BREMEN, Germany (AP) — Former West Germany soccer player Horst-Dieter Höttges has died. He was 79. Höttges was a member of the West Germany team that won the 1974 World Cup and lost to England in the 1966 final. Werder Bremen says in a statement citing Höttges’s family that he had died on June 22.
Continue ReadingBy HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams has lost in the first round of her 24th appearance at the All England Club. Williams fell to the ground at Centre Court early on against Elina Svitolina and her right knee was treated twice by a trainer. The 43-year-old
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — “The Idol” presented a cautionary show-business tale, all right, just not the one that was intended about suffering for art or “All About Eve”-like scheming to get ahead; rather, the show serves as a warning about the dangers executives brave when they allow hot talent to run wild
Continue ReadingBy JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Roy Hodgson was rewarded for saving Crystal Palace from relegation last season with a one-year contract to manage the Premier League club. The deal comes two years after the 75-year-old Hodgson ended his first spell at the club and announced his retirement from soccer. Hodgson
Continue ReadingBy Casey Barber, CNN (CNN) — No disrespect to s’mores and hot dogs, which have earned their spot at the top of the “food you eat around a campfire” pyramid. But they’re not the only foods (sweet or savory) you could cook and enjoy in the great outdoors — or in your backyard. I’m a
Continue ReadingBy Casey Barber, CNN (CNN) — No disrespect to s’mores and hot dogs, which have earned their spot at the top of the “food you eat around a campfire” pyramid. But they’re not the only foods (sweet or savory) you could cook and enjoy in the great outdoors — or in your backyard. I’m a
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — “El tenis es una combinación perfecta de acción violenta que tiene lugar con un ambiente de total tranquilidad”, supo decir Billie Jean King, ganadora de 20 títulos Wimbledon entre individuales, dobles y mixtos y cuatro Roland Garros. Francisco Cerúndolo aplica a la perfección con la frase de la icónica mujer
Continue ReadingMONACO (AP) — Marathon runner Titus Ekiru faces a 10-year ban in a doping investigation centered on the race that currently ranks him as the sixth-fastest man of all-time. The Athletics Integrity Unit says the 31-year-old Kenyan faces two charges for positive doping tests and two more of tampering. Ekiru ran 2 hours, 2 minutes,
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) is institution that says it’s responsible for the “custodianship of the laws of the cricket” and on its website there is a section devoted to the sport’s “spirit.” In it, the MCC highlights the respectful manner in which the sport should be played, notably:
Continue ReadingBy Rosa Flores and Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — A Houston man who went missing as a teen more than eight years ago was found sleeping in front of a local church, according to police. Rudolph “Rudy” Farias IV had been missing since March 6, 2015, according to a missing persons flyer published by the
Continue ReadingKTRK By Rosa Flores and Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — A Houston man who went missing as a teen more than eight years ago was found sleeping in front of a local church, according to police. Rudolph “Rudy” Farias IV had been missing since March 6, 2015, according to a missing persons flyer published by
Continue ReadingCAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s army has called on young people and anyone else capable of fighting to enlist in its battle against the country’s rival paramilitary force, known as the Rapid Support Forces. It is the second such call to be issued by army leaders in recent days. Sudan descended into chaos after fighting erupted
Continue ReadingBy FABIANO MAISONNAVE Associated Press ATALAIA DO NORTE, Brazil (AP) — Thousands of Amazon Indigenous are leaving their rainforest villages in a migration to urban areas that is reshaping their lives, their villages and their new cities. Some of the migrants are seeking a better education than they can get in village schools that they
Continue ReadingBy EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan President William Ruto has lifted a six-year ban on logging over the concerns of environmentalists. The president said Sunday it was “foolish” to have mature trees rotting in forests while local industries lacked timber. He said, “This is why we have decided to open up
Continue ReadingBy ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police on Monday accused eight self-exiled pro-democracy activists of violating the territory’s harsh National Security Law and offered rewards of 1 million Hong Kong dollars ($127,600) each for information leading to their arrests. The U.S. and Britain strongly condemned the move. The rewards are
Continue ReadingBy Matt Foster, CNN (CNN) — Argentine soccer superstar Lionel Messi is to earn between $50 and $60 million per year when he joins Inter Miami, the club’s part-owner Jorge Mas told Spanish publication El Pais in an interview. The lower of those figures would make Messi the highest-paid player in Major League Soccer (MLS) by over
Continue ReadingFeride Yalav-Heckeroth, CNN (CNN) — Rize province, on the Black Sea coast near Turkey’s northeast border with Georgia, is still largely unknown to many international travelers. Yet it is here that some of the country’s most untouched alpine terrains continue to fascinate nature lovers who want to take the road less traveled. Away from Rize
Continue ReadingBy JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Saudi-backed Newcastle has spent big to sign Sandro Tonali from AC Milan and take the midfielder away from the club he supported as a child. The club says the Italy international had joined for an undisclosed fee and signed a contract until 2028. The fee
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza Odesa, Ucrania (CNN) — La respuesta del presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, a la rebelión armada del grupo Wagner fue “débil” y el mandatario ruso está perdiendo el control de su propio pueblo, dijo a CNN el presidente de Ucrania Volodymyr Zelensky en una entrevista exclusiva. Putin enfrentó la mayor amenaza a
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Parents of teens and preteens say it used to be that they only had to worry about explaining the mechanics of sex and pregnancy to their kids. But since the US Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision ended 50 years of protected access to abortions in the United States last year,
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