Tehran residents attempt to resume normal life as internet returns Tehran residents have told that although the Iranian capital remains relatively quiet, people are trying to return to normal life ahead of Sunday when the work week will resume. “Things are fine. Roads are getting busier back into Tehran from other areas because the government has said work begins on Sunday,” one resident who had just returned to the city told on Saturday, asking that their name be withheld. The initial shock had passed. People are trying to go about their lives as best and as normally as they can,”…
Author: Michael Thompson
A British Paralympian who went missing in Las Vegas has been found safe, police in the USA have confirmed. Sam Ruddock, from Rugby in Warwickshire, was reported missing by friends and family after he was last heard from on 16 April. He had travelled to the US on 13 April to watch a Wrestlemania event, with his disappearance reported to Las Vegas police on 24 April. A statement from the force said Ruddock, who has competed in shot put, cycling and sprinting, had been “located safe”. His friend Lucy Hatton had described his disappearance as “really, really out of character”…
Coco Gauff has shared what living in the 2024 Paris Olympic Village is really like. In a viral TikTok video, the 20-year-old Olympic tennis player revealed she was one of 10 athletes in a communal living situation, sharing just two bathrooms. Along with overlaid text reading “10 girls, two bathrooms #olympics,” the video was paired with a sound compilation of clips from several movies including Ready or Not, Pearl, and Hereditary. Although the issue has already seen a partial resolution, it came at an added cost, leading some of the other American tennis players to move into a nearby hotel. The 2023 US Open champion noted in the comment…
Thirty-six per cent of female athletes have ignored missed periods thinking it was normal or in some cases beneficial for an active person, a new survey has found. The Female Athlete Health Report from Project RED-S and Kyniska Advocacy focused on responses from 769 athletes in the UK assigned female sex at birth to questions concerning their menstrual cycle and body image. It also found 30 per cent of respondents had been told by a medical professional that period abnormalities were “normal” given their activity level. The report stated this indicated GPs and other healthcare professionals “were not sufficiently informed about the potentially serious health implications…
From Jessica Ennis-Hill to Paula Radcliffe and Dame Kelly Holmes a poll has revealed the women who are inspiring the nation. A poll of 2,000 sports fans also saw Alex Scott, Emma Raducanu and Princess Anne in the top 10, alongside Laura Kenny, Rebecca Adlington, and Jill Scott. Of those who have been inspired by these athletes, four in 10 said it’s because they broke boundaries in their sporting profession, while 32 per cent are proud of their achievements. It also emerged 19 per cent have taken up a sport within the past 12 months – with swimming, tennis and football among…
Ilona Maher has appeared on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit digital issue for September. Maher has gained recognition for helping the US women’s rugby team earn its first bronze medal at the 2024 Olympics in Paris in addition to her 2.3 million followers on TikTok. The 28-year-old first gained internet fame at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics for her viral glimpses inside the Olympic Village — including her amusing review of the cardboard beds and thirsting for fellow Olympic athletes. According to the publication’s editor-in-chief, MJ Day, Maher’s cover debut marks “a shift in the narrative” for them. “Ilona’s presence on our cover…
The convictions Thursday of two Hong Kong journalists who led a now-shuttered online news outlet have deepened concerns of media groups and foreign governments over the city’s press freedom, though local officials say there are no restrictions when journalists stick to the facts. Stand News former editor-in-chief Chung Pui-kuen and former acting editor-in-chief Patrick Lam were found guilty of conspiracy to publish and reproduce seditious publications, with the judge saying their outlet had become a tool for smearing the government. Their sedition trial was Hong Kong’s first involving media since the former British colony returned to Chinese rule in 1997. Here are some…
The 16th Diamond League season begins in Xiamen, China on Saturday as athletics’ Olympic stars begin to build towards their shot at world glory in 2025, The series will see athletes compete for points in 32 disciplines across 14 meetings in a bid to qualify for the winner-takes-all two-day finals in Zurich in August. That takes place just over two weeks before the start of the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan in September. It is also the first year in which the Diamond League must compete with Michael Johnson’s new Grand Slam Track for athletes’ attention. After winning the first global…
Tar Heels, North North Carolina, led by Bill Belichick, made his first great spring splash on the transfer portal by adding the former South Alabama Campo Marshal, Gio López, to his field Marshal. López announced on social networks that will go to Chapel Hill after taking southern Alabama to a 7-6 record in 2024 and launching for 2,559 yards with 18 TouchDown passes. “Saying goodbye to southern Alabama is one of the most dispositions of my life. I am incredible grateful for my time here and for all who did such a special experience. It is impossible to put in…
Here is a bet that could be really safer than Aleksander Barkov winning a second Selke trophy: the islanders won with nine defenders on their list to start next season. Which means that Thursday in Columbus, Ohio, when five of its six blue coatings in the final of the season were pending free agents, it was almost surely the swan song for part of the group that includes Noah Dobson, Scott Perunovich, Mike Reilly, Reilly, Reilly, Reilly. Apart from Dobson, which is a well -known merchandise, the match against the Blue Jackets amounted to a final audition for that group,…