Paralympian who was hit by a car last week wins gold, years after Afghanistan war injury
South African-British cyclist Jaco van Gas won gold in the men's 3,000m individual pursuit and set a new Paralympic world record, just a week after being hit by a car in Paris. Just a few days ago, Van Gas was rounding a corner during training when a car came hurtling towards him and his bike. […]
Aryna Sabalenka wins latest-starting match in US Open history
Aryna Sabalenka finally recovered from a poor start in the slowest start in U.S. Open history to beat 29th seed Ekaterina Alexandrova 2-6, 6-1, 6-2 at Ashe Stadium early Saturday morning to reach the fourth round. The second seed didn't enter the match until 12:07 a.m. and lost the first set just 30 minutes later, […]
Paralympic shot-putter Raoua Tlili wins fifth straight gold
Tunisia's Raoua Turili's legend continued on Friday at the Paralympics in France. Trili has now won his fifth consecutive gold medal in the shot put, adding to a medal bag he has already won having won top prizes in Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro, London and Beijing. Her throw of 10.40 meters helped her win the […]
Taliban escapee with 1 arm wins taekwondo medal at Paralympics for refugee team
Zakia Khudadadi won the bronze medal in women's taekwondo on Thursday, becoming the Refugee Paralympic Team's first medallist. The medal marks a major milestone in Khudadadi's long and winding story, which began with her being born without forearms and includes her escape from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan many years ago. Immediately after defeating Turkey's Ekinci Nurcihan in […]
This state may decide whether Harris or Trump wins the 2024 presidential election
SAVANNAH, Georgia – Vice President Kamala Harris woke up Thursday in this historic coastal Georgia city, a key battleground in the presidential election and one of seven states that will likely determine the winner of her 2024 matchup against former President Trump. The vice president, accompanied by his running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, began […]
Dan Evans wins longest US Open match in history with grueling 5-setter: ‘I just want to go to bed’
British tennis player Dan Evans set to cause upset in 2022 US Open On Tuesday, semifinalist Karen Khachanov won a grueling battle that lasted more than five hours to reach the second round, breaking the record for the longest match in U.S. Open history. Evans, ranked 184th in the world, lost track of time at […]
Sarah Palin wins new trial in New York Times defamation case
NEW YORK — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on Wednesday won a lawsuit against The New York Times over a case she claimed was defamatory. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Ms. Palin could again hold The New York Times liable for a 2017 editorial that falsely linked her to a mass […]
Bryan Danielson wins world championship
AEW All In delivered everything you could want from a show like WrestleMania, providing another perfect moment at the end of a wrestling legend’s career. There were surprises, years of anticipation paid off and plenty of memorable matches at London’s Wembley Stadium on Sunday. With four new champions crowned, an icon returning and a former […]
Trump ‘probably wins’ if election is about policy, CNN host says
CNN host and political commentator Michael Smerconish said Friday that former President Trump has a big advantage over Vice President Harris on policy. “So one of the issues in the race is going to be about character. If that’s the case, Trump will lose,” Smerconish said of Trump, adding that in a policy fight with […]
Gus Walz wins over social media with emotion for father
An emotional Gus Waltz was seen in the crowd at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday night as his father formally accepted the vice presidential nomination. Standing with his mother, Gwen, and sister, Hope, Waltz had tears streaming down his cheeks and appeared to be proudly sobbing openly as his mother and sister cried quietly […]