Tag: Great Britain

Joshua goes the distance before beating Parker in world heavyweight clash

by Julian Guyer  © Agence France-Presse CARDIFF, United Kingdom (AFP) — Anthony Joshua was taken the distance for the first time in his professional career before winning a unanimous points decision in his world heavyweight title unification fight with Joseph Parker in Cardiff on Saturday. After 12 rounds, Britain’s Joshua triumphed 118-110, 118-110, 119-109 on the three judges’ scorecards. Victory extended the London 2012 Olympic champion’ perfect professional record to 21 wins from as many bouts […]

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Britain’s Suffragettes: five things to know

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — The Suffragettes were instrumental in securing the vote for British women 100 years ago, at a time when women had few rights and no role in national politics. The name Suffragettes was the derogatory name given in 1906 by the Daily Mail newspaper to the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU), one of the groups that had been pushing for women’s suffrage for decades. The organization was formed three years […]

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British Ambassador hosts GREAT British Quiz Night

MANILA – British Ambassador Asif Ahmad recently hosted his first ever GREAT British Quiz Night for some media friends. As the room filled with the merry din of animated chitchat, teammates assessed each other’s trivia prowess and put their heads together to come up with their team names. British Ambassador Asif Ahmad welcomed his guests and introduced them to the GREAT campaign, a seven-month series of events that showcase the best of British business and culture. […]

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Great Britain rules in the pool

JUNE 24 (Reuters) — Great Britain won three gold medals in a second day of success in the swimming competition at the European Games on Tuesday (June 23) in Baku. Abbie Wood dominated the 400m individual medley with the winning time of four minutes 41.97 seconds. Italy’s Ilaria Cusinato was second and took silver 2.04 seconds behind Wood with Abja Crevar of Serbia third, trailing by 3.87 seconds. Holly Hibbott claimed first place in the […]

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