September 5, 2021 (Reuters) – Providence Park in downtown Portland will host the 2021 National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) championship for a third time on Nov. 20, the league announced on Sunday. The venue, which is home to the Portland Thorns, hosted the title game in 2015 as well as the 2018 final, which drew […]
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Tennis-Fearless Fernandez knocks out another champion to reach quarter-finals
September 5, 2021 By Steve Keating NEW YORK (Reuters) – Leylah Fernandez brushed aside yet another former champion as the fearless Canadian teenager stormed into the quarter-finals of the U.S. Open on Sunday with a 4-6 7-6(5) 6-2 win over 16th seed Angelique Kerber. It was a precocious and poised performance from Fernandez, who celebrates […]
Tennis-U.S. Open order of play on Monday
September 5, 2021 NEW YORK (Reuters) – Order of play on the main show courts on the eighth day of the U.S. Open on Monday (play starts at 1500 GMT/11 AM ET unless stated, prefix number denotes seeding): ARTHUR ASHE STADIUM (1600 GMT/12 PM ET) 4-Alexander Zverev (Germany) v 13-Jannik Sinner (Italy) Shelby Rogers (U.S.) […]
Exclusive-Amazon considers more proactive approach to determining what belongs on its cloud service
September 5, 2021 By Sheila Dang (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc plans to take a more proactive approach to determine what types of content violate its cloud service policies, such as rules against promoting violence, and enforce its removal, according to two sources, a move likely to renew debate about how much power tech companies should […]
Food sharing app OLIO raises $43M Series B, as the world switches on to the food waste crisis
It was curious enough that OLIO, a UK startup with an app that lets users post a photo of unwanted food and share it with the local neighborhood, picked up $6 million in Series A funding back in 2018. Many outside observers wondered what was going on with this simple app, which looked on first […]
Quantum Machines plans to expand quantum orchestration platform with $50M investment
Quantum Machines, an Israeli startup that is building the classical hardware and software infrastructure to help run quantum machines, announced a $50 million Series B investment today. Today’s round was led by Red Dot Capital Partners with help from Exor, Claridge Israel, Samsung NEXT, Valor Equity Partners, Atreides Management, LP, as well as TLV Partners, […]
Reilly Opelka blasts $10K fine for unapproved bag as a ‘joke’
September 5, 2021 Reilly Opelka was none too pleased to be fined $10,000 for bringing an unapproved tennis bag onto the court before his second-round match at the U.S. Open last Thursday, calling it a “joke.” Opelka carried in a pink bag with a custom logo with the name of an art gallery in Belgium. […]
Taliban say U.N. promises aid after meeting with officials in Kabul
September 5, 2021 (Reuters) – Senior Taliban officials met in Kabul on Sunday with the U.N. undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs, who promised to maintain assistance for the Afghan people, Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen said. Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, head of the Taliban’s political office and other officials met Martin Griffiths as Afghanistan faces a potentially […]
UK PM Johnson to address lawmakers about Afghanistan on Monday
September 5, 2021 LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson will address lawmakers on Monday about Britain’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, amid criticism of the handling of the evacuation and failure to predict how quickly the Taliban would sweep through the country. The United States and Britain withdrew from Afghanistan last month, and Johnson’s foreign minister […]
Libya frees Saadi Gaddafi, son of former leader
September 5, 2021 TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libyan authorities have released Saadi Gaddafi, a son of the former leader Muammar Gaddafi who was ousted and killed during a 2011 uprising, a Libyan official source and a unity government source said on Sunday. Saadi Gaddafi fled for Niger during the NATO-backed uprising, but was extradited to Libya […]
Honduran left-wing opposition plans China ties, debt ‘readjustment’
September 5, 2021 By Gustavo Palencia TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Honduras’ main left-wing opposition party, led by ousted former president Manuel Zelaya, said on Sunday that if it wins November’s presidential election it will seek to “readjust” the country’s debt and establish diplomatic relations with China. Zelaya’s Liberty and Refoundation Party (LIBRE) is for the second […]
Cowboys RG Zack Martin tests positive for COVID-19
September 5, 2021 Dallas Cowboys All-Pro right guard Zack Martin tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss Thursday night’s season opener against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Martin, 30, was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list Sunday. He tested positive on Saturday after experiencing mild flu-like symptoms and taste loss, the Dallas Morning News reported. “He’s frustrated […]
Tennis-Qualifier Van de Zandschulp tames Argentine battler to reach quarters
September 5, 2021 By Steve Keating NEW YORK (Reuters) – Dutch qualifier Botic van de Zandschulp continued his storybook march at the U.S. Open on Sunday by outlasting Argentine battler Diego Schwartzman 6-3 6-4 5-7 5-7 6-1 to reach his first Grand Slam quarter-final. After rolling through the opening two sets, the 25-year-old Dutchman had […]
Kate Hudson, Jeon Jong-seo star in tribute to outsiders ‘Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon’
September 5, 2021 By Hanna Rantala VENICE (Reuters) – Hollywood star Kate Hudson and South Korean actress Jeon Jong-seo play two outsiders on a collision course with their surroundings in Ana Lily Amirpour’s Venice Film Festival competition entry “Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon”. The fantasy adventure opens with Jeon’s mysterious Mona Lisa using supernatural […]
Cycling-Roglic claims Vuelta hat-trick
September 5, 2021 SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA (Spain) (Reuters) – Slovenia’s Primoz Roglic emerged victorious on stage 21 of the Vuelta a Espana on Sunday as he claimed the red jersey for a third successive year. The Jumbo-Visma rider, who clocked 44:02, finished the 33.8km individual time trial from Padron to Santiago de Compostela 14 seconds […]
Soccer-Saka enjoys joyous Wembley return after penalty heartache
September 5, 2021 LONDON (Reuters) – Bukayo Saka’s penalty miss against Italy in July’s Euro 2020 final produced collective groans and some diabolical racist abuse but his return to Wembley on Sunday ended with a beaming smile and rapturous applause from England’s fans. England’s 4-0 victory over tiny Andorra in their World Cup Group I […]
Tennis-Speedy Medvedev makes quick work of Evans in U.S. Open fourth round
September 5, 2021 NEW YORK (Reuters) – Unstoppable Daniil Medvedev fired off 13 aces to send fourth-round opponent Dan Evans of Britain packing 6-3 6-4 6-2 in yet another sub-two-hour performance at the U.S. Open on Sunday. Evans handed Medvedev the early break with a double fault in the fourth game of the first set […]
Soccer-Brazil v Argentina halted after health officials intervene over isolation order
September 5, 2021 SAO PAULO (Reuters) – A World Cup qualifier between Brazil and Argentina was halted just minutes after kickoff on Sunday after Brazilian health officials objected to the participation of three Argentine players they say broke quarantine rules. Argentina walked off the pitch at the Corinthians arena after the officials entered the pitch […]
VW CEO says smart cars, not e-cars, are ‘gamechanger’
September 5, 2021 MUNICH (Reuters) – Volkswagen head Herbert Diess on Sunday said autonomous cars, not electric vehicles, were the “real gamechanger” for the auto industry, which is facing the end of combustion engines in Europe by 2035. “Autonomous driving is really going to change our industry like nothing else before,” Diess said in Munich […]
Poland gives humanitarian visa to another Belarusian athlete
September 5, 2021 WARSAW (Reuters) – Belarusian equestrian Olga Safronova has been given a humanitarian visa allowing her to live in Poland, Polish state news agency PAP reported on Sunday, after she was ostracised at home for speaking out against the Belarusian government. Safronova follows Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, 24, who defected to Poland last […]