TWO KILLINGS made breaking news this week: one was an attack on a provincial governor and the other a death of a student due to hazing. The two cases were among the high profile cases of violence in the first quarter of 2023. Media have treated the attacks as separate incidents, giving the cases varying degrees of prominence in their reporting.
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Judge says Peyman Kia abused trust placed in him, and also sentences younger brother to 10 years A court in Stockholm has sentenced a former Swedish intelligence officer to life imprisonment and his younger brother to 10 years after finding both guilty of spying for Russias military intelligence service for more than a decade. Peyman Kia, 42, served in the Swedish security and counter-intelligence service, Spo, and in arm
Two rounds into the Super Rugby Pacific season and it already feels like we can start forming opinions and formulating expectations if not exactly drawing conclusions as to how all the sides will go in 2023. After the second weekend of the year, the annual Super Round in Melbourne (and more on that []
There will be plenty of nervous energy in the air when eighth-seeded West Virginia faces ninth-seeded Texas Tech in the opening round of the Big 12 tournament Wednesday night in Kansas City, Mo. Both teams could be playing for their NCAA Tournament lives, and Texas Tech is concerned about more than just a postseason berth. Head coach Mark Adams has been suspended indefinitely for comments that the university deemed "raci
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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. - The Broncos have signed a wide receiver to their active roster.
Denver signed Lil'Jordan Humphrey, the team announced Tuesday.
Humphrey, a fifth-year player, has started eight games and appeared in 24 contests during his four-year career. He has recorded 18 receptions for 315 yards and three touchdowns.
The Texas product spent 2019-2021 in New Or
Joao Cancelo has hit a roadblock in his Bayern Munich loan spell and it may have a knock-on effect on Manchester City's planning.
CHRIS FOY: Marcus Smith has protected his endangered status as one of England's chosen playmakers as the Harlequins No 10 was retained for the France game on Saturday
SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: If you take a look at the teams who have won World Cups, you realise each had an outstanding No 10 - a kingpin fly-half who was the undisputed first-choice.
Owen Farrell has been working with Jonny Wilkinson to reverse the goalkicking slump that has affected him throughout the Guinness Six Nations.
The Portland Timbers signed goalkeeper Aljaz Ivacic to an extension through 2025 with a club option for the 2026 season. Ivacic went 11-10-11 with six shutouts last season in 32 matches as Portland's main goalkeeper. The Slovenian tied for the MLS lead with 112 saves. "I'm extremely excited that Aljaz has signed a contract extension with the club. He has worked hard to earn his position within the team," Timbers coach G
American Jenson Brooksby underwent surgery on his left wrist on Tuesday to repair a dislocated tendon. Brooksby, ranked No. 49 in the world, is expected to miss 10 to 12 weeks. Brooksby, 22, had been bothered by the injury for two years but the situation worsened when he further hurt the tendon during a semifinal loss against Cameron Norrie at the ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand in January. "I knew it was somethin
Eleventh-seeded Georgia hopes a deep run in the SEC tournament leads to a postseason invitation when it faces 14th-seeded LSU in the first round on Wednesday in Nashville, Tenn. While Georgia (16-15, 6-12 SEC) and LSU (13-18, 2-16) would need to win the conference tournament to make the NCAA tournament, the Bulldogs could be selected for the National Invitation Tournament with a strong showing. The winner advances to fa
Austin Hill drove past rookie Chandler Smith as the two took the white flag and held on to win Saturdays NASCAR Xfinity Series race at blustery Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
After 10 years of playing all over the world, former UNLV golfer Kurt Kitayama is finally a PGA Tour champion.
Villanova won six of its final eight regular-season games to secure the No. 6 seed in the Big East tournament. The Wildcats (16-15, 10-10 Big East) advanced to the Final Four last year but will likely need to win this tournament to qualify for the NCAA Tournament again. Villanova will face No. 11 seed Georgetown on Wednesday in New York, with the winner meeting third-seeded Creighton in the quarterfinal round on Thursda
The New York Giants and quarterback Daniel Jones agreed to a four-year, $160 million deal with an additional $35 million in incentives, NFL Network reported Wednesday. The agreement came just minutes before the 4 p.m. ET deadline for teams to use their franchise tag. It reportedly includes $82 million in guaranteed money. If the Giants didn't reach agreement with Jones on a long-term contract, he would have been tagged.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers released veteran left tackle Donovan Smith on Tuesday. The team selected Smith with a second-round pick in the 2015 NFL Draft, and he's started all 124 games in which he's played. He missed four games to injury in 2022 -- eight games in all in his eight seasons in Tampa. By releasing Smith, the Buccaneers will save nearly $10 million in cap space, according to Spotrac. Before the decision on Smi
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], March 8 (ANI): Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu on Tuesday said that the industries play an important contribution in building an advanced Himachal Pradesh and the state government is determined to provide better facilities to the industry and also to address their problems quickly. He said that procedures are being simplified to establish industries in the state and to attract maxi
The Chicago Blackhawks ended a losing streak on Monday. The Red Wings will try to do the same against the Blackhawks in Detroit on Wednesday. Chicago ended a four-game slide by blanking Ottawa 5-0. Alex Stalock recorded his second shutout of the season by making 35 saves. "That's a bonus on anything, but just winning any night in this league is so dang hard," Stalock said. "The league's so good, every team's so good. ..
Rory McIlroy has spent the past year as the leading voice among the players in the PGA Tour's battle against the upstart LIV Golf League. He's also the first one to admit the threat from its Saudi-backed rival forced the PGA Tour to aggressively address its "antiquated system" in a way that benefits players on all of the top tours. McIlroy made the comments on Tuesday ahead of his 13th start at The Players Championship,
Lorenzo Cain is hanging up his cleats. The two-time All-Star and former American League Championship Series MVP will officially retire this summer as a Kansas City Royal. "I left it in the hands of my boys," Cain, father to three boys ages 5 to 8, told The Athletic. "I said, 'Hey, do you guys want Daddy to continue to play ball? Or are you ready for Daddy to be done and go home?' And they said, 'Dad, we want you to go h