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Caitlin Clark’s success in the WNBA, the boom in women’s soccer clubs like Angel City and the growing fan base of the LA Sparks are just three reasons why Jax Diener and Emi Eddy believe creating a sports bar for female athletes would bring in customers. “There’s a big movement going on right now! This has been bubbling under the surface for years, and now the day has finally come,” said Diener, who has dreamed of opening a venue for women’s sports for more than 30 years. “Stadiums are full now, arenas are full now.” And she’s hoping to fill…
Taipei, Taiwan Last month, hundreds of foreign delegations descended on Taipei to watch Lai Ching-te be sworn in as Taiwan’s fifth president. Beijing, which claims the democratic island as its own, has denounced Lai as a “separatist” and a “troublemaker” but 508 foreign delegates still attended the ceremony, with front-row seats to the colourful parades and flyovers. But while there were attendees from countries such as Japan, Britain and the United States, only a few were actually heads of state or senior government officials. Attendees came from Taiwan’s remaining 12 formal diplomatic allies, including the King of Eswatini, the Prime…
SPOKANE, Wash. — With summer fast approaching, air conditioning and heating companies are inundated with repair requests, but some federal changes will mean higher air conditioning costs next year, and one local family-owned business is sounding the alarm to save money down the road. Thirty years in business means three decades of friendship, trust and success for the Glover family. “Every time you do a job you make new friends and it becomes part of the community. I have a lot of friends,” said Dan Glover, owner of Complete Heating and Sheet Metal. At Complete Heating and Sheet Metal, Inc.,…
Former Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Kamran Akmal has offered an unconditional apology for Harbhajan Singh’s “inappropriate and disrespectful” remarks about Indian fast bowler Arshdeep Singh’s religion. Akmal said he was “deeply sorry” for the remarks about Sikhs which drew infuriation from Harbhajan on social media. Kamran Akmal has “apologised” to Arshdeep Singh for his disrespectful remarks against his religion. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} “I deeply regret my recent comments and offer my sincere apologies to Harbhajan Singh and the Sikh community. My remarks were inappropriate and disrespectful. I have utmost respect for Sikhs across the world and never intended to hurt anyone.…
By Jenna Ortega Yes Day In a romantic drama one dayNetflix has released a number of hit shows. DayThis is the title project. My best day What’s next for the streamer?Snapchat users have discovered new filters with a theme that will be familiar to anyone who streams shows and movies on Netflix.Netflix’s “My Best Day” trends for 2024 explainedThe filter created by a user named Yajan is: “My best day upload lens” It has the same display as the Netflix home screen. Snapchat YajanThe only difference is that the top banner (which usually displays a clip loop of a popular…
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian business confidence deteriorated further in May to fall below its long-term average, a survey released on Tuesday showed, as sales and profit growth slowed while cost pressures showed signs of re-accelerating.The National Australia Bank (NAB) survey showed its business confidence index fell one point to +6, slightly below its long-term average, driven by declines in sales and profits, while the employment index rose after a sharp drop the previous month.The company’s business confidence index fell five points to -3.”Overall, this is a mixed message for the RBA,” said Alan Oster, chief economist at NAB.”There are warning…
Speaking publicly for the first time about the BJP’s failure to win a majority in the lower house of parliament, RSS leader Mohan Bhagwat said on Monday that a true servant of the people would work without “ahankar” (arrogance) and without harming others. He described the hard-fought election campaign as one in which “decency was not followed.”He was addressing a gathering of RSS leaders and workers on the day the new BJP-led coalition government held its first cabinet meeting after the conclusion of ‘Karyakarta Vikas Varg’, a regular training programme for RSS workers in Nagpur. Bhagwat also stressed the importance…
Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that Sheryl Miller was the name chosen instead of Sheryl Swoopes.With the official release of the U.S. Olympic Basketball Team roster this week, the women’s basketball world has been receiving unprecedented attention recently.All indications are that this won’t include Indiana Fever rookie Caitlin Clark, who has taken the WNBA by storm this year, just as she did when another player entered the league 20 years ago.Diana Taurasi knows all too well what it feels like to be the youngest player on a team surrounded by seasoned veterans. Shortly after…
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – Dr. Homer Rice, Georgia Tech’s longtime athletic director, died Monday at the age of 97, the university announced.Rice served as the Yellow Jackets’ athletic director from 1980-1997 and led the school to 16 Atlantic Coast Conference championships across five sports during his tenure, the university announced in a press release Monday night.”Under his leadership, Georgia Tech revitalized its athletics program, winning its fourth football national championship in 1990,” the university said in a statement.Tech said its men’s basketball team won its first ACC championship in 1985 and appeared in its first NCAA Final Four…
CNN — Four lecturers from an Iowa university visiting a partner university were wounded in a park in northeastern China on Monday in what Iowa state leaders described as a stabbing incident. The instructors, from Cornell University in Mount Vernon, Iowa, were in a public park with faculty from partner schools when they were injured in a “serious accident,” Cornell President Jonathan Brand said in a statement to university officials. “We have been in contact with all four instructors and are supporting them during this time,” Brand said. A State Department spokesman said the department was aware of reports of…