Veteran journalist and Middle East correspondent for British newspaper The Independent, Robert Fisk, died on Monday after being hospitalised two days ago, for suffering a suspected stroke at his home in Dublin, He was 74 years old. The journalist and author, who for decades covered events in the Middle East and elsewhere as a foreign correspondent for The Independent, was reportedly admitted to St Vincent’s hospital in Dublin after becoming unwell on Friday. A source at the British newspaper confirmed the news of his death. journalist who was “renowned for his courage in questioning official narratives” and publishing “frequently brilliant prose”. “Fearless, uncompromising, determined and utterly…
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Boxer Georgia O’Connor died tragically at the age of 25.O’Connor, who was gold for England at the Commonwealth Youth Games 2017 2017 2017, was 3-0 as a professional, was diagnosed with cancer in October 2024.In her last Instagram – post – two weeks before her death – O’Connor REEK She had married her partner Adriano and had hired his last name Cardinali.A rising star in Boxing, O’Connor also represented team GB and fought on the Classa Shields-Savannah Marshall Card in the O2 Arena in 2022.”We are deeply saddened by the death of Georgia O’Connor,” read a statement from Boxxer.”A real…
Russian journalist and Nobel Peace laureate Dmitry Muratov is auctioning his Nobel medal for Ukrainian refugees, distraught at the eradication of independent media in his country, where he says fewer and fewer people support Moscow’s military campaign. Muratov is the bear-like co-founder and long-time editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta, a newspaper critical of the Kremlin that was itself established in 1993 with money from former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev’s Nobel Peace Prize. For years it defied tightening restrictions on dissenting media, but in March it finally suspended its online and print activities after it became a crime – punishable by 15 years…
The 29th season of the WNBA started this weekend, which led to a crowded series of exciting competitions. Although the first victories and lose nothing too exaggerated, especially now that the W has been expanded to the 44 game season, there are still few takeways to be available. Let’s dive into three of the most popular look after opening the weekend: Paige Bueckers have submitted a serious Roty competence Paige Bueckers Guards Sonia Citron during 2024 matchup at the university.Michael Clubb / South Bles Paige Bueckers entered her Rookie Wnba season as a newly beaten NCAA champion and the number…
Another year full of promise ending in destruction: that is the legacy of the Toronto Maple Leafs. On Sunday evening, the Leafs laid their egg of the 2024-25 season for a sold-out crowd in Toronto while they fell 6-1 in the Florida Panthers, ending in the Eyir season in the second round of the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs. Crashen is perhaps par for the course for the Maple Leafs, but historical No one In Professional Sports, losing the play -offs has mastered, just like the Toronto Maple Leafs. On Sunday evening the ninth season in a row marked the team…
Pato O’Ward never started in the front row for the Indianapolis 500. Until this year. The Arrow McLaren driver booked a place in the Firestone Fast Six with a strong run during Soundy on Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and although he could not catch Robert Shwartzman or Takuma Sato, O’Ward finished third in the Firestone Fastolis on the outside. That is exactly where he would be. “I’ve never been in the front row for an Indy 500, so this is great.” Yesterday I got my AWD family that my goal was to start in the front row. It was clear that…
Nowadays the entire field is set for the 109th Indianapolis. The qualification set of Saturday Spots 13-30 on the grid, but Sunday three critical sessions that will complete the field of the car that starts 33rd on the grid, to the car that starts in pole position. The first session is the Fast 12, which consists of the fastest 12 cars from Saturday’s qualifying session. Each car is guaranteed a run of four laps during the session, with the order determined based on the speed table from Saturday, starting with the slowest car of the 12. Here are the drivers…
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Aliyah Boston had the back of Caitlin Clark when Angel Reese came to confront her in Saturday’s game between the Indiana Fever and Chicago Sky, and after the game, Clark showed that the CamarEeaderie was mutually by paying volunteer work to pay Boston’s technical errors to interven. It all started when Clark was committed to fulfilling at Rese (late upgrade to a flagrant) to prevent an attempt. Reese took an exception to the piece and Boston jumped between her and Clark while the last ran away, which led to technical errors for both. In the post game media session of…
Are we going to another dominant Saturday from McLaren, or will their rivals qualify a surprise in Formula 1 in the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix? The McLaren -Duo of Oscar Pienestri and Lando Norris has led the way over all three practice sessions. Piastri was at the top of the timing magazines in both FP1 and FP2 – with Norris just behind him in P2 – while it was Norris who was the fastest in FP3 earlier today, with Piestri behind him in second place. An important story to view in today’s qualifying session is the soft C6 connection, which…