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Cricket World Cup 2023: Top Individual Performances In Tournament History | Cricket News

The ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 in India is just a few days away and so are some of the best cricketing performances ever seen. Come the World Cup, every team and player brings his/her A-game with hopes of capturing the gold. Some of cricket’s most impactful, game-changing performances have been witnessed at a World …

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Asian Games: Thais sweep women’s golds as Hong Kong’s Kho makes golf history

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Thailand’s Arpichaya Yubol hits a shot during the women’s individual golf event at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, in China’s eastern Zhejiang province on October 1, 2023. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP) Thailand’s Arpichaya Yubol snatched Asian Games women’s gold on Sunday after India’s Aditi Ashok blew a seven-shot overnight lead, while rising …

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A Brief History of Consequential Deaths in Congress

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Dianne Feinstein, who died on Thursday at 90, was the first senator to die in office since John McCain in 2018. But since the first Congress convened in 1789, deaths in office have been a fairly regular occurrence. “You look back in history, nearly one in 10 members of Congress have,” Jane L. Campbell, the …

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Strictly’s Nikita Kumin emotional as Layton Williams makes show history

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Strictly Come Dancing professional dancer Nikita Kumin found himself overcome with emotion after he and celebrity partner Layton Williams received sensational feedback from the judges. Speaking to Claudia Winkleman ahead of getting the scores for their dance, he admitted he was close to tears. “This is so much fun. I’m having the time of my …

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Scottie Scheffler, Brooks Koepka suffer worst loss in Ryder Cup history as Europe keeps rolling

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ROME — As it turns out, there is crying in golf. At the Ryder Cup when you suffer a humiliating loss by a record margin, which is what happened to Scottie Scheffler and Brooks Koepka against Viktor Hovland and Ludvig Aberg in the morning foursomes Saturday. It didn’t get much better from there for the …

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Sikh Granthi makes history, starts US House of Representatives proceedings

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In a first, a Sikh Granthi from New Jersey offered prayers to start the proceedings of the US House of Representatives. The prayers before the proceedings are normally offered by a Christian priest.(File image) Granthi Giani Jaswinder Singh from Pine Hill Gurdwara in New Jersey started the day’s proceedings at the House on Friday. The …

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Sikh Granthi makes history, starts US House of Representatives proceedings

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In a first, a Sikh Granthi from New Jersey offered prayers to start the proceedings of the US House of Representatives. Granthi Giani Jaswinder Singh from Pine Hill Gurdwara in New Jersey started the day’s proceedings at the House on Friday. The prayers before the proceedings are normally offered by a Christian priest. House Speaker …

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European countries witnesses warmest September in human history

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Austria, France, Germany, Poland and Switzerland announced their hottest Septembers on record on Friday, in a year expected to be the warmest in human history as climate change accelerates. The unseasonably warm weather in Europe came after the EU climate monitor said earlier this month that global temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere summer were the …

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Black History Month to celebrate women and UK’s Windrush generation

Black History Month launches with hundreds of events planned across the UK in October, with celebrations focusing on the contributions of black women and the 75th anniversary of the arrival of the Empire Windrush. First celebrated in the UK in October 1987, Black History Month has since morphed into a big cultural and political event …

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Swapnil Kusale’s heartbreak on verge of Asian Games history

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The noise sounded like a crashing wave. The Chinese fans, rattled by some exemplary shooting from Swapnil Suresh Kusale, roared for him to flounder. His eight years of international experience and countless routines behind him, Kusale stood ramrod straight under the spotlight. Fifty metres away waited the perfect tease – the concentric rings that define …

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European Countries Record Hottest September Amid Warmest Year In History

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Several European countries announced their hottest Septembers on record. (Representational) Paris, France: Austria, France, Germany, Poland and Switzerland announced their hottest Septembers on record on Friday, in a year expected to be the warmest in human history as climate change accelerates. The unseasonably warm weather in Europe came after the EU climate monitor said earlier …

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‘Sparks’ author Ian Johnson on Chinese ‘challenging the party’s monopoly on history’

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One of the first things Xi Jinping did after being named general secretary of China’s ruling Communist Party was tour an exhibition at the National Museum on the eastern edge of Tiananmen Square. It was called “the Road to Rejuvenation.” News photos showed Xi and other top leaders standing reverently before photos and artifacts that …

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