Lucy Bronze had never played in front of anything she could compare to that flag-waving, drum-banging, deafening Canadian crowd. Jodie Taylor had to laugh as she looked around BC Place to see a few overwhelmed English fans in that rambunctious sea of red. It felt like England against the world in this World Cup quarterfinal.
Andrew McCutchen’s left elbow is bruised, but not busted after getting hit by a pitch on Saturday. ”Maybe I need to dropkick a pitcher,” McCutchen said. Starling Marte got three hits and scored three times after McCutchen’s departure, helping Pittsburgh to an 8-4 victory over the Atlanta Braves.
Spaniard Pablo Larrazabal fought off a late challenge by world number seven Henrik Stenson to card a final round of 66 and clinch victory by a stroke at the BMW International Open in Munich on Sunday. The 32-year-old Larrazabal, who took his tally of European Tour wins to four, finished 17 under for the tournament after firing six birdies on Sunday to secure victory in the Bavarian capital for the
It appears Tom Cruise’s character Maverick’s need for speed will be fulfilled once again in Top Gun 2. Murmurings of a sequel to the hit 1986 film, which featured the actor…
An unmanned SpaceX rocket exploded less than three minutes after liftoff from Cape Canaveral, Florida on Sunday, in the first major disaster for the fast-charging company headed by Internet tycoon Elon Musk. Skies were sunny and clear for the 10:21 am (1421 GMT) launch of the gleaming white Falcon 9 rocket that was meant to propel the Dragon cargo ship to the International Space Station on a routine supply mission,
Iran’s foreign minister prepared to head home for consultations Sunday before returning to join counterparts from other countries at the negotiating table to push for a breakthrough.
By Zoubier Souissi SOUSSE, Tunisia (Reuters) – Hundreds of armed police patrolled the streets of Tunisia’s beach resorts on Sunday and the government said it will deploy hundreds more inside hotels after the Islamist militant attack in Sousse that killed 39 foreigners, mostly Britons. Thousands of tourists have left Tunisia since Friday’s attack, which has shocked the North African country that relies heavily on tourism for jobs and foreign currency
Shots were fired at a gay pride event in San Francisco, leaving one man injured, city police said. The incident was believed to have occurred when several groups of men unrelated to the pride event “got in a verbal argument near or inside the venue,” the San Francisco Police Department said in a statement. The pride spectator who was shot was believed to be “unrelated to the dispute”, SFPD officer
Tour companies were evacuating thousands of foreign holidaymakers from Tunisia on Saturday, a day after a gunman killed 39 people at a beach hotel in an attack claimed by Islamic State. Tunisia’s Prime Minister Habib Essid said most of the dead were British, and Britain’s foreign office said 15 Britons had been confirmed killed in the attack in the resort town of Sousse, 140 km (90 miles) south of the
DENVER (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee told conservatives Saturday that the Supreme Court tried to “unwrite the laws of nature and the laws of nature’s God” when it legalized gay marriage across the nation.
