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Boxing: Controversy as Joshua retains world heavyweight titles

by Nick Parkinson Agence France Presse CARDIFF, United Kingdom (AFP) — Anthony Joshua maintained his 100 per cent knockout ratio by stopping a bloodied Carlos Takam in the tenth round on Saturday. The English boxer retained his International Boxing Federation and World Boxing Association world heavyweight titles with a devastating display of his punching power to finish Cameroon’s France-based challenger at the Principality Stadium. Takam became Joshua’s 20th consecutive knockout victim in a fourth defence […]

NBA: Thunder rattled after mysterious flight damage

CHICAGO, United States (AFP) — Spooked Oklahoma City Thunder players took to Twitter on Saturday after a plane carrying them to Chicago suffered mysterious damage mid-flight. Dramatic images posted by Thunder players on social media showed the nose of their jet travelling from Minnesota caved in. Several players demanded an explanation for the damage. “We had a rough flight to say the least,” New Zealand star Steven Adams said in a Tweet addressed to NASA, […]

Antarctic ocean conservation protection plans put on ice

Reuters — A proposal to expand the world’s largest marine conservation park in Antarctica by linking it with smaller ones failed at a meeting as Russian and Chinese delegates did not endorse it, a conservationist attending the session said on Saturday (October 28). The plan was proposed at a meeting in Hobart, Australia, on Friday (October 27) of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, which last year created the Ross Sea […]

Death toll rises to 14 in Mogadishu bombings: official

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AFP) — At least 14 people were killed in coordinated car bombings followed by an attack on a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday, a security official said. “About 14 people, most of them civilians, were confirmed dead so far and the security forces are still working to ensure the area is clear,” said security official Mohamed Moalim Adan. “Sporadic gunfire” was continuing with at least two gunmen from the Shabaab […]