In Mexico, greater investment in women’s soccer is starting to pay off Mayra Pelayo was on the pitch for less than ten minutes when she scored one of the Mexico women’s national team’s most memorable goals. Pelayo received the ball and quickly dribbled up the left flank ... 04/19/2024 - 12:42 am | View Link
New Mexico versus Mexico: United to host FC Juarez for international friendly New Mexico United did not have to look too far for a bit of international flavor this season. United will host FC Juárez for an international friendly on June 19 at Isotopes Park, the club announced ... 04/17/2024 - 4:59 pm | View Link
She’s 16 and just made her international soccer debut. How the Idaho teen got discovered The plan started as a way to catch the eyes of college recruiters. Boise High sophomore Marisol Stosich would post her soccer highlights to social media, build a following and maybe someday receive ... 04/17/2024 - 9:59 am | View Link
MLS Power Rankings: Red Bulls stay top, Philly Union No. 2 The New York Red Bulls held onto top spot with a draw vs. Chicago, while Philadelphia remains the league's only unbeaten team after a comeback in Atlanta. 04/15/2024 - 4:19 am | View Link
Pair from Sask. help University of Denver win NCAA men's hockey title The University of Denver Pioneers won their record-breaking 10th NCAA National men's hockey championship on Saturday night. 04/13/2024 - 5:31 pm | View Link
Decorated Chinese athlete He Jie had been stripped of his Beijing half-marathon win Friday after an investigation found that the three African runners who competed alongside him had “actively slowed down” to let him cross the finish line first during the race on Sunday, April 14.
He won the 21 km.
ISLAMABAD — An important ally of Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif demanded the government lift a two-month-old ban on the social media platform X, saying on Friday that it violates citizens’ right to speech and expression.
The ban on X has been in place since February, when the party of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan announced a nationwide protest against alleged election rigging ahead of the Feb.
BEIJING — San Francisco is the latest U. S. city preparing to receive a pair of pandas from China, in a continuation of Beijing’s famed “panda diplomacy.”
San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced the panda loan in Beijing on Friday, alongside officials from China Wildlife Conservation Association, or CWCA. It will be San Francisco’s first time hosting the beloved animals long-term—the result of a yearlong advocacy campaign, Breed said.
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San Diego previously announced it was receiving two pandas back in February.
China is home to the only natural habitat for pandas and owns most of the black-and-white bears in the world.
Earlier this month, two Indian writers published an ode to their Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. Written in lyric form and titled “Forever In Our Hearts,” it recounts his achievements while singing his praises in highly effusive language. “With courage and wisdom/you show citizens the way,” it gushes. “Oh Modi, oh Modi/their hopes never sway/A people’s beacon, in whom they see light/Oh Modi, oh Modi, guiding day and night.”
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Such reverence captures the essence of Modi’s popularity.
The U. S. blocked on Thursday a draft resolution that would have allowed the United Nations General Assembly to vote on allowing a Palestinian state to become a full member state of the U. N. The move has triggered backlash from other states and pro-Palestinian groups, as global divisions continue to sharpen over Israel’s war on Gaza.
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Apple Inc. said that it removed Meta Platforms Inc.’s WhatsApp and Threads from its China apps store after an order from the country’s internet regulator, which said the services pose risks to the country’s security.
The order comes on the heels of a cleanup program Chinese regulators initiated in 2023 that was expected to remove many defunct or unregistered apps from domestic iOS and Android stores.