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GTommy Fleetwood’s start to 2024 has showcased Orff’s richness. The Englishman secured this year’s victory in dramatic fashion over Rory McIlroy in Dubai. Given the Rebel Tour’s past interest in Fleetwood, he subsequently visited the LIV Golf event in Las Vegas, sparking a social media frenzy. Fleetwood begins a three-week tour of the U.S. Championships on Thursday that includes the Masters. He will then caddy for his stepson on the Challenge Tour in Abu Dhabi.Fleetwood’s stay at LIV was entirely innocent. The 33-year-old was in Nevada visiting his coach, Butch Harmon. Still, it’s worth noting that Fleetwood is relaxed about…

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature72 min: Cue the ‘Where should Foden play for England?’ conversation. Let’s hear you views, my people.ShareFoden goes down in the D, doesn’t get a free-kick but finds the ball at his feet just moments later in the same region. This time he just puts his foot through it and into the top corner past Olsen, who may as well not be there – he ain’t saving it. Hat-trick for Phil Foden.ShareGOAL! Manchester City 3-1 Aston Villa (Foden 69)Now that really is ridiculous.ShareUpdated at 22.50 CEST68 min: City are gunning…

An endangered Greek language spoken by just a few thousand people in remote mountain villages in northern Turkey has been described as a “living bridge” to the ancient world after researchers discovered more features in common with Homer’s language. and modern Greek.The exact number of Romeyka users is difficult to quantify. It has no written form but is passed down orally in the mountain villages around Trabzon, near the Black Sea coast.With the dialect now threatened with extinction as its remaining speakers age, a Cambridge University academic has launched a “last chance” crowdsourcing tool to document its unique language structure…

In 2019, I took a DNA test and discovered that my father, who had died three months earlier, was not biologically related to me. When it came to our family history, I thought I had everything figured out, but that turned out not to be the case. The father who raised me was a foreign correspondent and his love of questions shaped me. So, after my discovery I became the reporter’s daughter, approaching family and family friends with interrogative zeal. It quickly became clear that the one person who could complete the story of my origins was my mother, who…

Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in 25 years has killed one person and injured at least 50 others, causing building collapses, power outages and landslides on the island and triggering tsunami warnings in southern Japan and the Philippines.The Japan Meteorological Agency put the magnitude of the quake at 7.7. Buildings were damaged in the city of Hualien on Taiwan’s east coast, with reports that people were trapped inside after aftershocks from the 7:58 a.m. quake. Videos on social media showed children being rescued from collapsed residential buildings.In Hualien, the hardest-hit city, a five-story building appeared to be severely damaged, with one floor…

Welcome and opening summaryA powerful earthquake has hit off the coast of Taiwan, rocking the entire island and collapsing buildings in at least one town. I’m Reged Ahmad and I’ll be with you for the next while.Japan issued a tsunami alert for the southern Japanese island group of Okinawa, according to Associated Press.More on that in a moment but first – here’s a summary of what we know so far: Japan’s meteorological agency forecast a tsunami of up to 3 meters, or 9.8 feet for some areas. The Japan Meteorological Agency reported that a 30cm tsunami reached Yonaguni Island at…

Former world No. 6 golfer Anthony Kim says he battled “very dark demons” during more than a decade away from the sport, including Drug addiction and a string of injuries.King was once hailed as one of the hottest young stars in the country, but injuries and lost games wiped him out of the game before he turned 30. In an interview with David Feherty published on LIV Golf Plus on Tuesday, the 38-year-old Californian revealed the details of his long road back after nearly 12 years away.”Golf is important to me, but at the same time it’s not important to…

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature86 min: Bowen has been quiet in this second half, certainly in comparison with the havoc he wreaked down the right in the first. But now he wins another corner and takes it himself. He delivers well, but Soucek can’t connect properly with a header at the far stick, and it’s a goal kick to Spurs.Share84 min: Antonio makes his way down the left but, upon reaching the byline, is only able to cushion a cross into Vicario’s arms.Share82 min: Another double Spurs swap. Bissouma makes way for Hojbjerg,…

Angel Reese opened up about the pressures of fame after winning a national championship with LSU in 2023.The 21-year-old became a household name in the United States after leading her team to the NCAA championship last year. Under the brash leadership of coach Kim Mulkey, the team made headlines on and off the field. Reese has been a frequent target of criticism, some of which has sexist and racist overtones.”I’ve been attacked a lot, death threats, I’ve been sexualized, I’ve been threatened, I’ve been through a lot of stuff, but I’ve stood up every time,” Reese said after her team’s…

Dr Fozia Alvi was making her rounds of the intensive care unit on her final day at the battered European public hospital in southern Gaza when she stopped next to two young arrivals with facial injuries and breathing tubes in their windpipes.“I asked the nurse, what’s the history? She said that they were brought in a couple of hours ago. They had sniper shots to the brain. They were seven or eight years old,” she said.The Canadian doctor’s heart sank. These were not the first children treated by Alvi who she was told were targeted by Israeli soldiers, and she…