September 12, 2021 DUBAI (Reuters) – U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi is set for talks in Iran on Sunday that may ease a standoff between Tehran and the West just as it threatens to escalate and scupper negotiations on reviving the Iran nuclear deal. Grossi arrived in Tehran overnight, Iranian state media said, ahead […]
Israel strikes Gaza in retaliation for rocket fire, military says
September 12, 2021 JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel carried out air strikes in the Gaza Strip on Sunday in response to Palestinian rocket fire into its territory, the Israeli military said. Tension between Israel and the Palestinians has risen over the past week, after six Palestinian militants escaped from a maximum security Israeli jail on Monday. […]
Japan’s vaccines minister Kono leads opinion poll on succeeding Suga
September 12, 2021 TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s minister in charge of vaccines, Taro Kono, led a public opinion poll on who should succeed Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga as head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. Kono had 27% support in the poll by the Nikkei newspaper and TV Tokyo that asked who would be “the […]
Tennis-Fernandez pays tribute to New York City on anniversary of 9/11
September 12, 2021 NEW YORK (Reuters) – Leylah Fernandez may have come up short in the U.S. Open final on Saturday, but the Canadian teen won over the New York crowd after the match when she paid homage to the city’s resilience on the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. The 19-year-old Fernandez, speaking […]
Rays stifle Tigers, 7-2
September 12, 2021 Joey Wendle had a triple and a home run, Dietrich Enns tossed four innings of hitless relief for his first career victory, and the Tampa Bay Rays topped the host Detroit Tigers 7-2 on Saturday. Wendle’s homer was his 10th of the season. Kevin Kiermaier supplied two extra-base hits, scored twice and […]
Backup QB Zach Calzada leads late drive as No. 5 Texas A&M tops Colorado
September 12, 2021 Backup quarterback Zach Calzada threw a go-ahead TD pass to Isaiah Spiller with 2:41 left, and the fifth-ranked Texas A&M Aggies rallied to beat the Colorado Buffaloes 10-7 in Denver on Saturday. Calzada came on for injured starter Haynes King in the first quarter and finished 18-for-38 passing for 183 yards and […]
Mountaineers rebound with 66-0 win over LIU
September 12, 2021 Jarret Doege threw three touchdown passes and Leddie Brown rushed for two scores as host West Virginia cruised to a 66-0 rout over Long Island University on Saturday. The Mountaineers (1-1) rebounded from their disappointing season-opening loss at Maryland by dominating all facets and taking the lead 11 seconds in on Winston […]
Somber Sept. 11 marked at New York Mets-Yankees matchup, US Open
September 12, 2021 By Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) – Before he died responding to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks at the World Trade Center, Brian McAleese, a New York City firefighter and father of four, often shopped at the Key Food supermarket in Brooklyn where Artie Bentley worked for nearly 40 years. Twenty years […]
Two decades after 9/11, one of the last U.S. Marines killed in Afghanistan comes home
September 12, 2021 By Tim McLaughlin LAWRENCE, Mass. (Reuters) – U.S. Marine Sergeant Johanny Rosario returned to her hometown in Massachusetts in a casket on Saturday, one of the last American soldiers killed in Afghanistan during a war set in motion exactly two decades ago by the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. Several hundred people gathered near […]
Australia’s Victoria state records small decline in COVID-19 infections
September 11, 2021 CANBERRA (Reuters) – Australia’s second most populous state said on Sunday daily COVID-19 infections fell slightly. Victoria state said it recorded 392 COVID-19 infections in the past 24 hours, down slightly on the 450 cases recorded one day earlier. Victoria state is struggling to contain an outbreak of the highly contagious Delta […]
Factbox-Tennis-List of U.S. Open women’s singles champions
September 11, 2021 (Reuters) – List of U.S. Open women’s singles champions since tennis turned professional in 1968: 2021 – Emma Raducanu (Britain) v Leylah Fernandez (Canada) 6-4 6-3 2020 – Naomi Osaka (Japan) beat Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) 1-6 6-3 6-3 2019 – Bianca Andreescu (Canada) beat Serena Williams (U.S.) 6-3 7-5 2018 – Osaka […]
Factbox-Tennis-U.S. Open women’s singles champion Emma Raducanu
September 11, 2021 (Reuters) – Factbox on Britain’s Emma Raducanu, who beat Canada’s Leylah Fernandez 6-4 6-3 in the U.S. Open final on Saturday to win her first Grand Slam title: Age: 18 Nation: Britain WTA ranking: 150 Seeding: Unseeded Grand Slam titles: 1 (U.S. Open 2021) ROAD TO FINAL First round: beat Stefanie Voegele […]
Tennis-Raducanu beats Fernandez to win U.S. Open
September 11, 2021 By Steve Keating NEW YORK (Reuters) – Britain’s Emma Raducanu completed a Grand Slam fairytale on Saturday by beating Canadian Leylah Fernandez 6-4 6-3 in the battle of the teens to be crowned U.S. Open champion. The 18-year-old became the first ever qualifier to win a Grand Slam title and the first […]
The Taliban are lying, France’s foreign minister says
September 11, 2021 PARIS (Reuters) – The Taliban are lying and France will not have any relationship with its newly-formed government, Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said late on Saturday before heading for talks in Qatar on Sunday to discuss future evacuations from Afghanistan. “They said they would let some foreigners and Afghans leave freely […]
Former Vikings C Mick Tingelhoff dies at 81
September 11, 2021 Former Minnesota Vikings center Mick Tingelhoff, who was best known for playing in every game of his 17-year NFL career, has died. He was 81. The Vikings did not reveal a cause of death in announcing the Pro Football Hall of Famer’s passing on Saturday. A six-time Pro Bowler and five-time All-Pro, […]
Tunisia’s president indicates he will amend constitution
September 11, 2021 TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s President Kais Saied on Saturday indicated he was preparing to change the country’s constitution, but said he would only do so using existing constitutional means, seven weeks after he seized powers in moves his foes called a coup. Speaking live on television in a central Tunis boulevard, Saied […]
UK PM Johnson to address parliament on COVID-19, BBC reporter says
September 11, 2021 LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to address parliament and hold a news conference on Tuesday about how to manage COVID-19 through the winter, a BBC reporter said on Saturday. “The prime minister is expected to address both parliament and a news conference on Tuesday about the government’s […]
Tennis-Salisbury and Krawczyk reunited to claim U.S. Open mixed doubles
September 11, 2021 By Steve Keating NEW YORK (Reuters) – Britain’s Joe Salisbury and American Desirae Krawczyk reunited to cap brilliant Grand Slam campaigns on Saturday beating Mexico’s Giuliana Olmos and El Salvador’s Marcelo Arevalo 7-5 6-2 to lift the U.S. Open mixed doubles title. Krawczyk bagged her third consecutive Grand Slam mixed doubles title, […]
Soccer-Messi, Neymar fit to face Brugge in Champions League – Pochettino
September 11, 2021 PARIS (Reuters) – Lionel Messi and Neymar will be in Paris St Germain’s squad for their Champions League opening game against Club Brugge on Wednesday after missing this weekend’s Ligue 1 action, coach Mauricio Pochettino said on Saturday. The duo was not involved in Saturday’s 4-0 crushing of promoted Clermont at home […]
Motor racing-Mercedes boss says F1 sprint format is ‘not fish, not meat’
September 11, 2021 By Alan Baldwin (Reuters) – Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff dismissed Formula One’s experimental Saturday sprint format as ‘not fish, not meat’ and said it was not doing much for the sport either. The 100km qualifying race was trialled for the second time at the Italian Grand Prix at Monza, but drivers […]
