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Player disqualified at smaller event for smashing racket on ump’s chair loses at French Open

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:52:33 GMT

PARIS (AP) — Four days after getting disqualified from a smaller tournament for smashing his racket against the umpire’s chair during a match, Swedish tennis player Mikael Ymer was back in competition at the French Open on Sunday, bowing out in the first round.Ymer’s exit this time was far more conventional and far less dramatic: Quite simply, he was outplayed over three sets by No. 17 seed Lorenzo Musetti of Italy and lost 7-5, 6-2, 6-4 on Court 7 at Roland Garros.Was it tough for the 56th-ranked Ymer to set aside what happened at the Lyon Open on Wednesday, when he was defaulted from the contest against French teenager Arthur Fils for an outburst late in the first set?“It’s a Grand Slam, so I have to stay present. Stay in the moment,” Ymer said in a brief interview with The Associated Press. “I cannot do anything about the past.”Ymer, who is 24 and owns a victory over current No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz, was angered while playing Fils that the chair umpire would not check a l...

Lampard signs off interim spell in charge of 12th-place Chelsea with 1-1 draw with Newcastle

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:52:33 GMT

LONDON (AP) — Frank Lampard signed off as Chelsea manager with a 1-1 draw against Newcastle in the Premier League on Sunday, leaving him without a home win during his underwhelming interim tenure.It took Kieran Trippier’s own-goal at Stamford Bridge to cancel out Newcastle winger Anthony Gordon’s early strike and spare Lampard the ignominy of a ninth defeat in his 11 games in charge.Newcastle had already sealed its objective and qualified for the Champions League, but the draw dropped the visitors to fourth place below Manchester United. Somewhat embarrassingly, Chelsea finished in 12th place.At the end of an awful season for Chelsea, there were at last flashes of a brighter future with Noni Madueke, Lewis Hall and substitute Carney Chukwuemeka — none of them older than 21 — the outstanding trio.Newcastle started the brighter, with Allan Saint-Maximin running at Trevoh Chalobah and slipping the ball through to Aleksander Isak, whose low shot was well blocked by the legs of Kep...

Police: 1 fatally shot inside Navy Yard Metro station

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:52:33 GMT

A man is dead after a shooting on Sunday morning inside of Southeast D.C.’s Navy Yard Metro station.D.C. police responded around 11:45 a.m. Sunday to the station for a reported shooting aboard a Green Line train.Upon arrival, they found a man with multiple gunshot wounds. Despite efforts to save his life, he was pronounced dead at the scene, the police department said.Police told WTOP that officers are on the lookout for a Black man, 25 to 27 years old, with a thin build, last seen dressed in all black with curly hair and carrying a silver or gray gun.As of early Sunday afternoon, Green Line trains were bypassing the Navy Yard station with trains operating on a single track between Navy Yard and Anacostia due to the ongoing investigation.This is the second shooting at a Metro station in 10 days, after a man was fatally shot on May 18 inside the Wheaton Metro station in Montgomery County, Maryland.Source

Falleció el escritor español Antonio Gala, informó su casa editorial

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:52:33 GMT

(CNN Español) — El poeta, dramaturgo, novelista y ensayista español Antonio Gala falleció este domingo, según un mensaje en Twitter de Editorial Planeta.“Siempre lo recordaremos por su legado literario y por su apoyo a los jóvenes creadores. Hasta siempre, Antonio”, dice la publicación de la casa editorial.Por su parte, Pedro Sánchez, presidente del Gobierno español, reaccionó en su cuenta de Twitter y envió sus condolencias a familiares y amigos. Sánchez se refirió a Gala como uno de los más grandes escritores. “Antonio Gala supo capturar la sensibilidad humana a través de su narrativa, su poesía y su teatro. Que su literatura nos siga inspirando y perdure”, destacó Pedro Sánchez.El escritor, de 92 años, fue reconocido por obras como “El manuscrito carmesí”, con el que ganó el Premio Planeta, y la obra poética “Enemigo íntimo”. En España, Antonio Gala fue reconocido también con el Premio Nacional de Literatura, el Premio Nacional Calderón de la Barca, el Premio Ciudad de Barc...

Local stores hurting after bill allows wine to be sold in grocery stores

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:52:33 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Local wine and liquor stores say their sales are down and they're feeling the impact of Proposition 125.The bill, which went into effect in early March, allowed for grocery stores to sell wine. And since, liquor stores have been feeling the effects, similar to when full-strength beer was first allowed in grocery stores in Colorado.Joy's Wine and Spirits owner Carolyn Joy believes voters only thought of convenience, but not how much it would impact the independently owned liquor and wine stores. The liquor store has been in her family since 1963 and she said they've never seen a hit like this. Grocery, convenience stores prepare to sell wine on March 1 "The majority of our business is wine and so the impact of this is greater than any other event since I’ve been here," she said. Similarly, Jason Frank owns Crafty’s Wine and Liquor in Aurora, which was targeted by two robberies recently, losing $7,000 in product. He said his wine sales are down 15-20% and, trending...

Erdogan wins Turkish election, extending rule to third decade

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:52:33 GMT

(CNN) — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won Turkey’s presidential election, defeating opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu in Sunday’s runoff vote and stretching his rule into a third decade.With 99.43% of the votes counted, preliminary official results announced by Turkey’s Supreme Election Council (YSK) showed Erdogan winning with 52.14% of the votes. Kilicdaroglu received 47.86%.Before the results were made official, Erdogan appeared to take a victory lap outside his residence in Istanbul, singing in celebration on top of a campaign bus. Addressing a large crowd of jubilant supporters waving the Turkish flag, he thanked the nation.“We completed the second round of the presidential election with the favor of our nation. I would like to express my gratitude to my nation for giving us a day of democracy,” Erdogan said.“The winners of both the 14 May elections and the 28 May elections are all our 85 million citizens,” he added, referring to the two election rounds.Speaking at his ...

Turkey’s Erdoğan wins again

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:52:33 GMT

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is set for another five years as Turkey’s president after winning a divisive election that at one point seemed to threaten his hold on power.The 69-year-old, who has dominated his country’s politics for two decades, was on track to win the runoff vote by 52 percent to 48 percent, with more than 99 percent of ballot boxes counted, beating opposition candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, according to preliminary official results from Turkey’s Supreme Election Council. In the first round of voting on May 14, the president also came out on top, defying the polls, but fell short of an outright majority, which triggered the runoff vote. Erdoğan declared victory in front of his residence in Istanbul, singing his campaign song before his speech. “I thank our nation, which gave us the responsibility of governing again for the next five years,” he said. “We have opened the door of Turkey’s century without compromising our democracy, development and our obje...

Yankees score 7 runs off Yu Darvish in third inning leading to 10-7 victory over Padres

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:52:33 GMT

The offense was alive and well on Sunday for the Yankees, logging 12 hits in a 10-7 victory over the San Diego Padres.Aaron Boone’s club will now head to Seattle for a three-game set after securing a series win over the Padres.Ace Gerrit Cole was on the mound for the Bronx Bombers and started the day giving up a homer to Jake Cronenworth in the first inning. Cole also allowed a two-run blast to ex-Yankee Rougned Odor in the seventh. It would’ve been Odor’s second home run of the game, but Aaron Judge robbed the former Yankee in right field during the second inning.The homers marked Cole’s second straight start allowing two homers and his eighth home run allowed in the last five appearances.Judge answered right back in the bottom of the first with his 15th home run of the season against Padres’ starter Yu Darvish. It started a rough day for the right-hander, who came into the game with a 3.67 ERA and a career 1.64 ERA in six appearances against the Yanke...

Britney Spears tries to ‘make things right’ with estranged mom

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:52:33 GMT

LOS ANGELES — Britney Spears and her mother, Lynne Spears, have reunited and appear to be healing the strained relationship exacerbated by the singer’s 13-year conservatorship.The “Oops!… I Did It Again” and “Hold Me Closer” singer confirmed reports that she and Lynne met at her Los Angeles home late last week and apparently had a heart-to-heart discussion about the 14-year tension between them, which has included allegations of abuse and planting the seed to install the legal arrangement that long controlled the Grammy winner’s personal and professional life, as well as her finances.“My sweet mama showed up at my door step yesterday after 3 years … it’s been such a long time,” Spears wrote on Instagram. “[W]ith family there’s always things that need to be worked out … but time heals all wounds !!!“And after being able to communicate what I’ve held in for an extremely long time, I feel so blessed we ...

Orioles avoid sweep by beating Rangers, 3-2, behind Kyle Bradish’s strong start and Austin Hays’ two RBIs

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:52:33 GMT

They say not to mess with Texas. But teams from the state should learn not to mess with Kyle Bradish.The Orioles’ second-year right-hander continued his dominance against teams from the Lone Star State in Sunday’s 3-2 victory against the Texas Rangers as Baltimore avoided being on the wrong side of a sweep for the first time this season.Bradish pitched into the seventh inning, allowing one run to baseball’s best offense, but Corey Seager’s double off Yennier Cano tied the game in the eighth before Austin Hays’ third hit in front of an announced afternoon crowd of 25,124 drove in the game-winning run in the frame’s bottom half. The result pushed the Orioles (34-19) back ahead of Texas (33-19) for the majors’ second-best record, trailing only the Tampa Bay Rays. It also assured Baltimore a winning record in a May slate that featured 22 straight games against teams above .500.In five career starts against the Rangers and the Houston Astros, Bra...