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Mitchell Santner celebrates a wicket. Photo: AFP HAMILTON: Matt Henry took 4-43 and Mark Chapman crafted 64 as New Zealand coasted to a four-wicket win over the West Indies in the third ODI here at Seddon Park on Saturday for a series sweep. The tourists’ top order failed to fire once again, skittled for 161 … Read more
ndia’s Simu Das plays a shot during the Women’s Blind Twenty20 World Cup. PHOTO: AFP COLOMBO: India beat Australia on Saturday to enter the final of the first blind women’s T20 world cup against Nepal, winners of the other semi-final against Pakistan in Colombo. India won the first semi-final by nine wickets while Nepal cruised … Read more
The arrest came days before the former president was expected to be ordered to begin a 27-year prison sentence for staging a failed coup.
Older adult from Grays Harbor with health issues dies; owned backyard flock of mixed domestic birds Test tubes are seen labelled “Bird Flu” words in this illustration taken, June 10, 2024.PHOTO: REUTERS A Washington State resident receiving treatment for H5N5 avian influenza died on Friday, the state’s health department said, in the first confirmed human … Read more
Departures for U.S. subscribers next month include several classic comedies of the big and small screen — and one particularly prescient one.
South Africa’s Aiden Markram (R) plays a shot during the first day of the second Test. Photo: AFP GUWAHATI: Spinner Kuldeep Yadav took three wickets as India rattled South Africa with late strikes to leave the tourists 247-6 at stumps on the first day of the second Test on Saturday. Tristan Stubbs, who made 49, … Read more
Australia’s Travis Head steered Australia to within sight of victory in the first Ashes Test. Photo: AFP PERTH: Makeshift opener Travis Head smacked an explosive 69-ball century to power Australia to victory in a high-octane first Ashes Test on Saturday as England meekly surrendered in the Perth Stadium cauldron. Chasing 205 to win, Head slammed … Read more
More young people are steering clear of alcohol. The deepening cultural shift has spawned an epidemic of brewery closures.
[A growing batch of companies give customers access to whatever medical tests they want — no doctor’s orders required.
Italy’s Flavio Cobolli reacts during his singles match against Belgium’s Zizou Bergs. PHOTO: REUTERS BOLOGNA: Double defending champions Italy beat Belgium 2-0 on Friday in Bologna after Flavio Cobolli won a 32-point tiebreak to set up a Davis Cup final with either Spain or Germany. Former Wimbledon finalist Matteo Berrettini overcame Raphael Collignon 6-3, 6-4 … Read more