve its aims, will hold “combat readiness patrols” from April 8 to 10, the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) Eastern Theatre Command said in a brief statement on Saturday. Command spokesman Senior Colonel…
A federal judge in Texas has temporarily withdrawn approval for the use of mifepristone, one of two pills used for medication abortions, in a ruling set to have widespread impacts on reproductive healthcare across the United States. In a victory for anti-abortion advocates, Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk issued a 67-page ruling placing a stay on the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of mifepristone, which would render sales of the widely used drug illegal. The decision gives the administration of Democratic President Joe Biden seven days to appeal before the temporary ban goes into effect. Kacsmaryk’s decision is considered to…
University of Michigan forward Adam Fantilli took home the Hobey Baker Award for the most outstanding NCAA men’s college hockey player this season on Friday in Tampa Bay. .acf-block-preview .instagram-twitter-container width: 340px; margin: 0 auto; Fantilli edged-out fellow finalists Logan Cooley, former third-overall pick for the Arizona Coyotes, and Matthew Knies, a Toronto Maple Leafs prospect. Cooley and Knies both play for Minnesota, which will face Quinnipiac in the national final on Saturday The 18-year-old Fantilli, a Canadian, was the top scorer in the NCAA, notching 64 points in 35 games and taking home the Tim Taylor Rookie of the…
Pakistan is in danger of defaulting on its debt while a bruising political battle is raging between the government and former PM Khan.Pakistan’s government has announced plans to launch a nationwide operation to root out armed groups in the country, the National Security Committee (NSC) said. The move, announced on on Friday, is a potentially costly one for a country already facing full-blown economic and political crises. “The [NSC] meeting agreed to launch an all-out comprehensive operation with [the participation of the] entire nation and government to rid the country of the menace of terrorism,” a news release from the…
Amid uncertainty over issuance of visa to two Indian journalists reporting from China, India has expressed hope that the authorities in Beijing would facilitate continued presence of Indian journalists in the country. It is learnt that visas of at least two Indian journalists, reporting for Prasar Bharati and The Hindu from Beijing, have been “curtailed or frozen”. China has defended its move claiming that its journalists have received “unfair and discriminatory treatment in India for a long time”. Responding to questions, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said, “There are Chinese journalists who have Indian visas for pursuing journalistic…
Preliminary data finds deforestation in the month of March increased 14 percent over the same month last year.Deforestation in Brazil has continued to rise, underscoring the difficulties faced by left-wing President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as he tries to halt deforestation that surged under his predecessor. Preliminary data released on Friday shows that the government has yet to deliver on that promise, with deforestation for the month of March up 14 percent compared with the same month last year. “This rise in numbers reveals that the Amazon still suffers from a huge lack of governance and that the new…
NEW YORK (AP) — Steve Cohen plans to patch things up with New York Mets fans over an ad on the uniform. In a partnership with NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, the team wore patches on its jersey sleeves for the first time during Friday’s home opener against the Miami Marlins. But the red-and-white colour scheme didn’t really fit for a team traditionally decked out in blue and orange that counts the Philadelphia Phillies as a primary rival. The club announced the sponsorship agreement Thursday and showed off the new uniform patches in a photo online. Cohen, the Mets’ owner, said he had…