WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Former US President George H.W. Bush, admitted to the hospital shortly after the funeral of his beloved wife, has been moved out of intensive care, his office said on Wednesday. Bush, 93, is feeling “good” and focused on the Houston Rockets’ Wednesday night National Basketball Association playoff game, a statement from his office said. The 41st president was admitted to Houston Methodist Hospital on Sunday morning, the day after the […]
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Olympics: Five things to watch on day 14
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AFP) — The showdown for the women’s figure skating title reaches its climax at the Pyeongchang Olympics on Friday while the top teams in men’s ice hockey battle for a place in the final. Here are the highlights of day 14: Figure skating Russian rivals Alina Zagitova and Evgenia Medvedeva take their battle for Olympic gold to a final showdown. The two teenagers representing the Olympic Athletes of Russia (OAS) are friends […]
Tears and cheers as unified Korean team bows out of Olympics
by Sunghee Hwang Agence France-Presse GANGNEUNG, South Korea (AFP) — The joint Korean women’s ice hockey team ended their historic Olympic run Tuesday with a crushing 6-1 defeat to Sweden but still received an emotional standing ovation from the crowd. The team was hastily assembled following a landmark deal between South and North Korea only a few weeks before the Pyeongchang Games and has 12 North Koreans on its roster. They have found little success […]
Five Olympic gold medals up for grabs
by Charles WHELAN Agence France-Presse PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AFP) — Five gold medals are up for grabs on the first day of full competition in the Winter Olympics Saturday, which features the debut of a unified Korean ice hockey team. A day after a gala opening ceremony highlighted rapprochement with the two Koreas marching into the stadium together behind a blue and white unification flag, the joint women’s ice-hockey team backed by North Korea’s vocal […]
Yachting: Vestas misses start of Volvo leg six
HONGKONG, China (AFP) — The round-the-world Volvo Ocean Race will resume without Vestas 11th Hour Racing when the sixth leg from Hong Kong to Auckland begins Wednesday. The American-Danish entry is being transported to New Zealand for repairs after a collision with a fishing boat in waters just outside Hong Kong last month that left one fisherman dead. “We have all offered our sincere condolences to all those affected by the incident,” Vestas 11th Hour […]
ESPN to launch streaming service
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Facing lower ad revenue and lagging membership, ESPN will launch in the coming months a paying streaming service, Disney CEO Bob Iger said Tuesday. ESPN Plus will be available as part of a revamped ESPN mobile app, Iger said, without providing a precise launch date. With a single app, users will be able to bypass their television provider to view some 10,000 sport events a year whose rights were […]
Paghahanda sa Palarong Pambansa 2018 sa Ilocos Sur, sinisimulan na
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Inihahanda na ang Palarong Pambansa 2018, matapos lagdaan ng Department of Education (DepEd) at lalawigan ng Ilocos Sur ang hosting agreement. Gagawin ang Palarong Pambansa sa Vigan Convention Center mula Abril 16 hanggang Abril 20 batay sa calendar of activities ng ahensya. Noong Setyembre, opisyal nang inanunsyo ni Secretary Leonor Briones na ang Ilocos Sur ang napiling host ng palaro at naungusan ang Marikina , Baguio City, Iligan City sa […]
Tesla cars to have own motor racing competition
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Tesla electric cars, which have a passionate following around the world, will soon have their own racing competition, a global sports organizer said on Thursday. Electric GT Holdings said the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), motorsports’ governing body, has approved circuit races for the Tesla Model S P100D. “The Championship is the first all-electric circuit race series in the world and heralds the dawn of a new electric future,” […]
N. Korean athletes to fly South for Winter Olympics
by Hwang Sunghee Agence France-Presse SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korean skiers and skaters were due to arrive in the South Thursday to take part in the Pyeongchang Winter Games, setting the stage for a “peace Olympics” after a year of high tensions over Pyongyang’s nuclear programme. Eight days before the opening ceremony, 10 North Korean skiers and skaters were to fly in on a chartered Asiana Airlines plane, in a rare direct flight […]
Gymnastics doc abused at least 265 women and girls, court told
by Nova Safo in Chicago and Jeff Kowalsky Agence France-Presse CHARLOTTE, United States (AFP) — The number of women and girls now known to have been abused by Larry Nassar has risen to 265, a Michigan judge told a final sentencing hearing Wednesday where the former USA Gymnastics doctor faced his accusers once again. At least 65 of Nassar’s victims were to speak out over several days at the last of three sentencing hearings for the disgraced doctor […]
NBA: Williams, Hart, Fergie among All-Star performers
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Pharrell Williams and his hip-hop group N.E.R.D. will perform at half-time of next month’s NBA All-Star Game, the league announced Thursday, with actor-comedian Kevin Hart opening festivities and introducing teams. The 67th annual clash of elite NBA talent will be staged February 18 in Los Angeles and also feature pre-game national anthems, the American sung by Fergie and the Canadian performed by Canadian rock band Barenaked Ladies. Williams, an […]
Medvedeva heads skating stars in Moscow as Pyeongchang looms
by Nick REEVES Agence France-Presse MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russian ice skating queen Evgenia Medvedeva leads an all-star cast at this week’s European championships which carry special significance with the Olympics barely more than a triple axel away. The Pyeongchang Games start in just over three weeks and two-time world champion Medvedeva will be out to press home her claims on the women’s Olympic title that has been left vacant after the season-ending injury that […]
