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Wind gusts of 66 mph were recorded in Dubbo, Australia, as a dust storm descended over the town Jan. 19. (Photo: Ian Harris, AP) CANBERRA, Australia – Dust storms, hail and flash floods battered beleaguered Australian cities, extreme weather that diminished the threat from scores of wildfires blazing across the country’s southeast. A hailstorm in the national capital, Canberra, on Monday […]
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STEVIE Ward wants to go one step further after getting Ricky Gervais involved in the fundraising effort for Rob Burrow. He wants to train in the comedian's garden – complete with b****ck-shaped ball! Gervais recorded a 49-second video to raise Leeds legend Burrow's spirits after he was diagnosed with motor neurone disease. It has been seen more than one million […]
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CRISTIANO RONALDO added another record to his name after scoring both goals in Juventus' 2-1 win over Parma. The 34-year-old shows no signs of slowing down and his goals in the 43rd and 58th minutes mean he has now scored in seven straight Serie A games. He is the first Juventus player to do so since David Trezeguet managed the […]
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Two-time BDO world champion Scott Waites was among those to secure a PDC Tour Card on Sunday at Q-School. The 2010 Grand Slam winner came through the qualifying process to join the sport’s elite, sealing his Tour Card automatically along with Welshman Nick Kenny. Having struggled on the opening three days of Q School, former Grand Slam winner Waites found […]
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David Olney died Jan. 18, 2020 after collapsing on stage during a performance at a festival in Florida. He was 71. (Photo: John Partipilo) Musician David Olney — a celebrated songwriter whose work was recorded by Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt — died Saturday night after collapsing on stage at the 30A Songwriters Festival in Watercolor, Florida. Olney’s death was confirmed by his manager. […]
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Queen Elizabeth II was all smiles as she made her way to church Sunday after a momentous announcement that Prince Harry and wife Meghan would cut almost all of their ties to the royal family in favor of a more private life. She was greeted by royal supporters as she entered the church near her Sandringham House estate with her […]
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Lee Westwood held off the challenges of fellow Englishmen Matt Fitzpatrick and Tommy Fleetwood plus France’s Victor Perez to clinch the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship with a final-round score of 67. The former world number one was the overnight leader and although his one-shot advantage came under threat, he claimed another of the European Tour’s prestigious Rolex Series events to […]
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A 2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, the first-ever mid-engine Corvette, sold for $3 million in an auction to raise money for Detroit children. It is the top seller so far this week at the Barrett-Jackson car auction in Scottsdale, Arizona. The proceeds will benefit the Detroit Children’s Fund, a nonprofit organization that works to grow the number of quality schools in Detroit. Auction […]
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THE Christmas period is over and Premier League players are limping towards their first ever winter break. But the fixtures continue to come thick and fast in a crucial period of the season, with another full set of top-flight games set for this weekend. If you fancy a flutter, following Sheffield United's late equaliser against Arsenal and Chelsea's defeat to […]
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If anyone thought Erling Braut Haaland’s move to Borussia Dortmund would signal a tempering of his goalscoring exploits, the Norwegian proved them emphatically wrong on Saturday with a stunning 23-minute debut hat-trick. The 19-year-old joined Dortmund for £17.1m last month, after netting 28 goals in 22 appearances for Red Bull Salzburg this season – a tally that included five hat-tricks. […]
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