Author: Daily Sabah With Reuters
NFL team owners have officially approved a resolution allowing players to compete in flag football at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, the league announced Tuesday. The NFL had long supported the idea, and several star athletes – including two-time MVP quarterback Patrick Mahomes – had expressed interest in representing their country. The initiative took a major step forward as owners gave their unanimous approval during a league meeting in Minnesota. “It’s an incredible honor for any athlete to represent their country in the Olympics, which is the pinnacle of global sport,” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said in a statement. “I…
Crashing to the floor after contact from Jaden McDaniels, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander flung the ball toward the rim – and watched it drop in before calmly sinking the free throw five minutes into the fourth quarter. That sequence captured the momentum shift, as Gilgeous-Alexander shook off a sluggish first half to score 20 of his 31 points after the break, powering the Oklahoma City Thunder to a dominant 114-88 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals Tuesday night. Gilgeous-Alexander was flawless in the second half – no turnovers, all control – as the Thunder outscored…
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he was not worried about reports of a Russian military buildup along the border of Finland. “No, I don’t … worry about that at all,” Trump said at the White House when asked about the issue. “They’re going to be very safe,” he said, referring to Finland and Norway.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he was not worried about reports of a Russian military buildup along the border of Finland. “No, I don’t … worry about that at all,” Trump said at the White House when asked about the issue. “They’re going to be very safe,” he said, referring to Finland and Norway.
The revival of cricketing ties between England and Zimbabwe comes full circle this Thursday as Trent Bridge hosts a standalone four-day Test between the two nations. For Ben Stokes and his squad, the match offers a crucial warm-up ahead of a high-profile five-Test series against India this June. Meanwhile, for Craig Ervine’s Zimbabwean side, it may be a rare – and possibly once-in-a-lifetime – opportunity to compete on English soil. The two teams last faced off in a red-ball Test during England’s James Anderson’s debut series in 2003, and they haven’t met in any format since 2007. “England is the…
Brighton’s Jack Hinshelwood sealed a dramatic 3-2 victory against Liverpool on Monday to leave the Premier League champions without a win since clinching the title. Arne Slot’s side took the lead through Harvey Elliott’s early opener before Yasin Ayari equalised at the Amex Stadium. Dominik Szoboszlai restored Liverpool’s advantage just before the interval, but Brighton staged a late fightback as Kaoru Mitoma levelled before Hinshelwood came off the bench to net with his first touch. Liverpool have taken just one point from their three matches following the title-clinching rout of Tottenham on April 27. The Reds have lost at Brighton…
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday the number of visas he has revoked was probably in the thousands, adding that he believed there was still more to do. Republican President Donald Trump’s administration has sought to ramp up deportations and revoke student visas as part of its wide-ranging efforts to fulfill his hardline immigration agenda. “I don’t know the latest count, but we probably have more to do,” Rubio told a Senate appropriations subcommittee that oversees foreign affairs. Asked to give an estimate, he said it was probably in the thousands at this point, an increase from…
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday “it would be great” for Russia and Ukraine to hold ceasefire talks at the Vatican, saying it would add extra significance to the proceedings. Trump, describing his phone call earlier with Russian President Vladimir Putin, said he told him, “When are we going to end this, Vladimir?” Trump says he was surprised that Biden’s cancer diagnosis was not revealed sooner Trump told reporters on Monday he was surprised the public was not notified sooner about former President Joe Biden’s prostate cancer diagnosis. Biden disclosed on Sunday he was diagnosed with prostate cancer with…
U.S. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer on Monday introduced a bill that would prevent any foreign aircraft from being used as Air Force One, the aircraft that transports the U.S. president. Schumer introduced the “Presidential Airlift Security Act” after news last week that President Donald Trump planned to accept a $400 million airplane from Qatar, which legal experts said raised a raft of questions about the scope of laws that relate to gifts from foreign governments and are intended to thwart corruption and improper influence. Retrofitting the luxury plane offered by Qatar’s royal family would require security upgrades, communications improvements…
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday that the Syrian transitional authority may be weeks away from potential collapse and full-scale civil war, defending U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to lift Syria sanctions and to engage with the Damascus government. “It is our assessment that, frankly, the transitional authority, given the challenges they’re facing, are maybe weeks, not many months, away from potential collapse and a full-scale civil war of epic proportions, basically the country splitting up,” Rubio told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.