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Tale of two Traffords: cricket arena runs aground as fans flock next door

was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was a two-goal debut, it was a cancelled Test match, it was a £400 ticket off the black market, it was an automatic refund from the ECB, it was the summer of Ronaldo, it was the autumn of the IPL, it was football, it was cricket.

As the river of fans for Manchester United’s Premier League game against Newcastle poured off the tram at the Old Trafford stop, a few took the opportunity to nip off to the left and through the gates of…

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Toegevoegd door Johnny Sins op 12 September 2021 op 23.38 — Geen reacties

Joe Manchin insists he ‘can’t vote for’ $3.5tn spending bill

Joe Manchin, the moderate Democrat standing in the way of Joe Biden’s signature $3.5tn spending bill, insisted again on Sunday he would not support the package, declaring the price tag too high and White House efforts to speed its passage too hasty.

Sharpton in New York in August. ‘[Biden] said, “You’re not gonna get off of that [the filibuster], are you?’” And I said, “No, I’m not gonna get off of it until you do it.”’

Al Sharpton calls on Biden to fight the filibuster: ‘If we…

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Toegevoegd door Johnny Sins op 12 September 2021 op 21.56 — Geen reacties

California recall: Newsom fights for survival as historic crises fuel extraordinary race

allots were already being cast in California’s gubernatorial recall election when Gavin Newsom, visiting a pop-up clinic in Oakland, once again implored his constituents to get the Covid-19 vaccine. The week before, the governor had visited the site of the devastating Caldor fire, which had threatened the resort town of South Lake Tahoe and destroyed nearly 1,000 structures.

These calamities – a once-in-a-generation health crisis and unprecedented challenges posed drought and extreme…

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Toegevoegd door Johnny Sins op 12 September 2021 op 21.48 — Geen reacties

Spanish wildfires drive thousands from homes close to Costa del Sol

People have fled their homes in six more Andalucían towns and villages as Spain sent in a military unit to help tackle wildfires raging close to a Costa del Sol resort.

A blaze fanned by strong winds has driven out almost 2,000 people and killed one emergency worker since it began on Wednesday in the mountainous Sierra Bermeja above Estepona, a popular spot with British tourists and retirees.

Huge plumes of smoke rising above the mountains could be seen from miles away. Footage…

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Toegevoegd door Johnny Sins op 12 September 2021 op 19.00 — Geen reacties

Afghan women at university must study in female-only classrooms, Taliban say

The Taliban have announced that women in Afghanistan will only be allowed to study at university in gender-segregated classrooms and Islamic dress will be compulsory, stoking fears that a gender apartheid will be imposed on the country under the new regime.

On Saturday, the Taliban raised their flag over the presidential palace on the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, signalling that their work governing the newly formed Islamic emirate had begun. The white banner bearing a…

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Toegevoegd door Johnny Sins op 12 September 2021 op 18.50 — Geen reacties

Sam Kerr’s double leads Chelsea to emphatic WSL win over Everton

Last season’s Women’s Super League top scorer Sam Kerr scored twice as Chelsea dismantled Everton 4-0 at Kingsmeadow.

Kerr’s double was added to by the PFA player of the year Fran Kirby and the England forward Beth England to condemn Everton to their second 4-0 defeat just two games in, prompting Everton women’s commercial and sporting director Sarvar Ismailov to tweet “unacceptable” after an aggressive summer spend.

Perhaps fuelled by the frustration of an opening day 3-2…

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Toegevoegd door Johnny Sins op 12 September 2021 op 17.12 — Geen reacties

US Evangelical Lutheran Church installs first openly transgender bishop

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of America has installed its first openly transgender bishop in a service held in San Francisco’s Grace Cathedral on Saturday.

The Rev Megan Rohrer will lead one of the church’s 65 synods, overseeing nearly 200 congregations in northern California and northern Nevada.

“My call is ... to be up to the same messy, loving things I was up to before,” Rohrer told worshippers. “But mostly, if you’ll let me, and I think you will, my hope is to love you…

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Toegevoegd door Johnny Sins op 12 September 2021 op 8.54 — Geen reacties

Emma Raducanu makes tennis history with US Open final win

There are so many basic milestones that Emma Raducanu has not yet recorded in a professional tennis career that only began in full three months ago. She has never been a direct entrant to a grand slam main draw, she is yet to play a tour-level three set match and she has not even won a match at a WTA tour event.

Yet sometimes a special player comes along and renders convention irrelevant. After three weeks and one of the most astonishing breakout runs in living memory, Raducanu marked…

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Toegevoegd door Johnny Sins op 12 September 2021 op 8.29 — Geen reacties

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