By CNN Sport Staff In an on-camera interview with the BBC, world No. 1 Novak Djokovic said he is willing to skip playing in the French Open or Wimbledon because of his vaccination stance. Djokovic became embroiled in controversy earlier this year after attempting to enter Australia without a valid vaccination exemption.`The 20-time grand slam
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — En una entrevista en cámara con la BBC, el No. 1 del mundo del tenis masculino, Novak Djokovic, dijo que está dispuesto a no jugar el Abierto de Francia o Wimbledon debido a su postura sobre la vacuna contra el covid-19. Antes del Abierto de Australia, Djokovic estaba empatado con Rafael Nadal
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Norway captured the men’s team pursuit gold medal for the second straight Winter Olympics, while the U.S. earned the bronze.
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Four points in the ninth end by Switzerland put Team USA in a hole they couldn’t climb out of in an 8-7 loss during Session 9 of round-robin play.
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Over 260 police calls to the area of a homeless camp along Northeast Second Street over the past three months are one of more than a dozen measurements of “highest community safety concern” that prompted Police Chief Mike Krantz to say the area meets the conditions of an “unsafe campsite,” which could lead to its removal.
Continue ReadingBy MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Clean shooting cleared the way for the Boe brothers to win another Olympic gold medal for Norway in biathlon. Vetle Sjaastad Christiansen skied the final leg of the four-man relay and hit all five targets at the last range before crossing first. Russian biathlete Eduard Latypov
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Canada won the gold medal in the women’s team pursuit final after Japan’s Nana Takagi fell on the final lap.
Continue ReadingBy ZEN SOO Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — Singapore’s biennial air show opened Tuesday on a smaller scale than before the pandemic, even as the aviation sector gears up for a recovery two years after coronavirus outbreaks nearly paralyzed air travel. The three-day air show began Tuesday. Members of the general public are not allowed.
Continue ReadingBy Sophia Saifi, Azaz Syed and Rhea Mogul, CNN The brother of murdered social media star Qandeel Baloch has been freed by a Pakistan appeals court, three years after he was convicted of killing her for “bringing dishonor” to the family. Baloch’s murder in 2016 sparked a national outcry and promoted changes in the country’s
Continue ReadingNAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopian lawmakers have voted to end the country’s three-month state of emergency early as mediation efforts continue to end the deadly war in the north of the Horn of Africa nation. Tuesday’s vote by lawmakers came after Ethiopia’s Council of Ministers, chaired by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, decided on Jan. 26
Continue ReadingBy Allison Hope, CNN Hold the flowers and the chocolates and the sappy love poems. Forget Valentine’s Day and Galentine’s Day and the pressure to make plans and buy things and give unto others. This year, celebrate Solotine’s Day on February 15. Ditch the obligations and the loved ones surrounding you 24/7 and practice some
Continue ReadingCNN By Tierney Sneed, CNN Mazars USA, the accounting firm that former President Donald Trump and his businesses have used for years, cut ties with him in stunning fashion, declaring it could no longer vouch for the financial statements it has complied over the past decade. The February 9 letter was disclosed Monday amid litigation
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Sweden, Great Britain, and the ROC all picked up wins in the ninth session of women’s curling action.
Continue ReadingBy JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer BEIJING (AP) — One of sports’ fiercest and longest-running grudge-matches will resume Thursday when the American and Canadian women’s hockey teams faceoff at the Beijing Games with an Olympic gold medal on the line. The game will mark the sixth time out of seven Olympics the cross-border rivals will
Continue ReadingDAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian state TV says a bomb attached to a bus carrying Syrian troops in Damascus has exploded and killed one soldier. Eleven more soldiers were wounded in the blast Tuesday morning at a customs roundabout near the capital’s landmark Omayyad Square. The report gave no further details. Such attacks have occurred
Continue ReadingBy PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Mathilde Gremaud won the ski slopestyle contest by the slimmest of margins over fan favorite Eileen Gu. The Swiss freestyle skier who squeaked into the slopestyle final by a mere .36 points edged out Gu for the gold medal by an even narrower margin —
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Continue ReadingBy JANIE HAR and SARAH DiLORENZO Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — She is an exceptional athlete who has already won gold and silver in the Beijing Olympics. But the deep fascination and even obsession with Eileen Gu’s origin story has threatened to overshadow anything she does on the slopes. The frenzy to “explain” Gu’s choice
Continue ReadingBy JANIE HAR and SARAH DiLORENZO Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — She is an exceptional athlete who has already won gold and silver in the Beijing Olympics. But the deep fascination and even obsession with Eileen Gu’s origin story has threatened to overshadow anything she does on the slopes. The frenzy to “explain” Gu’s choice
Continue ReadingBy ZEN SOO Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — Singapore’s biennial air show opened Tuesday on a smaller scale than before the pandemic, even as the aviation sector gears up for a recovery two years after coronavirus outbreaks nearly paralyzed air travel. The three-day air show began Tuesday. Members of the general public are not allowed.
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