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The Professional Soccer Referees Association (PSRA) -- the union which represents officials used for MLS -- has rejected a deal proposed by the Professional Referees Organization (PRO) and now faces being locked out from midnight on Saturday. The breakdown comes just days ahead of the start of the new MLS season, which kicks off Wednesday when Lionel Messi's Inter Miami host Real Salt Lake. If no deal is reached by the time the new season starts, MLS will be forced to hire referees who are not part of the union. Читать дальше...

South Africa won six of the seven Tests in which he played, all against Australia, before South Africa's sporting isolation in 1970 because of apartheid. The other match was drawn with South Africa on the verge of victory before rain ended play. In those seven matches Procter took 41 wickets at an average of 15.02. Although renowned primarily as a fearsome fast bowler, he equalled a world batting record when he hit six first-class centuries in successive innings. Ali Bacher, who captained South... Читать дальше...

"I would like to confirm that I had to withdraw from the Genesis Invitational due to illness, which we now know is influenza," Woods said in a post on X (formerly Twitter). "I am resting and feeling better. Good luck to the players this weekend." Tournament host Woods hadn't played an official US PGA Tour event since withdrawing last April from the rain-delayed third round of the Masters. Two weeks after that he underwent right ankle surgery to alleviate lingering pain from injuries suffered in a 2021 car crash. Читать дальше...

Thousands on Saturday joined the first authorised protest in Senegal's capital since President Macky Sall postponed elections for his successor, only for a top court to overturn his ruling.

The shooting on February 14 left one woman dead and 22 people injured — including two girls in the Reyes family. Kelce's Eighty-Seven Running foundation made two $50,000 donations to a GoFundMe raising money to support the Reyes family, a Kelce representative confirmed to NBC. Travis was following in the famous footsteps of Swift, who on Friday donated $100,000 to support the family of the woman killed in the shooting, Elizabeth Lopez-Galvan. "Sending my deepest sympathies and condolences in the wake of your devastating loss. Читать дальше...

The 6-4, 6-3 victory will take De Minaur to a career-high number nine in the world rankings -- his first time in the top 10 -- and sets up a possible final with Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner. It was deja vu for the Australian -- he also spent his 24th birthday in Rotterdam playing Dimitrov. Last year, de Minaur squandered two match points to crash out in the quarters. This time, he started quickly, breaking Dimitrov's first service game to love. Dimitrov worked his way into the match... Читать дальше...

The show by British designer Ricky Wesley Harriott, held inside a stationary bus, was meant to be a "celebration of metropolitan life" for professional women and a "daring" challenge to "patriarchal norms". But the recreation of the morning bus commute in heels was more authentic than the designer bargained for, as one of the models, dressed in black shorts and a black long sleeve top, tumbled down the stairs. The show's audience, who sat in the bus passenger seats, looked on in silence, as the... Читать дальше...

Hintermann was seventh out of the gate and set a time of 1min 44.32sec to top the podium by 0.08s from Vincent Kriechmayr, with Cameron Alexander third at 0.19s. Hintermann and Alexander of Canada have fond memories of this slope created for the Lillehammer 1984 Olympic Games after sharing the spoils in a downhill at Kvitfjell two years ago. "You could say this is my favourite course," said Hintermann, 28. "It is a lot of fun and they did an amazing job on it. The slope is tough but it's good conditions. Читать дальше...

India reached 196-2 in their second innings at stumps on day three in Rajkot, with Shubman Gill (65) and nightwatchman Kuldeep Yadav (three) batting at the close of play. India have been left with 10 players to bat and bowl after Ashwin left the match late Friday due to a family emergency. Devdutt Padikkal came in as substitute fielder. Jaiswal, struggling with his back, retired hurt on 104 and the next man Rajat Patidar was out for a duck from 10 balls. "He looks like a superstar in the making... Читать дальше...

Every day, he or other villagers come to inspect the debris. They hope to find pieces of wood for heating and cooking, or even to recover objects of value that have so far escaped them, and all the while a bitter Oubelaid wonders when he will get the government aid that he applied for. "Every time I ask, they tell me it's going to happen," Oubelaid, 35, said. "But I have children to feed and to clothe." Moroccan authorities said around 3,000 people died during the 6.8 magnitude earthquake that struck on September 8... Читать дальше...

"The Arman anti-ballistic missile system and the Azarakhsh low-altitude air defence system, built by the ministry of defence, were unveiled this morning," the official IRNA news agency said. The unveiling of the new weapons comes at a time of heightened regional tensions with the war between Israel and Tehran-backed Hamas raging into a fifth month. Even before the war, Israel and Iran were implacable foes, with Israel fiercely opposed to Tehran's nuclear programme. In 2023, Israeli Prime Minister... Читать дальше...

Alexei Navalny ’s spokesperson confirmed Saturday that the Russian opposition leader had died at a remote Arctic penal colony and said he was “murdered," but it is unclear where his body is.

Kane has not registered a shot on target for two matches, both of which Bayern lost. Bayern, who travel to Bochum on Sunday, have not lost three matches in a row since 2015. "It's unbelievable how well he can score in training and how he pushes on the team -- which is absolutely world-class -- and how little we have found him in games. "I have seldom experienced such a difference in what a player has been able to bring on the pitch in training and on the pitch in actual games." Tuchel said he has not given the experienced striker advice... Читать дальше...

France captain Mbappe, 25, has told the French side he will leave at the end of the season, a source close to PSG told AFP Thursday. Superstar striker Mbappe is heavily linked with Madrid, who have tried to sign him multiple times in the past few years and may finally get their man. "I can see and hear, I understand it's the topic of the day for you, but not for us, for us it's tomorrow's game," Ancelotti told a news conference ahead of Madrid's visit to face Rayo Vallecano in La Liga. "People can talk... Читать дальше...

Bassino sealed her first World Cup win in the discipline at the main expense of her compatriot Federica Brignone, second at .54s. In-form Swiss star Lara Gut-Behrami, who won Friday's downhill, had to settle for third at 1.11s. Despite missing out on back-to-back downhills, Gut-Behrami still extended her lead in the overall standings. The 32-year-old goes into Sunday's Super G at her home ski resort 165 points clear of Mikaela Shiffrin in the race for the large crystal globe awarded for the overall title. Читать дальше...

2024-02-17 10:32 Zelensky delivered a 'searing indictment' of Putin at the Munich Security Conference

Rebel attacks have also disrupted world trade through the vital waterway. Huthi naval forces "carried out an operation targeting the British oil tanker Pollux in the Red Sea" with missiles, rebel spokesman Yahya Saree said in a statement. He did not say how the rebels had determined a "British" connection with the ship, which a Greek shipping database says is operated by Sea Trade Marine S.A., of Athens. The State Department in Washington on Friday said a missile fired from Yemen "struck the port side of the India-bound... Читать дальше...

At the rehabilitation ward at Jenin's Ibn Sina hospital, two patients recalled hearing the screams of a nurse as Israeli forces reached the third floor. "I opened the door and saw a man. I didn't know they were special forces," said a patient, a grey hoodie pulled up over his head to conceal his face. "The man was choking the nurse with his hand and hit her with the butt of his gun." His account matched that of an elderly patient, speaking to AFP while exercising along the corridor clutching a walking frame... Читать дальше...

Floral tributes to Alexei Navalny, President Vladimir Putin's fiercest foe who died Friday in a Russian penal colony, were removed overnight by groups of unidentified people while police watched, videos on Russian social media show. More than 100 people were detained in eight cities across Russia after they came to lay flowers in memory of Navalny, according to OVD-Info, a group that monitors political repression in Russia.

New Yorkers are calling it a "double-punch" for Donald Trump", said Jessica Le Masurier, FRANCE 24's correspondent in New York. "He has not only been saddled with a more than a 350 million dollar fine in his civil fraud trial ruling, but he is also going to be facing the first of his four criminal trials here in New York."

On the catwalks at London Fashion Week, which started on Friday, it is now common to see models from all ethnic backgrounds, with minorities now making up around half of shows, compared to 14 percent just 10 years ago, according to a report published in January. Zebedee also works to find greater exposure for models with visible disabilities or who are transgender. "It's still incredibly rare to see anybody with a disability feature. London, Paris, Milan, New York, it's still very, very rare," Zebedee's co-founder Laura Winson told AFP. Читать дальше...

World leaders and Russian opposition activists wasted no time Friday in blaming the reported death of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny on President Vladimir Putin and his government.

The tourists reached 290-5 at lunch in Rajkot and still trailed India by 155. Skipper Ben Stokes, on 39, and wicketkeeper Ben Foakes, on six, were batting. Stokes, a left-handed batsman, has kept up the charge with six boundaries in his 100th Test since his debut in 2013. England resumed on 207-2 in reply to India's 445 but lost two wickets in the space of six deliveries inside the first 30 minutes. Jasprit Bumrah struck in the fifth over of the day when Joe Root attempted a reverse scoop and Yashasvi Jaiswal caught it at second slip. Читать дальше...

The deadly bombardment of Gaza continued overnight with another 100 people killed in Israeli strikes, according to the Hamas-run health ministry. At least 120 patients and five medical teams are stuck without water, food and electricity in the Nasser hospital in Gaza's main southern city of Khan Yunis, according to the health ministry. Israel has for weeks concentrated its military operations in Khan Yunis, the hometown of Hamas's Gaza leader Yahya Sinwar, the alleged architect of the October 7 attack that triggered the war. Читать дальше...

A New York judge ordered Donald Trump to pay $355 million over fraud allegations and banned him from running companies in the state for three years Friday in a major blow to his business empire and financial standing.